Originally Posted by Kimmykim

If you cannot see how owning a company that collects data for clients, and also owning a company that uses the same data that you are collecting for clients using a competing processor is a conflict of interest, then you need to have your eyes checked, in my opinion.

What is to stop some rogue employee from either SEGPAY or NATS from figuring out a way to misuse the information that you potentially have access to from these clients?

Trust you, you say. That is fine. No one is saying that you are untrustworthy. As I told you in icq, this is not personal and has no bearing (on my part) as to whether or not I like you and Charlie. This is a simple matter that a Business Ethics 101 class would dispose of in a single sitting.

If CCBill or Epoch were to start running websites tomorrow, I would be the first person to say it was a conflict. If they decided to start a NATS type program that they were offering to sites not using them for processing, I would find that to be a conflict as well, and would have no problem saying so publicly.

One last time, nothing personal, just an evaluation of the situation as I see it from my chair.