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Shoplifter · 10-05-2002, 02:39 PM

I hope no one will lose their businesses over this, but as a Canadian operator I am worried. The message I am getting from Ibill and every other processor is conflicting. Ibill posted a notice that says nothing of the necessity of having a USA presence, CCBill in their online notice states that this is necessary.

So say I never read the boards (like 98% of webmasters) and all I see is the announcement from Ibill or Globill or whomever and say this advisory is incorrect and I lose my business. Is there a liability situtation here?

I guarantee that there are thousands of Canadian and foreign webmasters who have no clue that any of this is happening. If the only advisement of these changes is going to be receipt of the application form itself it's going to be quite a shock to those who will then find they have only a few days to establish a USA presence and banking. This is hardly appropriate and due notice.

I think the IPSP's have handled this announcement poorly to say the least. They should have used postal mail to contact their clients and give appropriate notice of the changes with decisive
evalutions of the new regulations. At this point there is no one who seems to have a clue about what foreign webmasters are supposed to do to comply.

10-05-2002, 02:39 PM
Shoplifter Richest man in Babylon Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Posts: 10,002 Posts: 5,739	I hope no one will lose their businesses over this, but as a Canadian operator I am worried. The message I am getting from Ibill and every other processor is conflicting. Ibill posted a notice that says nothing of the necessity of having a USA presence, CCBill in their online notice states that this is necessary. So say I never read the boards (like 98% of webmasters) and all I see is the announcement from Ibill or Globill or whomever and say this advisory is incorrect and I lose my business. Is there a liability situtation here? I guarantee that there are thousands of Canadian and foreign webmasters who have no clue that any of this is happening. If the only advisement of these changes is going to be receipt of the application form itself it's going to be quite a shock to those who will then find they have only a few days to establish a USA presence and banking. This is hardly appropriate and due notice. I think the IPSP's have handled this announcement poorly to say the least. They should have used postal mail to contact their clients and give appropriate notice of the changes with decisive evalutions of the new regulations. At this point there is no one who seems to have a clue about what foreign webmasters are supposed to do to comply.