Sorry I just think epassporte.com is a horrible name to brand in the US as no one would spell it that way. I guess point epassport.com to epassporte.com asap

Sorry Chris.. I meant we would have a large balance and I want to know if the money is insured. That was my question, is the money insured and up to what value?

It's not my Q&A but I did want to interject here --

If you are using a card that does not have a name that you can support with an ID then you may occasionally have issues with a signature transaction since your id will not match your card name.

LOL, wasn't my present to you the answer how to do just that ;)

1. Affiliates are paid by EPOCH on behalf of Sponsor Programs. EPOCH follows their instructions.

2. ePassporte does not give out any information to anyone or body unless and until it is ordered to (and no, we have not been) by a Court of competent jurisdiction.

3. CCBill is working on this, but it is their Tech time that they have to schedule. They are great folks and I am sure they will be responsive to the Webmaster Community and their requests.

Hi Chris....How long does it take to recieve your actual card? Just curious...

xoxo

No, it is not insured. But neither is any amount over $100K in the US Banks.

Yours is ready now. :)

Most of the time it is about a week to 10 days and it comes via US Mail or there is an option for FedEx or UPS, anywhere.

Thanks, Chris....I'll definitely be on the lookout for my card!

xoxo

BTW: EPOCH and ePassporte supports Aimee Sweet for Miss GFY! Vote early and often!

Now I have a different question... until I am able to order the physical card (I will be ordering mine later this week) would I be able to use my virtual card at physical locations (such as the pharmacy or grocery store) if the cashier is willing to enter the card number by hand at the terminal?

No, the Virtual card is coded for Internet Use Only, while the Electron Card is coded for POS (swipe) use only. This is a security measure for the protection of our cardholders.

That's awesome. I wish more financial services operations would adopt that policy.

Speaking of which, do you have a policy about how you handle things if-and-when you do get that court order? Specifically, do you have a policy of notifying the subject of any subpoena or disclosure order in advance of your compliance therewith (to the maximum extent allowed by law -- some subpoenas demand your silence under penalty of law) to give him or her the opportunity to try and quash the subpoena?

That would be even MORE awesome. In my opinion, a financial services company that is as loudly and zealously protective of its clients' privacy as the law allows gains a HUGE competitive advantage.

Do you have an option like Paypal where uses the funds off of your cc or checking account?

Therefore we would'n thave to have $100k in an unsecured account?

Oh, I just realized I have a question... when will you be using your ePassporte card at Jimmy Choo on my behalf?

:)

All of these issues are handled by the ePassporte Corporate Offices in Curacao and there is a policy in place. Remember this is NOT a bank account. It is a prepaid card or wallet. We do however comply with the Partiot Act I and II and the FSA Rules in Europe.

You are free to load anytime and to spend as soon as you load, so I guess we do, although the bank account portion is a few days away.

just wanted to say thanks for your time for this thread and thanks to jon for helpong me out with my account setup!!!

Thanks to you too. We learn a lot form these Q & A 's sessions. To show our appreciation, I am going to offer the first 100 people who write to [email protected] a FREE ePassporte Virtual account. Simply send an email to this address with a subject line of "FREE Epassporte Virtual Visa" and we'll get you set up. (Only one per person please).

You're the sweetest!!!

xoxo

Are there any plans to offer guarantees for amounts held by Epassporte? Or will money held by epassporte always be at risk and uninsured?

i will call in about 5 mins :)
its about fucking time that i get my epp account
finally this time :glugglug

Is that policy public (i.e., on a website somewhere?)Of course you do. As much as the anarchist in me might wish otherwise, there's no way you can do business without complying with pertinent law.

In the US, a lot of financial services outfits bend over backwards (to the detriments of their clients' privacy) in order to be seen as "cooperative" by law enforcement agencies. I'm always on the lookout for operations which, instead, place their clients first, and comply with legal requirements in the fashion most protective of client financial privacy.

I really do want an answer to the question: Do you notify clients of subpoenas concerning them, if the law allows you to do so? (I know that the Patriot Act sometimes prohibits such notice -- nothing you or I can do about that.)

No, no plans. The money in an ePassporte account is as safe as in any bank account outside the USA.

I am off the air after one more answer.

C

I am not qualified to answer your question. I am not an attorney here or outside the US. I am not avoiding the question, the answer is that I just don't know.

Thanks everyone and we will do this again soon. All the best and see you all in San Diego June 9th!

C

I missed out on this one, is the $35 for the electron a onetime or annual fee?

Annual

Thank you Chris, lots of well informative information.
ZoiNk

Thanks, I just e-mailed you.

here is my card getting declined outright between your response and my reply:

http://babelsins.com/misc/video/epassporte.avi

damn - just got back in - i think i missed this

i guess what I meant is the ability to use it as a signature based card and not just an atm card

Yes, if your card was issued prior to March of this year, email [email protected] and they will tell you what you need to do, otherwise you should be fine already.

Maybe a stupid question but does the epassporte card work as any other visa electron card issued by a bank?

It works in two ways, thus the reason for both the Virtual and the Electron numbers.

Electron cards are for physical use only -- they MUST be swiped in order for the transaction to process. They cannot be keyed in, used over the phone, or used on the internet.

Virtual Visa numbers are for online use only. They cannot be keyed in, phoned in, traded for shoes or anything else ;)

i've been waiting for my card for several months already :(
it's been resent. hope it'll be received. At last :)

bumped this too :P