Looks like others saw this coming and acted, shame Epass didn't.
http://www.payoneer.com/faq.aspx#Using_your_card

My Payoneer card has an expiration date that is months away, but I am being advised by Payoneer that I need to replace my card within the next two months. Why I am I required to replace a card that continues to be valid?
As part of our ongoing effort to enhance the services we offer, Payoneer is now issuing new cards to some of our cardholders. The cards will be issued with a new bank, and will provide immediate benefits as well as a platform for offering additional services in the near future.

How is the new card different?
Payoneer has selected a new issuing bank and with this change will be issuing the new Payoneer Choice MasterCard card. The main immediate benefit to users will be higher daily withdrawal and spending limits.

What are the daily limits on the Payoneer Choice MasterCard card?
The new limits are these:
Daily withdrawal limit (at ATMs or with bank tellers): $2500
Daily purchase limit: $2500
Total daily spending limit: $5000

What do I need to do to replace my card?
To prevent disruption in service, order your new Payoneer Choice MasterCard card today:
1. Log into your account at www.payoneer.com
2. Request a new card.
The new card will be shipped to you FREE of cost within a few days; you will be charged no shipping charges or activation fees. You can use your current card until you receive the new one.

What happens if I don?t order a new card?
Between July and August 2010, existing Payoneer cards issued by MetaBank will cease to be loaded with payouts (the exact end date for loading varies by partner program). If your existing card has a balance on it, you will be able to use the card until two months from the notification date, but no new funds will be loaded to this card.

So we reached magic number! Now epass ... please release our money ;)

You posted a 3 year old post/article filled with incorrect facts and accusations of the worst kind AND without showing its 3 years old and your surprised people are attacking you for that?

$50 for wires, we do not offer cheques.

I just learned that VISA prepaid cards are indeed filled with the money on them. Meaning that if VISA decides to block these kind of cards, the money will be frozen on them.

Hopefully it's possible to release them....

Michael you have all my support for what you do. You are one the best guys in the biz :thumbsup

Michael, I sent you an email 2 days ago. Sent it again right now. Can you look into it please? Thanks!

Read the fucking thread, but if you've just woke up also and still busy with your coffee, its $50.
No cheques.
https://www.epassporte.com/secure/js...sp#WITHDRAWALS

Old post or not, that is a disturbing bit of information.

Payoneer sends their cards for free too. What's ePass charging for a replacement card these days $50?

Almost everyone in the world exploits children from developing countries by consuming their products which are often made by child slave labor. Exploitation doesn't always have to be sexual. :2 cents:

to protect against people using a lost card. This is is something totally different.:2 cents:

which might mean that keeping it in the wallet is safer than having it assigned to the visa account.......

If epassporte users knew a visa ban or other problems would block their funds in the virtual account and not the ewallet, 100% of the users would have their funds in the e-wallet.

Keyser Soze - may I still call you that? - the crap he posted in that original post marked the first time I've actually been raging, ready to go ballistic, angry. I had to take my seven month old puppy and go out for a walk to calm down. We walked the half mile down to Lake Ontario and watched the water for an hour. Sat at the top of the Scarborough Bluffs. So calm, so beautiful...

Then I came back to GFY and realized that I was still pissed off. In nine years, I have rarely seen anything so objectionable.

Regardless of what happens with Epass, you have offered me support beyond what I pay you (which is nothing), and Epass has helped me expand my business by opening up new markets, and by allowing me to work with new people.

I will wait until this is cleared up and - no matter what happens - I will be thankful for everything that you and Epass have helped me accomplish.

I wish you the best - and I hope you can soon get a good night's sleep.

Will epass will send new cards to be vailidate in visa atm? or we can still used our old card?

Noone knows yet. My guess is we will see new cards so for me...

http://www.creditscorequick.com/uplo...ze0-795006.jpg

Nice try. His original quote specifically named Mr. Mallick and Epass as exploiters of children. There was no mention of Chinese kids making Levi's for Walmart in that post. Of the two brain cells you have left, which one told you to spew out this irrelevant bullshit?

2 cents. 2 brain cells.

You are an absolute, complete, daft idiot. So now Mr. Mallick has Chinese children pumping out jeans and t-shirts for his GAP franchise? What the fuck are you saying?

Everyone exploits someone else. The post I quoted implicitly states that Mr. Mallick and Epass donate money to children's charities to deflect criticism from their sexual exploitation of children.

How fucking stupid are you? Really? You are THAT fucking stupid.

I will not reply anymore, because this thread is not only ridiculous (and probably libelous), the accusations contained herein are beyond insanity.

I know neither Michael Olsen nor Christopher Mallick on a personal level. The accusations I'm reading in this thread are making me physically sick.

I'm walking away.

Thanks Michael, that pretty much clears up my UK issues.

For my Thai account which is already document verified, do I need to provide any bank documents for a wire transfer?
As you may know its not easy getting English written documents here, I only have a passbook with just my name.
My bank visa debit card doesn't even have my name on it, fucks sake :1orglaugh

Guys, your money on epass is safe. Visa can't keep the funds on prepaid cards, but can only temporary block them. The money will eventually release, that's just matter of time.
I was never worried about the money on my account, only with the option that epass wont come up from this and will get out of the business, which is also small chance imo.

the worst fallout will be in the next couple weeks if people can't pay for hosting and domains, so those companies will hurt, people buying less services - designs, traffic, writers -by the time people get checks it will be too late for many and they will move on. if people can't get epass again by the second half of the month there will be a big hole in an already hurting biz. and that's no joke. even if you are not affected immediately, a whole shit load of commerce is going to leave.

I think by far this is one of the smartest things you have ever said... Ever..

Very well said!

I accept a whole deal of payment types as a convenience to my clients, but 95% preferred epass because they get paid from sponsors via epass.

Even though I accept PP, WMZ, Payoneer, Money Bookers, Major Credit Cards and Visa/Mastercard Debit biz is going to be hurting, just like for many other service providers since our clients can't pay due to their money being tied up/frozen.

yup. and can adult at this point take a large chunk of their commerce evaporating for a month? maybe, and although guys like shap can laugh, all of this will eventually travel up the chain and shake shit up.

the point i'm trying to make is that it sucks that money is locked, but the bigger issue is this month when tons of adult biz grinds to a halt if people can't receive money and pay. shit will get fucked up.

Can you still transfer money to another Epass account if your money is tied up on your Virtual Visa card? I'm sure it has been answered here but I can't find it...

all money in virtual visa is frozen, so i think just from the wallet.

I think they will have to send new ones for free, although somehow I think it won't be visa cards anymore, maybe MasterCard which is not great cause I used My virtual Visa to get money from Paypal and you can't do that with MasterCard...

The shady part is: we are not being told why VISA froze the accounts.
This question has not been asked often enough in this thread.

I am getting a little tired of being told that my money is "safe". Money that I cannot access, money that nobody knows whether or when I will ever be able to get, is not "safe and secure".

In response to the initial message from Epassporte before I ever saw this thread, I sent (without much hope, having had such bad luck with general Epassporte support before) a message center inquiry asking how I could access the funds locked on my Virtual Visa. This is what they told me:
Thank you so much Swaroop S. for precisely nothing. I don't think 'safe and secure' means the same thing your dialect of English as it does in mine.

We're all pretty much in the same boat here dude.

Calm down dude. It will all work itself out. Take another walk with your puppy (and post some pics - awww). :)

People react emotionally (understandably) when their entire financial house comes crashing down. WHERE'S MY FUCKING MONEY??? So the only thing to do is wait. What else can be done? Go legal? How? Where?

I feel bad for everyone affected, and I've been through situations where my money was cut-off with no notice. Very frightening. I hope this all works out for everyone, I really do.

Have hou have ever been to the Berlin Film Festival ???? lol ..

Do you think Middle Men could with the " Lion d'Or " ?

I was there, invited all expenses paid , by the Festival. That year I bought the rights for Canada to an obscure film called " The Vanishing " , directed by Georgez Sluizer ( shot in Deutch & French ) . That movies was a hit for me , and was later redone in the USA with a happy ending to please american viewers .

Middle Men is no where near that :

The film IS a flop, has no legs , and will remain a flop . At one point, some people doing a documentary on the porn business will include a small excerpt and credit the movie .... that is the best future it has ...

Do they have prepaid cards ( Visa or MC gift cards ) in your country ? If so, that works fine.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

:2 cents::thumbsup
although I do not necessarily consider this to be shady, but I am very curious as to what exactly happened to cause all this

what is the point that my money is "safe" when i can't use them? Safe for who?

not for this. they recommended it so that if your card gets stolen they would not be able to use your money (because it all or most of it were in the wallet)

good Sunday afternoon, I am not reeading every single new post, is all solved now? :)

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One question for Michael... if epass got that warning two days before it all happened why epass didn't make some statement and inform users to withdraw all money they can because there gonna be some problems (maybe)

:winkwink::winkwink:

you must be joking...

hahahaha ya, institutions warning us that problems are coming so we take our money and they go all happy to bankruptcy!

I think that when this all calms down we will all be supplying ID, utility bills/banking and it will all need to match and the funds should, hopefully, be released after that but doubt it will be quick.

I hope what you learned that the money is on the visa cards is read by the Visa geniuses, banking gurus and the rest who seem to want to inflame a truly bad situation into something far worse.

+1 :pimp

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Stupid questions get... no answers.

I was just about to request a new card. Damn, i'm broke anyways...i only have $5 on my virtual card. I assume everything will now be stored in Wallet right?