BITSTAMP SEPA account "no transfer" countries/banks' list (upd 2014-10-14)

[molecular]

I went in person to the local branch (not ING, BNP Paribas Fortis), same issue, they can't override the transfer block.

actually, let me try this using my ing-diba account.

if they refuse, I will close shop and take my business to fidor bank who actually like bitcoin.

EDIT: initiated transfer (€500) to bitstamp ljubljana account (IBAN: SI56290000170073837, BIC: BACXSI22XXX, Bank:
UNICREDIT BANKA SLOVENIJA D.D. 1000 LJUBLJANA Österreich) with my bank "ing-diba".

EMail Bitstamp: Deposit credited. (no intervention necessary, just went through)

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[KS]

thx, updated

[Tzupy]

Initiated deposit Monday, got 3,000 euros into Bitstamp today (Wednesday) afternoon. That's with BRD-GSG (RO).

[KS]

Thank you. No amount needed, unless you want everyone to know

[Michael_S]

Also Sparda-BW Bank (Germany) blocks transfers to Bitstamp.

update 21 Aug 2013: This is not correct, see my post #56 for clarification.

[joesmoe2012]

Chase bank called me over the past 3 transfers i sent to bitstamp. They warned me specifcially about bitcoins when calling. Not sure if i mentioned that here or not in the past.

Until my account was recently closed i was sending 10+ wires a day and never received and verification calls except for bitstamp (and those transfers were not out of the ordinary for me....value wise).

[Its About Sharing]

Chase bank called me over the past 3 transfers i sent to bitstamp. They warned me specifcially about bitcoins when calling. Not sure if i mentioned that here or not in the past.

Until my account was recently closed i was sending 10+ wires a day and never received and verification calls except for bitstamp (and those transfers were not out of the ordinary for me....value wise).

Wow, that is strange. I guess this is, in part, to be expected when dealing with the established banking system. After all, we are competition to a point, though I don't think huge competition as BTC isn'T about a lending model, which is where banks make their money I think. I think fees from transfers (where BTC will rule) is not a big deal.

The big deal is that the banks will lose control of BEING IN CONTROL of money. The banks are the stranglehold on many things. If you are not in their network (certain countries), you can effectively be blocked out of international exchange - well, it makes it harder anyway.

[Boelens]

Anyone tested ING from Holland yet? If so, I could, but no results untill Monday, at it's earliest.

[KS]

Anyone tested ING from Holland yet? If so, I could, but no results untill Monday, at it's earliest.

Not tested AFAIK. It'd be great if you could confirm.

@joesmoe2012: CHASE is USA I suppose?

@Michael_S: thank you for the info

updated.

[joesmoe2012]

Anyone tested ING from Holland yet? If so, I could, but no results untill Monday, at it's earliest.

Not tested AFAIK. It'd be great if you could confirm.

@joesmoe2012: CHASE is USA I suppose?

@Michael_S: thank you for the info

updated.

correct

[Michael_S]

@KS and @all:

Update and clarification w.r.t. Sparda BW Bank, Germany: Today I had a phone call with Sparda-Bank, and this is what they told me:
Actually, the reason why they did not execute my transfer was that some time (weeks? months?) ago SOMEBODY initiated a fraudulent transaction from some account of Sparda-Bank towards bitstamp. As a result Sparda-Bank "flagged" the bitstamp destination account for customer protection purposes. They wanted to reconfirm first that it was really me who initated the transfer (and not a fraudster who hacked into my account). I confirmed, and so the transfer will be initiated now!

They said that for future transfers I will have to announce each time e.g. by phone call that I want to do a transfer, so they know it is genuine. But 5 min later the lady called me again and said that after reconfirmation with her boss they now decided to UNFLAG the bitstamp account again, since the fraudulent transaction occurred only once and never again afterwards.

SUMMARY:
1) Sparda-BW-Bank only flagged the bitstamp account as a precaution for customer protection, and not because they generally block transfers to bitstamp.
2) Also, as of today, the account got UNFLAGGED again.

Personally, I believe them, because Sparda generally has the reputation for best customer service, which I can confirm from own experience (as opposed to e.g. Deutsche Bank, who really treated me like crap 10 years ago and made me terminate all my relationships to them - I can really just recommend everyone to stay away from Deutsche Bank as far as possible).

@KS: please update the overview on post #1 - Germany is "clean" again :-)

[KS]

@KS and @all:

Update and clarification w.r.t. Sparda BW Bank, Germany: Today I had a phone call with Sparda-Bank, and this is what they told me:
Actually, the reason why they did not execute my transfer was that some time (weeks? months?) ago SOMEBODY initiated a fraudulent transaction from some account of Sparda-Bank towards bitstamp. As a result Sparda-Bank "flagged" the bitstamp destination account for customer protection purposes. They wanted to reconfirm first that it was really me who initated the transfer (and not a fraudster who hacked into my account). I confirmed, and so the transfer will be initiated now!

They said that for future transfers I will have to announce each time e.g. by phone call that I want to do a transfer, so they know it is genuine. But 5 min later the lady called me again and said that after reconfirmation with her boss they now decided to UNFLAG the bitstamp account again, since the fraudulent transaction occurred only once and never again afterwards.

SUMMARY:
1) Sparda-BW-Bank only flagged the bitstamp account as a precaution for customer protection, and not because they generally block transfers to bitstamp.
2) Also, as of today, the account got UNFLAGGED again.

Personally, I believe them, because Sparda generally has the reputation for best customer service, which I can confirm from own experience (as opposed to e.g. Deutsche Bank, who really treated me like crap 10 years ago and made me terminate all my relationships to them - I can really just recommend everyone to stay away from Deutsche Bank as far as possible).

@KS: please update the overview on post #1 - Germany is "clean" again :-)

Cool.

Updated.

[emisolo]

Bankinter (Spain) is, at the moment, allowing SEPA transfer to Bitstamp. I did it last time onAugust 27th.

[emisolo]

Bankinter (Spain) is, at the moment, allowing SEPA transfer to Bitstamp. I did it last time onAugust 27th.

[BitAddict]

ING from Spain does not allow to send funds to Bitstamp. After trying they always call to tell you it is not possible to send money there

[prophetx]

ING from Spain does not allow to send funds to Bitstamp. After trying they always call to tell you it is not possible to send money there

well it is a spanish bank, perhaps they dont have anh money to transfer anywhere jajajjaa  

[Haro]

ING from Spain does not allow to send funds to Bitstamp. After trying they always call to tell you it is not possible to send money there

Do they give you an "official" reason?

[BitAddict]

ING from Spain does not allow to send funds to Bitstamp. After trying they always call to tell you it is not possible to send money there

Do they give you an "official" reason?

Nothing. Just that you can't send funds to that account.

[mmitech]

last week I sent a SEPA of 3 digits and it got credited the same day, this week I sent a SEPA deposit of 4 digits and it got credited the same day, I had to open a ticket and ask them to check hourly for my deposit and they did kindly did.


I am located in Slovenia so maybe this is why it worked so fast for me!! otherwise my bank consultant said that for SEPA it doesn't matter from which country in EU you are, they all take almost the same time to get credited.

[eircoin]

Hi, I've only seen this thread today. This was happening to me also with a bank from Ireland. Allied Irish Bank.
Again they would let me go into a branch and make the deposit. It was lifted last week and online transfers were re-allowed.