Im thinking it might be a deliberate thing caught up with sanctions against Russia, not sure but I know some EU companies are now barred from serving Russian customers. Im not arguing this myself but considering how much goes on with paypal it could well be linked to money laundering and treated very harshly so I agree its more an under the table type deal then, 'please hook a brother up
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They tend to be harder on finance companies. I know Syria has sanctions on going especially with EU probably USA I guess and Iran was a big deal with big fines, so banks probably avoid these areas like the plague