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Please don't list things like this without making at least a 10-second effort to provide sources, it makes it very difficult to engage. > Unfair/illegal employ
by throwaway9d0291 7y ago
Please don't list things like this without making at least a 10-second effort to provide sources, it makes it very difficult to engage.
> Unfair/illegal employment practices.
Source? Elaboration? Best I could find is [0] which certainly looks bad but I can't find any references to court cases or employment authorities cracking down (and the UK has pretty decent worker protection).
> Dubios crypto service (you can buy and sell but there is no way to transfer in or out)
What you call "Dubios", I call an easy way for people to play around with crypto without figuring out all the wallets and whatnot. It also avoids a lot of the AML issues around crypto.
> Keeping a firewall between customers and company by only allowing communication via app chatbot
You write the word "human" in the chat and you pretty much instantly get put through to a human. There's no firewall here.
> Accusations of money laundry.
I think you're referring to the events leading up to [1]. Revolut wasn't accused of money laundering, it was reported that one of its systems had been disabled and this may have led to some activity going unnoticed. The CEO later claimed that the system was disabled but an older system was put in its place [2]. The newer system wasn't performing as expected so they reverted it.
This is very different to say HSBC, which was found to be actively participating in money laundering.
Also, "accusations" are just that, accusations. Most societies operate under a presumption of innocence rather than presumption of guilt.
[0]: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/revolut-trade-unions-labour-fintech-politics-storonsky https://www.wired.co.uk/article/revolut-trade-unions-labour-...
[1]: https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/01/revolut-cfo-peter-ohiggins-resigns/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/01/revolut-cfo-peter-ohiggins...
[2]: https://blog.revolut.com/let-me-sec-the-record-straight/ https://blog.revolut.com/let-me-sec-the-record-straight/
- sschueller 7y ago> Unfair/illegal employment practices. Requiring people to bring you new clients before you get employed and not compensating them is illegal in many places. Maybe not the UK. > Dubios crypto service They don't disclose that you can not transfer in or out. > Keeping a firewall between customers and company by only allowing communication via app chatbot I had to deal with this. If your app doesn't work you are screwed. There is no email, no phone. > Accusations of money laundry. Fair enough.
- peteretep 7y ago> They don't disclose that you can not transfer in or out. What does this even mean in the real world though? You can instantly transfer your crypto back to fiat and have it in your bank account virtually instantly, which is better than any crypto exchange I’ve ever heard of. I’ll take this over Last Days of Mtgox any day...
- CaptainZapp 7y ago> and the UK has pretty decent worker protection Really? What about zero-hour contracts? I don't know of any other rich country, which allows such scam contracts. I wouldn't call that decent worker protection.
- peteretep 7y agoIsn’t a zero hour contract just casual work where you’re Not guaranteed hours? Sounds like every bar job I’ve ever had.
- CaptainZapp 7y agoI think a comparison with hustling for Fiverr -, or Task Rabbit "jobs" is more apt.