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Wow, this is hysterical! A bank saying no to honest money because it’s sex toys, not even that, because it’s sex toys looking like human genitalia, — no not eve

by toxik 6y ago

Wow, this is hysterical! A bank saying no to honest money because it’s sex toys, not even that, because it’s sex toys looking like human genitalia, — no not even that, because the toys are skin colored! I wonder if this would ever happen in Europe. I somehow feel that we’re more... open to these things. Do you know about Klarna?

nolok 6y ago
I don't know about Europe in general, but my brick and mortar bank (one of the major banking chain in France with an agency in pretty much any city of over 5000 people) was perfectly fine with adult things being sold using one their group's online platform as long as I was ok with their elevated rates. I've seen lately that they're also responsible for payment processing on dorcel.com (the french porn group, adult content and toys). Dalenys ( https://www.dalenys.com/ https://www.dalenys.com/ ) -> natixis belgium -> natixis -> bpce group ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupe_BPCE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupe_BPCE ) I've had awkward talk with them (mostly around the fact that I should not point out their parent group brand much near the adult content), but never in a million years would they tell me what color a dildo should be.
capableweb 6y ago
Interesting question. I checked out Klarna and Adyen which seems to be the most popular in Europe right now. Adyen lists "Adult entertainment, websites & content (such as)" as not allowed. https://www.adyen.com/dam/jcr:47f292a9-c9e2-4a69-8592-2e15ffdc7e61/List-of-prohibited-and-restricted-products-and-services-June-2017.pdf https://www.adyen.com/dam/jcr:47f292a9-c9e2-4a69-8592-2e15ff... Klarna lists "Adult, sexual or pornographic products and services, including live web cam" as not allowed. https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/policy/ethic/en_gb/merchant.pdf https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/policy/ethic/en_gb... Both of them expand it more to cover everything possible around adult content and the like.
- tehbeard 6y ago
  ... And yet ... https://www.lovehoney.co.uk/help/about-klarna/ https://www.lovehoney.co.uk/help/about-klarna/ ... Whether they fly under "novelty items" or not, idk.
  - 7952 6y ago
    My guess is that the list of restricted things just means that you should talk to them first.
- toxik 6y ago
  Strange, I would never have thought banks would have such moral hangups.
danudey 6y ago
> because it’s sex toys looking like human genitalia Well, I think it might be the opposite of that: > I understand that your products were designed to depict the body parts of mythological and fantastical creatures
- toxik 6y ago
  If you would read the next few words of my comment you would see that this is correctly reflected.
ragnese 6y ago
>it’s sex toys looking like human genitalia Not that it matters, but reading the comment you replied to, it sounds like they are not shaped like human genitalia...

by toxik 6y ago

nolok 6y ago

I don't know about Europe in general, but my brick and mortar bank (one of the major banking chain in France with an agency in pretty much any city of over 5000 people) was perfectly fine with adult things being sold using one their group's online platform as long as I was ok with their elevated rates. I've seen lately that they're also responsible for payment processing on dorcel.com (the french porn group, adult content and toys). Dalenys ( https://www.dalenys.com/ https://www.dalenys.com/ ) -> natixis belgium -> natixis -> bpce group ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupe_BPCE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupe_BPCE ) I've had awkward talk with them (mostly around the fact that I should not point out their parent group brand much near the adult content), but never in a million years would they tell me what color a dildo should be.

capableweb 6y ago

Interesting question. I checked out Klarna and Adyen which seems to be the most popular in Europe right now. Adyen lists "Adult entertainment, websites & content (such as)" as not allowed. https://www.adyen.com/dam/jcr:47f292a9-c9e2-4a69-8592-2e15ffdc7e61/List-of-prohibited-and-restricted-products-and-services-June-2017.pdf https://www.adyen.com/dam/jcr:47f292a9-c9e2-4a69-8592-2e15ff... Klarna lists "Adult, sexual or pornographic products and services, including live web cam" as not allowed. https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/policy/ethic/en_gb/merchant.pdf https://cdn.klarna.com/1.0/shared/content/policy/ethic/en_gb... Both of them expand it more to cover everything possible around adult content and the like.

tehbeard 6y ago
... And yet ... https://www.lovehoney.co.uk/help/about-klarna/ https://www.lovehoney.co.uk/help/about-klarna/ ... Whether they fly under "novelty items" or not, idk.
- 7952 6y ago
  My guess is that the list of restricted things just means that you should talk to them first.
toxik 6y ago
Strange, I would never have thought banks would have such moral hangups.

danudey 6y ago

> because it’s sex toys looking like human genitalia Well, I think it might be the opposite of that: > I understand that your products were designed to depict the body parts of mythological and fantastical creatures

toxik 6y ago
If you would read the next few words of my comment you would see that this is correctly reflected.

ragnese 6y ago

>it’s sex toys looking like human genitalia Not that it matters, but reading the comment you replied to, it sounds like they are not shaped like human genitalia...