Payoneer ceasing arrangement, so I must use Paxum...
 

When FCP went down, Payoneer temporarily took over handling payments from one of my sponsors.

Sponsor sent funds to Payoneer, then Payoneer immediately forwarded them to my bank account.

That deal is ending soon, so the only other payout choices are:

Paxum
ePayments
COSMO

On a scale of 0 to 10, how fucked am I? :helpme

No envy here.

Wish things would just work right forever.

they won't renew the deal? you better look into another option. ask your sponsor. may we know the sponsor?

Paxum can send EFT to Australian bank account for $5, plus the usual conversion fee, ca 3.5%.

ePayments never managed to send to my bank, but I use it to send to my Visa card as long as it works. One card just blocked, another working. Paxum could never send to these cards, who knows why.

I think for now Paxum works best for sending to your bank. Even it is a hassle to have to log in, calculate the correct amount, and send the money to empty your account every time you get paid. It should be able to be automatic like Payoneer.
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Paxum is fine.

I didn't use payoneer for a few months because I misinterpreted the adult "fiasco" as payoneer was fucked all the way... but I'm in mainstream for several years so then I realized after summer that my account is working fine & completely untouched... x'D since that I'm a happy payoneer user again :D :pimp

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No, it's not.

I used Paxum before I found out about FCP's seamless payment channels. I've had no end of problems with Paxum, and I don't expect things have improved much in the past year.

Paxum: I had to chase up payments repeatedly (my first EFT withdraw took over 3 weeks), they kept rejecting payments and made me change my email address because it apparently had an offensive word, then eventually EFT was abruptly discontinued for Australia and a $50 wire was the only option.

FCP/Payoneer: I've had to contact support once. The large majority of the time, it just worked. And I don't get slugged with a $50 fee.

I've been using Paxum since 2010 and never had any issues. I also used FCP/Payoneer but always preferred Paxum, much easier to use.

Trust no one.

Any sponsors still pay by check?

It was after this sponsor stopped paying by cheque and wire that the fun with Paxum started.

I trust my bank (somewhat), and as a consumer I'm protected by certain laws.

With Paxum, I have no recourse if they do something wrong. They don't even have a real office address.

For the country you are in my friend uses paxum now and said the last few months they changed and are much better.

They will do what you need and cheaply.