You know why they aren't sending any wires until the mess is cleared up, because they're trying to salvage any and all members that might suddenly feel "safe" once again when the mess is cleared up.

They're not allowing you to withdraw funds for a reason, it would ruin the company.

100% of people would have pulled their money out by now if they could. By not releasing anything yet they're just buying time. I'm willing to bet that at least 20-30% (maybe even more) will chose not to withdraw funds once the Visa situation is resolved.

my thoughts exactly.... or the money simply can't be moved / doesn't exist.... :disgust

Not sure how they're going to resolve the Visa issue though. Generally, if a third party service provider is disqualified from an issuing program, other banks are not lining up to work with you.

Difficult to see where St. Kitts and ePassporte would resolve things amicably, allowing the cards to be used. Remember, Visa stepped in and shut this down at St. Kitts' request. I doubt they'll just light it back up when all of the problems are fixed.

If wires are not going out, it's clear money is not there.
If you could get wires out, and if they lost visa, they'd still have people's confidence, i know i'd continue to use them even if my only options to withdraw money were wire/ach/carddebit.

MO what do you have to say about this? either he is lying or you are

what is my assumption is that their account in St Kitts bank is frozen, so no wires, no VISA... That's why the Bank ordered VISA to suspend the cards. The account is simply frozen! But I hope only frozen, not emptied....
:helpme

what bothers me the most is that my international wire transfer has been approved on Sept 3rd and no signs of any wire sent so far (they told me the process takes 7-10 business days). there has been just 5 business days so far, but if nothing happens till next friday, i'm sure we need to check out any other options.

did anyone get their wire transfers so far (debit/credit card withdrawal and ach aside)?

they said they would send it out, spoke with "Pearl" who I guess was put on my case, and after saying it was good to go last week, today they asked me for more B.S. paperwork, the same paperwork they said they needed last friday, which after I sent said it was all good.

They are stalling it seems.

that does not necessary mean this. I am more with "tical " - they are not sending the wires to keep the company from collapsing.

Jesus people, there will not be any wires. Isnt it rather obvious they're lying?

The funds located with St Kitts are either frozen or they're gone. The only $ being sent out are through ACH's. This is because its from a US account (not froze) to other US accounts. You cant send an ACH from a US account to an international account.

It also doesnt take 7-10 business days to process a wire. :1orglaugh They're stalling. Even if they had a tremendous backlog they would have been sending them out starting Friday and some account holders would have received their $ by now. No one has come forward. Why? Because no wires have been sent.

The owner, Mr. Mallick also didnt write that BS "update" statement. It's clearly written on the fly by someone who doesnt speak English as a first language. So the question one has to ask Michael O (since it was posted on his account) is who wrote it?

If it was a legitimate problem with St Kitts or Visa and your business reputation was going down in flames wouldnt you post something along the lines of...

The problem is ___________. The money in St Kitts is currently unavailable to us due to _________. The situation should be resolved in ______________. Until that time you will not be able to access your funds in the VV or wallet. We also have an account in the US. If you are an account holder located in the US you can access your funds via ACH deposit. However only $__ is available per account holder due to fund limitations. We will post daily updates on Epassporte.com at _______ time to keep you updated on the situation.

Hope I'm wrong but all signs point to one giant cluster fuck.

Spot on ... and ironically, despite the blanks, the above hypothetical statement is somehow more informative then the official one posted by Michael O.

Ron

If anyone from Epass is reading this and needs some PR consulting I'm available. I'll accept payment via PayPal.

Still no wire reported after more than a week? MO says they are wiring but from what is coming out from account managers in ain't true. I guess if it was true someone here would have get one.

Look, they don't give a shit about you and me. They are trying to save their asses. If they do, fine, they'll see what is left of the company and if nothing you won't see the money since there's no reason to return it if the company has no more trust left. If there's still some trust left and some movies to be filmed in hollywood, you bet they will want you to fund their bank some more and they will come back with some giant BS kissass apology.

But my bet is that they did something they can't openly come forward with and that thingy will get things stalling so badly that they will be processing your and my wires for months or years to come.

Hey, maybe the DA agent went to vacation again (Webmasterchecks anyone?) and they are trying to get him back. While the bastard is sipping cocktails they are nervously biting their nails and telling everyone the wires are "processing" in the hope the man comes back from his vacation soon enough for everyone not to notice a thing.

No one from Epass is reading this and they accept Epass as well, but on their US accounts only where they can still withdraw.

Nailed it I'm afraid. :disgust

I was being sarcastic. Thus the PayPal reference.

got business international wire, waiting on personal

did anyone got personal wire yet? please post

Theres no backlog, they are simply refusing to wire the money! I requested a wire of my balance 2 days ago and got this reply TODAY...


Bastards.

you can only wire out WALLET funds at this time

You never could wire that money out, if its on the virtual visa you're fucked.

visa said the fund were available...epassporte hasnt said anything :2 cents:

I was told by Epassporte that I should be getting a personal account wire to the USA today/tomorrow..

Michael has also followed up on this for me, so I am putting my faith in them tomorrow.

From Epassporte:

"...Transfer was approved on 09/09/2010 for an amount
of --------. However, the amount will be credited back to your
beneficiary bank after 7-10 business days. -Anshu..."




Including the 9th, the 10th biz day would be Today I believe.

Im looking forward to posting positive news here tomorrow.

I will keep you posted!

Mine was approved on 8th, i sent it 4th, it still did not even go out of epass (the amount is not taken from wallet) so it has not been sent yet.

was the amount taken from wallet?

Come on, be at peace, it is obvious no wires have gone out.

Don't buy into that 7-10 business days. That is a standard message they had from before this issue stared and it was meant as the time from the moment the money are wired out of the account until they actually hit your bank. Not from the time you request it, or the time it is approved. Trust me I have done a few in the past

The problem now is that no wires have been sent out. So calculate 7-10 business days from the moment the money actually leave your Epass account

I Received an email saying my wire is now at "accounting".

I thought it was already there and on the way.


I am eager to see if Epass can be trusted to deliver like they have for a few others here.

Looking forward to posting good news tonight

Seems like years ago I posted this.

Still no wire. I'm getting gray hairs waiting...

Posted this somewhere else:

Just received 2 wires into mine and my partners bank account. We're in Australia. Personal epass accounts (Y)

This is not true. Some guys reported that they received wires, requested at 4th of September or later, yet I did not receive wire I requested at 3d of September from my business account. It did not even go out. Luckily I paid those money for hosting today.

So it's definitely not "first come first serve". There is some big bullshit going with wires at epass.

Big chance you are correct here.

Just a remark: ACH works from a U.S. bank account to a bank accounts in Canada, Mexico, Austria, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK as well. (of course this only works when the money is in the wallet)

The was referring to Epassporte's ACH system. No way I could ever link my canadian bank account with Epass.