Quote Originally Posted by Bankim View Post
Cbd processing in eu is lot easier then us
Only the uniformed or newbies think that - Visa - Master Card Core Rules & Regulations do not differ much from Region to Region of the World.

CBD is a gray area - while there a several USA Sponsoring Banks that will board CBD - it is risky at best.
Past history will teach us a little - USBancorp - Not a small bank - after 6 months of boarding CBD determined that since CBD was not legal in all jurisdictions, they would cease boarding.
That remains an issue - Plus - the Card Brands have not issued a MCC/SIC for CBD

Even Square which has a CBD Beta Program is dropping CBD merchants - quietly and/or is imposing up to 30% Reserves.

The main issue with going off-shore - many ISO's will not disclose the name of the processing bank and when reserves are imposed - who is holding the $$$