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Old Feb 24, 2014 | 12:32 pm
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FrequentFlyer9000
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Originally Posted by oohaahouch
unless there are charge back, i dont see a reason why will the business shut down?
The merchant processor will be shut down for processing VGCs (lots of them, with a majority of transactions being gift cards), which are considered likely to be fraudulent or money laundering. Doesn't matter if you take on 100% of financial risk, Visa/Acquiring Bank will not want the reputation risk of being associated with it.

Best way to do this is to start your own payment network (like MC/Visa) and get your own acquiring bank. If you want to spend the millions (billions?) to start this, go ahead. Might still get investigated by government for AML reasons lol.
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