Friday, August 3, 2018

Patreon creators scramble as payments are mistakenly flagged as fraud

Patreon is declining significant numbers of subscriber payments to some creators on the platform, sending many who are reliant on this income scrambling to recoup their losses. Patrons who support creators also report that their contributions are being marked as fraud by their banks.

Creators logging on today found that some of their July payments have been affected due to what appears to be a combination of banking issues and changes to internal company operations. While it’s unclear why certain Patreon users (and not others) have been impacted by this problem, many creators say they’ve not gotten any support or answers from the company despite reaching out directly. And though it’s typical for some payments to be declined, the scope...

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