Every few months, threads pop up here and other places about CCBill payment options.
I've written here on the topic for over two years, since early 2010.
I learned in early 2010 that a number of years ago, CCBill got burned by a scammer who claimed he didn't get a big US ACH deposit due. ACH doesn't have the built in "receipt" function that Wire does.
ACH -
Automated Clearing House - is operated by the US Federal Reserve Bank, as is
Wire Transfers. Just like in other parts of the world, some financial transactions are handled by SWIFT -
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication.
The rumor is US ACH is going to start having a "receipt" function, and then ACH will become a possibility for CCBill. That and revenues - therefore Wire/ACH amounts - might not be as big as a couple of years ago.
Because ACH is US, and CCBill is International, I suggested long ago that CCBill look into Payoneer and Paxum cards. While I've discovered that Paxum has some serious programming and customer service issues, it is possible that having a company like CCBill as a client might motivate them to clean up some lose ends.
It is possible for non-US residents to have US bank accounts! I've also written on this topic for at least as long.
If you live in a country served by HSBC, once you have opened a HSBC account in your country, they can help you open an account with HSBC US
www.HSBC.com . That would give you the ability to receive domestic Wires or free ACH. Domestic Wires are averaging me $12 to receive. Some Vendors charge for initiating a Wire, some don't.
HSBC has an account called Advantage with Global View (about $20/month), where you can see all of your HSBC accounts from one login, and do transfers from your HSBC account in one country, to your HSBC account in another country, for $7/transfer (plus currency exchange fees). A good option compared to $35 International Wire fees - especially if the fee is doubled for in and out going.
Other members have added that they have opened Bank of America accounts when in the US visiting, but I am not aware that BOA has global transfer options like HSBC. Although BOA ATM cards work in Barclays (UK) and Deutsch Bank (DE & FR) ATMs without those pesky $2.50-$5.00 ATM fees. (There's other bank chains in the BOA Global Alliance as well, for no fee ATM use).
Those crying about weekly Wire Fees can adjust their payment threshold, and get paid like I do at $250 or $500, or whatever, for say every two weeks, or once a month, so that the $15 out / $12 in Wire fee is a smaller percentage of the payment amount. You really don't need to be paid more than once a month.
When i was at XBIZ London 3 weeks ago, I attended a panel that included Gary Jackson, and I also met with him in the hall to share user experiences. I've read that a small handful of this and other forum members actually went, but not read much beyond hitting the bar. In 2007, I sat next to him at the infamous LA Webmaster dinner in Marina Del Rey.
Of course, Gary has a new job at CCBill that doesn't have him in the same direct contact with Clients and Affiliates as he once did, but it was great to share a couple of conversations with him in London, 3 weeks ago, to learn from and grow with.
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