Venmo currently holding up payments referencing "Scuba"

[San Diego Climber]

FYI, I had payments both in and outbound via Venmo that were held up presumably because "scuba" looks like "cuba". The payment I made I had to supply multiple rounds of information including AirBnB information on that the payment was for (apartment in Mexico, comment was "Casa de Scuba"). Took about a day to finally get approved.

Inbound payment even spelled it out "...for SCUBA (self contained underwater breathing apparatus)" and it was held up for a few hours.

Probably best to just use "diving" and not something that references a big bad communist island :eyeroll:

 

[Pearlman]

FYI, I had payments both in and outbound via Venmo that were held up presumably because "scuba" looks like "cuba". The payment I made I had to supply multiple rounds of information including AirBnB information on that the payment was for (apartment in Mexico, comment was "Casa de Scuba"). Took about a day to finally get approved.

Inbound payment even spelled it out "...for SCUBA (self contained underwater breathing apparatus)" and it was held up for a few hours.

Probably best to just use "diving" and not something that references a big bad communist island :eyeroll:

This is funny! So some AI algorithm finds Cuba in Scuba and decides embargoes apply?

 

[San Diego Climber]

This is funny! So some AI algorithm finds Cuba in Scuba and decides embargoes apply?

Apparently yes, and Syria is another one that gets flagged from what I'm reading. However, I'm sure thousands or more payments have been made on Venmo with "scuba" in the description and surely they're not all getting held up. Or surely they are...

I worked with a woman named "Isis" once, I feel bad for anyone contributing to birthday gifts or whatever and use the description "For Isis"

 

[lexvil]

Maybe its a euphemism for some Fl guys illicit payments