Important Info.

Well almost every time I get information from Patreon to pass on to my patrons it is never the best news.

As you may know by now, the huge cluster f%$# that took place at the last cycle with declines was the result of Patreon moving some of its financial processing to the UK.

From what I gather they did this so they could process pledges going to "Adult Content" creators. That is good but apparently there might be an international processing fee some patrons will see -_-

Here is a copy of what they sent me:

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You may be aware that last month there were some issues with declined payments, and confusion caused by patrons seeing a new descriptor on their bank account. We’ve been working hard to limit the amount of disturbance you might experience this month.

To give you more info, we’ve started working with multiple payment processors to be able to continue successfully processing adult content creators. As a result, we moved the processing for adult creators to the UK. Unfortunately, this means some of your patrons may see a 3% international processing fee for their pledge. This is determined by their bank, not by Patreon, and every bank treats these things differently which makes it hard for us to assess who will be affected.

Here’s some information to share with your patrons in case an issue arises.

If your patrons are having any trouble, here’s what they can do:

1. If their bank suspects that the Patreon payment is fraudulent, a patron can call up their bank to confirm the payment is theirs and genuine.
2. If their payment failed, they can follow these steps or switch to a different payment method. (https://patreon.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/203913799-Why-did-my-payment-decline-How-do-I-retry-my-payment-)
3. If they are seeing an international processing fee, they can switch their pledge to a different bank that doesn’t charge for international payments.
4. They can reach out to the Patreon support team to get account specific help.

Here’s what we’ll be doing:

1. We’ll reach out via email to any patron who receives a “declined” payment with info on what they can do and how.
2. We will continue Patreon’s proactive practice of retrying payments throughout the month.

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That is pretty much it for now guys. August rewards are just around the corner.