Ask HN: Apple Appstore blocks payouts to Ukraine?

6 points by f137 4 years ago | 2 comments

We received this message from Apple appstore a few days ago. ================= We’re reaching out because either your bank, an intermediary bank, or our banking partner will no longer process payments to the bank account you provided for vendor number XXXXXX. If you need to update your banking details, visit Agreements, Tax, and Banking in App Store Connect. ============ Apple explicitly refuses to give any info on the reasons of blocking. Needless to say, the bank account is in good standing and was used for like 8 years to get the payouts.

I know firsthand that Valve stopped (supposedly, temporarily) payments to Ukraine as well.

Did anyone other here (especially Ukrainian devs) received any similar message lately? Managed to resolve the issue?

tssva 4 years ago |

From the message Apple sent you it doesn't appear Apple is blocking anything but that payments are being blocked further down the line where Apple has no control.

f137 4 years ago | |

I agree that they may have no control. However they also flatly deny any information on what may have gone wrong - and bank wires hardly ever fail silently. So they definitely have some info, but have no desire to cooperate.