Cuba, Syria, ISIS and North Korea were also among the list of words and phrases that PayPal and Venmo reportedly flagged
PayPal and Venmo users should be mindful of the words they use in the description of their transactions, according to a new report byThe outlet recently found that there are certain words and phrases that get flagged by PayPal and its subsidiary Venmo, causing a hold on the payments while the companies review the transactions.
Words and phrases such as “Iran,” “North Korea,” “Kim Jong-un”, “Cuba”, “ISIS”, “Persian”, “Syria”, “Cubano sandwich” and “Al-Qaeda” were all reportedly flagged by PayPal, while “cocaine”, “human trafficking,” “bomb,” “assassination,” “kidnapping,” “terrorist,” “fake ID” and “Iraq” were among some of the ones that were not.
In a statement to PEOPLE, PayPal spokesperson Kim Eichorn says the company takes “its regulatory and compliance obligations seriously, including U.S. economic and trade sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control .” “Our goal is to deliver as seamless of a payments experience as possible while we do our job in making sure payments made on our platforms comply with applicable law,” Eichorn adds. “We realize any delay in making or receiving a payment can be frustrating, and we appreciate our customers’ patience as we comply with our regulatory obligations.”
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