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@Martin Everson In reality I've got problems with various CC merchants, they'd only accept my business if I provide an MT prefixed IBAN. I'm considering to start also reporting these. The product / CC merchant requirements in question is OT here so I'll not go deeper.

> You mean your sata business account is still functioning? No. I'm just keeping the business account open for the eventual event they may restart operations. Not closing the account prematurely. Applying for business bank accounts in Malta is a PITA, hence just keeping it open to have one...

@Martin Everson I did so for the private account. But I'll keep the business one open, as I'll need an MT prefixed IBAN for accepting CC payments for some future products. I'll just drain the Satabank account regularly to reduce risk.

I today received my refund. For both corporate and private accounts. So I'm quite "happy". Not in terms of all the time I had to spend on the refund, the lost opportunities as my liquidity was seriously limited for almost a year etc. Still its nice to have closure on the issue. Timeline: 6...

So today I finally got contacted by satabank. They want the EXACT same documentation again I provided to open the account. So I can understand why they'd need to refresh this information after they where shut down for compliance issues. But: What if part of the issue was / is that they lost all...

k, thx. I suspect its misreporting by the media than. Too bad Malta times does not link to official statements.

Satabank account holders being contacted for controlled release of funds They say all private account holders with balance between 50$ and 15000€ had been contacted. Which is not true, I received nothing, no email, phone-call, ... Madness.

okay, your call. its not my forum.

As you have to wade through lots of posts you probably missed that I was directly asked what I use instead of the Satabank. And how my answer is directly connected to the fact SataBank is closed right now: For Maltese businesses there are not many options, and I listed TW and Revolut as "read...

Transferwise, I told everyone in the thread already. I also opened (but never used) a revolut account with success. But I put it on ice for now as I'm quite happy with transferwise. Savings I'll store elsewhere.

I'm currently (happly) using non maltese EMIs without any problem. As long I can receive/do SEPA transfers I'm fine. I also have some friends that could use German Handelsbank. If you want to operate in Malt as a foreigner, I recommend not using a Maltese bank. For my kind of business at least...

Tanks, still waiting here. And its only ~100€ in my private account. The corporate account is far more important for me and there are no news AFAIK.

I still was not contacted. To the people that have access to the facebook group: How people where contacted? Mail or phone?

Is there a reason you think you will get actively targeted?

Day #whatever since I should have been contacted for getting the funds of my private account back. Nothing. Also nobody in my network with eligible accounts. And no one talking about a meeting on social media. Sadly the FB group of Satabank victims has gone private. Still I think that the "We'll...

Hi everybody, I found this forum when I was searching for additional information on the SataBank case. And got served well by the infamous Martin Everson. My business is software development and IT-Security. Recently moved to Malta from an high tax EU state. And so far I'm happy with the...

You meant thread model? Yeah, definitively. Still the question for the thread model is essential, as there are so many ways to screw up, especially when explicitly targeted. Just google TOR / VPN / VPS de-anonymizing. But some of these ways may be good enough for a specific use case. And some of...

This entire discussion will not conclude into good advice for OP, unless he states his thread model. What is he protecting from whom. Unless we know that, all advice that could be given is based on too much speculation. TOR / VPN / VPS / and all the alternatives have valid use cases. But its...

BTW: I still was not contacted by SataBank. My private account is eligible for the first round, and I'm a Maltese resident. I suspect they contact Maltese nationals first. But online I found nobody who was contacted yet, I suspect the announcement was just to calm everybody. And interestingly it...

No I do not use Tor when using my EMIs.I don't have to as my business and tax setup is legit. But my background is information security and I can advice you that there are still plenty of ways to de-anonymize you. You are never secure, lots can (and will) go wrong. What is important is that...