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Any NZ banks blocking transactions lately?

Ever had strange blocks on deposits/cashouts this month? ASB threw “merchant restricted” on a small card deposit for me, and a mate got stuck in a Westpac 3DS loop that never finished. If you’ve hit this, please drop your bank, payment method, the exact error text, approx time it happened, and whether you fixed it (how). No personal info — just the basics. Cheers.

ASB Visa debit via Apple Pay failed yesterday with "do not honour." POLi went through, but the site credited in around one hour. Cashout back to card succeeded after KYC in around 48 hours. No VPN, only data connection.

Kiwibank straight card deposit came up as pending, then automatically reversed around 20 minutes afterwards. Tried switching to Skrill: small charge to fund, but casino/Skrill transfer came in under 6 hours. Withdrawal of funds from Skrill to Kiwibank bank transfer came the next day.

Westpac Mastercard forced a 3DS challenge that wouldn’t load over home Wi-Fi. Works perfectly on 4G. Also added the merchant as a trusted one in the Westpac app, and that’s sorted the issue.

ANZ Visa is ok for $20, blocked $200 as “unusual.” Authorized the alert in app, resubmitted, and that went through easily. Best practice is to pilot a small deposit of some $10-20 first.

POLi payments are fine, but crediting of money is slow, depending on the site. As a withdrawal option, card to card transfers took longer than ewallet transfers in my experience. It saved me a few days verifying the documents prior to the first win.

USDT (TRC20) — basically instantaneous after KYC. The delay was in the NZ bank → exchange fund top-up; it took a few hours. Ensure that the name of the exchange/casino matches that of the bank.

Posting will be in the form of: Bank/Method/Error/Time/Fixed? Also, blur credit card numbers if you post pictures. Be safe online.

Cheers all. It looks like e-wallets and small test deposits are the way to go. Seen any instances of BNZ blocking or reversing any payments lately, or are they relaxed today?