Payoneer is a service that allows you to receive money into an account in a country where you don't have a bank account and then theoretically transfer them to your bank account in another country. This is what I initially thought until I encountered theft by this organization.
When opening a Payoneer account, they request full KYC (Know Your Customer) information: passport details, a phone number that needs to be verified, bank account details, and more.
After receiving a significant sum of money in dollars on Payoneer, I decided to withdraw it to my bank account. This is when I encountered some peculiarities: Payoneer asked for a bank statement from me. They had numerous requirements for the statement: it couldn't be a photo; it had to be an official and recent statement, and it had to contain a bunch of data that Payoneer specifically wanted, regardless of whether the standard bank statement contained those details, such as the client's address.
After generating a statement in online banking and sending it to Payoneer, I received a rejection within an hour, stating that the statement didn't meet their requirements. They didn't specify why. Theoretically, one could argue that the statement didn't contain the client's address, but this was a standard bank statement, and their online banking reporting system was configured for this format. They wouldn't want to burden their programmers and change statement formats for the sake of Payoneer. After several attempts to send bank statements and almost instant rejections, I added my address to the official statement. However, this didn't help. Another rejection arrived half an hour later. They never explained the reason for the rejection.
Searching for support on their website was futile. They had the word "support" but no actual support. The support link led to an internet forum where fellow users were trying to help. But even there, I encountered a problem: every attempt to create a forum topic to inquire about how to withdraw my money when Payoneer repeatedly rejected bank statements always led to the same outcome. The forum refused to publish my topic, even though it didn't contain anything inappropriate. In the end, when I tried to open the topic that I had been unable to publish, I received a message that I didn't have the rights to do so!
In summary, the situation boiled down to this: Payoneer essentially took my money and refused to return it.
Considering that Payoneer's activities are licensed, one can assume that they receive requests from some of their overseers to act outside the legal framework.
So, if you are still considering whether or not to use Payoneer's services, this is a warning for you: Payoneer can easily steal your money by refusing to transfer it to your account.
Звоните в поддержку в USA (+1-646-658-3695, https://payoneer.custhelp.com/app/CallUs , обязательно с телефона, указанного в аккаунте, иначе попадаете на робота, который говорит "спасибо, досвидания" и кладет трубку), там есть русскоязычные операторы - они нормально пинают индусов, которые проверяют файлы. У меня тоже в марте этого года была такая же канитель длиной в месяц, выписку отказывались принимать раз 5, пока я не позвонил и не спросил прямо, что за хрень. В течение нескольких дней всё случилось.
Кстати, эту лавочку прикрыли в России еще до 2022 года.