May have stumbled on something about C&B. There might actually be a specific reason why some financial institutions are rejecting them, just haven't been able to get further details as it looks like the site I was in just hit a maintenance window while I was on it.
Click&Buy is stating they are authorised and regulated by the FSA UK:
ClickandBuy International Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the United Kingdom. (Register Number: 454127)
http://www.clickandbuy.com/EU/en/sa/...bereich=surfer
So out of curiosity I went to pull up their reports on them, but can't get any real info on them just yet as it looks like they've started stopping some webapps for maintenance or something while I was browsing. This particular one went offline just after I pulled it up, but the first page from my search was still in my cached pages so I was able to grab at least their basic info:
http://www.fsa.gov.uk/Pages/register/index.shtml
searched on firm registration number: 454127
Basic details for:
454127 - ClickandBuy International Limited
Current status: No longer Authorised
Effective Date: 01/07/2011
Tied Agent:
Undertakes Insurance Mediation:
Registered under Money Laundering Regulations:
Address: Lincoln House
137/143 Hammersmith Road
London
W14 0QL
Phone:
Fax:
Email:
Website:
44 020 7605 0670
44 020 7751 1848
No e-mail supplied
www.clickandbuy.com
Notices:
Other information: The firm now has an e-money record. Please check the e-money link for more information.
Clicked the e-money link and that's when pages started coming up as unavailable. Guess I hit it right when they were taking things down.
Interesting that their basic info states they are not authorised. Which is a little concerning as they are still claiming on their site that they are authorised.
When you go to the FSA's detail on status entries, it simply states
No longer authorised
A firm is no longer allowed to carry out certain types of business that we regulate.
http://www.fsa.gov.uk/pages/Register...us/index.shtml
Which makes me even more curious about just what they are no longer authorized to do, and why. Wish I could get at the reports to get more info.