Terrible Payment System

[Catapult]

... and change over to Crysta for now...

Not possible. The SE account system physically will not let me, because I am not in a crysta-supported region.
When I click on Register/Update payment method, it takes me directly to the ClickandBuy interface, bypassing the option to select crysta.

On a (somewhat) unrelated matter:

Square Enix Account Billing Technical Difficulties (Aug. 18)
Due to technical difficulties involving our payment processor, some customers may experience delays in charges being processed for recurring subscriptions of FINAL FANTASY XI. Billing anniversary dates will not be affected by this issue.

The issue is being addressed, and new updates will follow as additional information becomes available.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused and thank you for your patience.

[Date & Time]
From Jul. 27, 2011 07:30 (GMT)

[Detail of Issue]
Recurring subscription processing delayed for some customers

[Cause]
Billing processor technical issue

[Affected Service]
Square Enix Accounts

Duh duh DUUUUUUH!

And lastly, an interesting post from Orlind on the XI forums:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post173444

Think I'll be joining the people playing other games when my content IDs are deactivated as well. I've already started getting back into the Shin Megami Tensei: IMAGINE MMO and its more fleshed out than it was when it first started its US release.

And with SF3: 3rd Strike OE already preordered, I might just become the next Daigo Umehara with how much time I'm not on FFXI.

To the person mentioning Absolute Poker and their website not listing C&B: its probably because the site doesn't have it as a preferred payment processor. The ones they have listed probably have better deals with AP for ads and/or are easier to handle for the customer and their phone agents.

I used to work at a rival online poker company and with C&B, we just had it as a last resort to keep customers. However, those same customers would always come back and complain about how bad C&B was in the end.

Makes me wonder how S-E's support centre is going to handle the calls I used to get about C&B because I probably have tips for their phone agents