Hello Everyone, I received the following message:
"We’re reaching out because either your bank, an intermediary bank, or our banking partner will no longer process payments to the bank account you provided for vendor number ***. If you need to update your banking details, visit Agreements, Tax, and Banking in App Store Connect. Your Apple Developer Program membership is still active and you can continue distributing apps on the App Store. We apologize for any inconvenience."
It is rather alarming. Our bank account is opened with “Priorbank” Joint Stock Company in Belarus, it doesn’t feature in any sanction or restrictions list. According to the information from Priorbank, its correspondent bank CITIBANK NA, New York, USA works with them in standard mode both for inward and outward payments. Please address the following questions:
- What is happening and why?
- Was this message an error?
- Does Apple still work with developers from Belarus?
- Can Apple send money to the developers from Belarus to their accounts in Belarusian banks?
- If so, to which banks?
- If not, what do you suggest doing?
Regards, Alex