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Reply from Z2U

5 days ago

Hi there,

Thank you for your feedback. We welcome the opportunity to formally address this issue, as it involves an international banking security protocol that can easily be misunderstood as a platform error.

First and foremost, Z2U maintains absolute integrity in our transactions and does not withhold or profit from rejected payments. When your bank account shows a successful debit but our system displays 'Rejected,' this indicates that the transaction was blocked by the external payment gateway's Anti-Fraud Filter or clearing house due to a compliance mismatch, not by Z2U. In such scenarios, your bank executes an 'Authorization Hold' (pending status). The funds never actually route into Z2U’s corporate accounts; they remain temporarily restricted within the international banking network for clearing verification.

Regarding the processing fee deduction: when an order is officially voided due to a gateway risk rejection, certain international merchant banks and checkout clearing networks retain their non-refundable network communication fees for processing the security check and initiating the reverse hold. This is a mandatory operational cost levied by the global banking infrastructure to handle cross-border transaction protocols, which independent marketplaces have zero technical jurisdiction to bypass.

We sincerely apologize for the delay and the lack of compensation during this verification window. As a regulated escrow platform, our Risk Center must strictly align with international compliance timelines before an absolute release can be confirmed. We want to investigate your specific billing statement immediately. Please reply here with your 10-digit Order ID, and our Senior Financial Audit Team will review your transaction logs to see how we can assist.

Best regards,
Z2U Team