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Ironically, MindGeek (also a Canadian company and the parent company of PornHub) is still in business. One of our former sponsors banks with a credit union in Quebec and that very Credit Union turned us down too. Our takeaway was that you'll get an exception if you're doing millions in transactions and are a huge corporation, but the "little guys" can GTFO.


> a credit union in Quebec and that very Credit Union turned us down too

Perhaps somewhat impractical, but a quick skim of Ontario's credit union laws does not seem to preclude a credit union operated by a trade association of pornographers, or similar, to provide personal and commercial banking services to that community.


I'm surprised given Quebec is one of the porn capitals of the world. Given how much money flows through you'd think at this point the porn producers would just form their own credit union!


Why Quebec in particular?

I know the French Canadians have a reputation for being open-minded (judging by the attitude toward the LGBT community at least, from what I've been told).


They sold the business last year I believe, may be wrong




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