Stripe apologizes for customer service agents claiming LGBTQ products were banned
Stripe, a financial services company that acts as a payment processor for millions of businesses including itch.io, has issued an apology following reports that members of its support team told callers the business does not support the sale of LGBTQ content.
"We apologize: the information given by our support team was totally wrong," said Stripe spokesperson Casey Becker in an email to The Verge. "Stripe has no prohibitions on the sale of LGBTQ+ content or goods."
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