A Notice from Patreon About Recent Payment Declines! (Patreon)

Hey everyone!

At the beginning of the month, some patrons' payments were erroneously declined due to a backend change that was made with Patreon's payment system.

Please check to ensure that you were not affected!  As it stands, 3 weeks later, there is still a nearly 50% increase over our recent average of declines showing for the past month.

Here is the full message from Patreon, along with instructions on how to validate your payment or change payment method if necessary.

From Patreon:

Hi there,

An issue with a payment partner is causing a slightly higher-than-normal number of patron payments to be declined by their banks. We've traced the increased declines back to a payments system upgrades required by one of our processing partners. Patrons might see some payments declined while changes take effect.

Please check if you are affected by the declines, and if so, we advise you to follow these steps:

1. Contact your card issuer to confirm the charge is valid and retry that card

2. If the retry does not work, try a different payment method. Patrons can edit their payments in their Settings, under Billing History:

We’re deeply sorry about these interruptions and appreciate your patience as we work to resolve them.