{"site":"Yomimono","license":"CC BY 4.0 (citation required)","generated_at":"2026-05-22T19:38:13.700Z","story":{"id":"r_5989798e64a44a21a620aba4","slug":"japanese-developer-denied-bank-transfer-over-game-content","url":"https://yomimono.id/japanese-developer-denied-bank-transfer-over-game-content","headline":"Japanese Developer Denied Bank Transfer Over Game Content","summary":"Mousou no Mayu, developer of Hustle Battle: Card Gamers, was told by Daishi Hokuetsu Bank that it would not process a payout from English publisher Kagura Games, citing the game's content. The Steam version is all-ages. The developer has since moved to a netbank that respects their work.","why_it_matters":"The refusal shows how domestic banks with ties to Western payment processors can enforce content standards even on all-ages versions of games, bypassing platform-level content policies.","published_at":"2026-05-16T18:31:12.000Z","source_count":1,"sources":["Niche Gamer (Anime)"],"citations":[{"source":"Niche Gamer (Anime)","title":"Japanese game dev denied by bank with ties to western payment processors","url":"https://nichegamer.com/japanese-game-dev-denied-by-bank-with-ties-to-western-payment-processors/"}],"license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"business","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false}}}