CONFIRMATION TIME!I was on at #mtgox on irc.freenode.org when identified user MagicalTux, CEO of MtGox, gave the statements in sturles post
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2924021 and I can confirm that the quotes are accurate and exactly what was said.
It would be great if one or two other people who also have the conversation in their scrollback buffer can also confirm this.
13:48 <@MagicalTux> sturles, we already applied to that one
13:51 <@MagicalTux> samson_, things are not easy, but it's far from what you could qualify as "embargo"
13:54 <@MagicalTux> sturles, we've been reducing SEPA delay day by day
13:54 <@MagicalTux> things are much better than one month ago
13:54 <@MagicalTux> nope
13:59 <@MagicalTux> sturles, "blocked" is not the correct word
14:00 <@MagicalTux> SleepersTide, right now all SWIFT transfers are processed up to the limits of our current bank (up to 10 transfers per day - we should be able to increase that as soon as we have more banking partners ready - it's taking longer than expected because of the time required by the people at the bank to understand our business)
14:01 <@MagicalTux> sturles, we are not allowed to talk about the exact problem (doing so would only make things worse)14:12 <@MagicalTux> sturles, most companies in Japan will do one, maybe two SWIFT transfers a month to providers overseas (actually most will do zero)
14:16 <@MagicalTux> Delerium, literal
14:17 <@MagicalTux> when we were in the second largest bank in Japan, we represented more than half of all the volume of SWIFT processed by that bank (almost overloading their systems a couple of times)
14:18 <@MagicalTux> rfish, rather than spending time on this, fixing it is likely going to bring more on the long term
14:19 <@MagicalTux> those wires are processed in received order, nothing else
14:25 <@MagicalTux> publishing that would be against our ToS
14:26 <@MagicalTux> (specifically privacy policies)
^^ see sturles post for full conversation, just confirming MagicalTux's statements.
..if you're wondering why we should confirm this is true: various "news outlets" are now watching and typing up stories