Transferwise accepts payments from debit cards or to their eastern European bank (Latvia or something), and then they pay from their US bank for example.<p>They do ask for ID documents and perform AML checks, but then again so do all proper bitcoin exchanges with the exception of the shady btc-e from Russia or thereabouts.<p>But its not like bad guys are afraid of using fake IDs (as seen in Europe this last week) which brings the obvious question as to why they would bother with all that when they can just use cash and traditional banking.<p>The whole article is click bait of the highest order based on fud.<p>----<p>If the powers to be want to hit ISIS where it hurts how about destroying their oilfields, oil refining and transport capabilities. A few armed drones can do this on the cheap remotely. Make it clear that any oil extraction, processing or transport equipment in the area controlled and sympathetic to ISIS will be destroyed and grant these scum their wish if living in the middle ages.