Gusto blocks international contractors from choosing their payment bank
When paying international contractors through Gusto, the platform assigns a payment rail without giving the contractor or the payer any choice of bank. Changing the bank requires navigating to separate, non-obvious pages. This creates confusion and delays for companies running distributed teams.
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