Bitstamp is starting to remind me of Mt. Gox. I am starting to wonder if there is something fishy going on there.

While I would not say that Bitstamp was always "fast" it the past, they certainly were "faster" than now.

Is anyone else besides me having problems withdrawing funds from Bitstamp? Now BTC withdrawals can sometimes take hours, and this last week I have been waiting on a fiat withdrawal for 5 days now. I submitted the withdrawal request prior to start of business on Monday. By Wednesday still nothing had happened, so I complained. After this, they finally "processed" the withdrawal. However..... it is now Friday and the money still has not actually arrived.

Was it ever even sent out? Hard to know. Of course the funds could be stuck at the correspondence bank in New York (this can happen), but this is not something I can find out from my end. The Bitstamp team would have to follow up on their side. Unfortunately, to date there is no indication that they feel disposed to do this. This is the part that reminds me the most of Mt. Gox.