non-chinese account here (their english website is actually pretty good), and I can also see the bank deposit option again -- can't use it without chinese bank account, of course, but it is there again.
but how did you do the identity verification? I can't even get to the screen where it shows withdrawal options because I'm asked to do verification first.
Just enter any arbitrary information, it doesn't matter. The only legit thing you need to enter is a mobile number - it sends you a text confirmation number which you enter and voila. You can then see the bank fund/withdrawal area.
The question is, has this always been there?
The strange thing is everyone who originally reported this did so using a throwaway account. The original user on reddit is a brand new account and it was confirmed by another user with a new account called "btcthrwawy" even some of the people here confirming this are new accounts. Not to say they are fake, just that we need to confirm confirm this actually works and this is something new. I have logged in and seen the bank options but without a Chinese bank account I cant really confirm. Apparently people have pointed out that somewhere on the site it says "bank deposits and withdrawals are not functional", but I haven't seen that.