My account is still active, and they seem to be up to date with wagers and activity, although I haven't played in a long time.
I found this message on the Chat from April 4:
"Registration is disabled as we are working on the new platform. On it, access will be possible only via invites by already existing members."
On March 23, they said: "It's already in the testing phase, so hopefully soon.:
So did anybody test if they are taking new members now?
Since betfair won't make any moves to add new payment options it's time for me to find a new betting exchange. Betfair just doesn't go with the time and stay on the same stuff for a decade now.
As a person living in Japan they offer a whopping 3 (!!) options to choose from to fund the account, it's hilarious. And these options are as lame as credit card, bank wire and payz, which is a total joke company.
I have never tried fairlay, hopefully the market liquidity is somehow close to betfair. If so it might be a good alternative.