Hi, I face the same issue and apple developer account contact not responding to ticket logged. Has your issue resolved? Can share how u solve the payment issue?

hi all, same here. Need the account to publish a new app and deadline is closing. No reply at all from Apple Contact. Call the hotline for apple support and was told to email Apple Developer Program support. No call but email only. Email many times with auto-response with a ticket ID. Stuck. Is Apple US people going for war or what? No one manning emails

Hi, i faced the same issue. No freeze but error processing payment. Tried all types of credit card but failed. Try using ipad to make payment and faced the same issue.