This was a reply I recieved last night......they had also directed me to try Pay Pal.............Hi Arthur, My name is Anusha from Airbnb Customer Experience Team. I will be glad to assist you.
Thanks for reporting this, Arthur, I would like to tell you that there is a technical problem going on due to which it is stuck in Pending Verification status. Our team is already working on it.
I understand this might be frustrating for you, I sincerely apologize for that.
As a workaround, I request you please try re-adding the payout preference, also try to add PayPal. I hope this will work.
Please feel free to ask any questions you have,.
Thanks!