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Banking Trends for the Online Casino Industry |

Banking trends for the online casino industry |

Banking Trends for the Online Casino Industry |

Banking trends for the online casino industry |

The UK is arguably the world’s largest consumer of online gambling services. The United States is trending towards replacing the UK in that regard. With the two combined countries currently looking at legislation that would ban the use of credit/debit cards to fund gambling accounts, online gambling providers are scrambling to find new and better ways for customers to make deposits and withdrawals.

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For almost two decades, credit cards were the leading banking option among online gamblers from all over the world. In recent years, e-Wallet services like Skrill and Neteller have gained a fair amount of market share in this space. There are even casinos that align themselves with specific payment methods with paysafe casino serving as a perfect example. The problem gambling providers are going to face in the future is a need to replace these tradition funding methods with something that’s more secure, efficient and cost-effective for the gamblers. Enter PayPal and Cryptocurrency.

PayPal

While approaching its 20th anniversary, PayPal is arguably the most popular way for consumers to make payments for good and services anywhere in the world. The company’s relationship with consumer goods auction house EBAY brought PayPal into the spotlight as a top payment service provider.

For many years, PayPal stood against the idea of allowing customers to use its services to fund gambling accounts. It wasn’t that PayPal was anti-gambling, but instead, it had more to do with PayPal choosing to avoid having to deal with the legal diversity surrounding electronic funding methods for the online gambling industry.

Over the last five years, the explosive growth of online gambling gave PayPal company officials ample reason to reconsider the company’s position. That has resulted in PayPal now offering it services to online gamblers with access to its services being dictated by funding laws in each respective jurisdiction.

From a security standpoint, PayPal is by far one of the most secure electronic deposit/withdrawal methods available to gamblers. The company’s processing model is fast and efficient and at least a little more cost effective than what credit card and e-Wallet companies are charging. It’s noteworthy PayPal is a fairly new participant in the online gambling space with only 25% of all online gambling sites currently offering PayPal services.

Cryptocurrency

As the industry continues to grow, online gamblers are seeking more control over their gambling profiles. They want anonymity, fast and efficient ways to transact business and higher levels of security. Cryptocurrencies supported by blockchain technology would seem to be the perfect solution. Using this method, gamblers are able to move money in and out of their gambling accounts with nothing more than a transaction code attached to the blockchain. They get the anonymity they desire. Furthermore, transactions are settled immediately, withdrawals as well, for low to no processing fees.

Currently, only 10% of all online gambling sites are set up to accept cryptocurrency payment/withdrawal transactions with Bitcoin being the only viable coin of choice. The good news is the experimentation phase of accepting crypto transactions is nearing an end, and more online gambling providers are looking to add Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a viable banking solution is the very near future.

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Published at Sat, 25 May 2019 01:15:40 +0000

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Leading London-based bitcoin service provider SpectroCoin has rolled out a major update to its prepaid bitcoin debit card. Beginning March 2017, the SpectroCoin prepaid bitcoin debit card supports a total of 41 Cryptocurrencies.

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SpectroCoin entered the market three years ago with their bitcoin debit card, to help meet the everyday needs of bitcoin users. Since then the company has been working towards large-scale support for multiple currencies and an increased focus on expanding payment methods and services.

The SpectroCoin prepaid bitcoin debit card acts as a practical alternative to traditional fiat debit cards as they can offer the same flexibility. The bitcoin debit card can be used at any ATM or terminal that accepts VISA or MasterCard and is available in over 120 different countries across the globe. The service offers users a very attractive fee structure, with no loading fees, a monthly fee of $1.00 USD, and a cost of $9.00 USD for the physical debit card.

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SpectroCoin’s new announcement follows the recently added support for popular cryptocurrency DASH. Users of SpectroCoin can now take advantage of the DASH wallet to send, receive payments and top-up their prepaid cards with the currency.

SpectroCoin also helps businesses to receive DASH payments from customers and receive the settlement in fiat currencies (USD/GBP/EUR), through the application of merchant APIs and shopping cart plugins. DASH solutions have gained a lot of traction in the recent days following an increase in adoption.

Users will now be able to choose from an extensive range of alternative currencies when they load their bitcoin debit cards via their SpectroCoin online wallets. Users will also be able to top up their SpectroCoin debit cards with their preferred cryptocurrency and use it at ATMs, pay vendors, or withdraw using any of the multiple available methods. Some of the popular altcoins supported by the new service include the likes of Ethereum, Monero, LiteCoin, ZCash, Auger and of course DASH.

SpectroCoin Finance Ltd is committed to developing innovations for electronic payments to meet the needs of a rapidly expanding industry. The company plans to monitor developments in the cryptocurrency industry while progressing the company’s mission to deploy more payment solutions and extend support to new currencies as the demand increases. The introduction of new altcoins is a huge step for SpectroCoin towards achieving its vision.


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