About Click2Pay

Cick2pay is part Wirecard payment services and is based in Germany. It is considered a very popular online poker deposit method catering for international customers from around the world. Click2pay do not however allow US customers or US transactions using their e-wallet system. Click2pay offer a secure and safe online money management system and their product is widely used by atleast 80% of all online gambling websites. They did used to allow US customers when they first started operating, when UIEGA came into force, they stopped accepting new US customers and then about 12 months after they stopped their existing US customers from transacting through their systems.

As Click2pay is owned by Wirecard, Wirecard itself is a major credit card acquiring solution for the online gambling market, and in particular for online poker rooms.At one stage, even when UIEGA was fully enacted, they offered credit card solutions for a number of major US facing online casinos and poker rooms. This mainly refers to uncoded credit card solutions which is considered illegal. This goes against their acquiring agreements they have with VISA and Mastercard. In early 2010 Mastercard in particular, with VISA to follow shortly after, they shut down these processing channels and issued significant fines against the online poker sites and companies such as Wirecard. Wirecard have therefore stopped offering this solution and have pretty much completely left the US market.

Getting back to Click2pay and the actual products they offer their customers. Its an extremely efficient payment solution for online players. They also offer a standard debit card that you can draw cash from at most ATM machines around the world. As long as they support maestro. This is very beneficial for online poker players that play poker for a living and want a good way of managing their finances. Users can access their account online via their website, they can make deposits and withdrawals from all merchants that accept Click2pay. Their customer service is in Germany so they are truely efficient, we have spoken to them a number of times and they are very supportive.

Click2ay can also be used as a very good banking option for poker affiliates. Most poker affilaite programs can pay you your earnings via Click2pay and you can use the debit card to use the funds. Alternatively Click2pay can also issue you with a check directly to your personal bank account.

Overall, as an online poker player, we strongly recommend getting an account with Click2pay. Its a relatively simple process to set one up. As usual, you do need to go through the relvent deu dilligence process as they are a EU based company and are fully licensed to offer their financial products.