Click2Pay

Click2Pay Poker

If you are looking for payment method on the Internet that is top of the line and well respected, Click2Pay is right up there with the more popular payment services. This is one of the most popular options used today for many reasons: the relative ease of signing up (according to plenty of customer reviews) and how widely accepted Click2Pay payments are.

Click2Pay.com

As with most internet payment services, it is very easy to sign up for this service. All you really have to do is go to the website and fill out the sign up information -- you'll be finished before you know it, without giving away the kind of personal information a traditional bricks and mortar bank would require.

An online payment's method's veracity in the industry is based largely on its security -- and because Click2Pay is hugely popular you know it must be secure. Click2Play employs "multilevel security for maximum protection" according to its website, www.click2pay.com. They go on to say that "All data exchanges are protected by the latest encryption technology to guard against manipulation and interception."

Further research shows that all servers and databases connected to Click2Pay are protected and insured against viruses, physical intervention, fire, water damage and other risks. Parallel operation on several servers ensures uninterrupted system availability. This all comes from the company's membership material, freely available for you to look over before you joined. In addition, the security concept of Click2Pay apparently "minimizes your payment failure risk by implementing extensive risk management tools." While that seems vague, there are plenty of shady payment services out there, and this is a refreshing bit of material to read from one of them. "We employ the latest fraud protection technology to preemptively identify fraud and possible disturbances of your business."

In addition to the online service, Click2Pay offers The Click2Pay debit card, which enables you to withdraw cash from your Click2Pay account at over 900 000 ATMs worldwide in the Cirrus/Maestro network. Read it again -- 900,000 ATMs. That's instant cash, so much quicker than many other payment service programs as to make them seem behind the times.

Click2Pay's website is available in a multitude of languages -- a nice feature that I'm sure is appreciated by their Spanish, German, or Italian speaking customers.

Unfortunately for our friends in the United States, Click2Pay does not accept registration or membership from America. Our laws are just too shaky -- hey, you want to get mad about it? Write your congressman and demand some clarity on internet banking law. Off my soapbox now, back to the topic at hand.

Click2Pay has a unique method for users to track their activity -- a "star" rating system which denotes how much business an individual has done through their site. This Facebook-esque feature may seem gimmicky, but could be useful when checking out a potential opponent in, say, a game of poker. Just how much cash has this guy pushed through Click2Pay anyway? Not that I'm encouraging any kind of stalking. Truly, though, there are advantages to earning stars. Members can reach higher deposit and withdrawal limits, and are even eligible for all sorts of good swag, including an occasional cold hard cash gift. This is at least as valuable as your standard casino comp.

Click2Pay can be used to make instant payment at thousands of web sites, including online casinos. Financial transactions at Click2Pay are secure through industry standard RSA encryption technology. In addition Click2Pay employs a multilevel security system that consists of SSL-secure browser connection, restricted access in a monitored environment, physical intervention when necessary, virus protection, as well as fire and water damage insurance. Click2Pay provides transparency in transactions. Players' account history and balance can be viewed online at any time. After logging in the player should click on the transactions tool bar and se the period for which he wants to see the history.

My recent attempts to join Click2Pay (merely for research purposes) yielded the following rather simple process from joining to making a withdrawal:

1. Fill up the simple registration form at the Click2Pay web site.
2. The player will receive a call back validation within 3 minutes from the customer service team at the telephone number registered with the company. This is done in order to verify the registered details. The player's personal spending limit will be set during this verification process, and does vary customer to customer according to specifications which the employee of the company I spoke to would not comment on.
3. The player is given a Personal Account Number (PAN). The PAN is a 16 digit number, which is shown in the HISTORY block on the first page. This number is rather important, so don't lose it.
4. Players can transfer funds up to the personal spending limit without prior funding. This is refreshing in a paranoid industry that usually wants to see some action before you can fill up to your limit.
5. The player next needs to register at the online poker site or casino of their choice.
6. There in the Deposit section, the player should select Click2Pay as the preferred payment method. He should then enter his email address, PAN and the amount to be transferred. The funds are transferred to the online casino instantly.
7. The player's bank account is debited two or three days after the transaction.
8. The player can similarly transfer his winnings from the online casino to his Click2Pay account.

The many benefits of membership with Click2Pay can't be summed up here. This reviewer is quite impressed with his experience.

For one, registration at Click2Pay is free. This is not uncommon, but is always appreciated. Click2Pay accounts are accessible round the clock and from anywhere in the world. There are many funding options and the withdrawals and deposits are lightning fast, forgive the cliche.