FPS EPASSPORT AND OTHER BANKING OPTIONS

This page shows all the ways in which you can cash in and out of the online poker sites reviewed on this website.

FPS EPASSPORT

FPS ePassport is a prepaid Visa card that you can fund your poker account with. You'll sign up with FPS ePassport first and choose either the basic "Virtual Visa" (to be used online anywhere Visa is accepted) or the premium "Visa Electron" (which you can use as a real credit card - meaning you can make purchases online and in stores, as well as withdraw money from an ATM). The card is funded using money from your bank account, and is completely reloadable. There are no interest rates and purchasing power is simply limited to the amount of funds currently on the card. There are fees associated with this card, so check on their website for more information.

POKER ROOMS THAT USE FPS EPASSPORT:

GLOBAL CONNECT CARDS & PINBILL CARDS

This is usually the quickest way to deposit funds for most people. You'll buy a "Global Connect Card" on Party Poker with your credit card (or a "Pinbill Card" if you are playing on Absolute Poker). Then the software will let you instantly transfer the value of the card into your poker account. The only downside is that you'll have to pay a small fee for each card purchased.

POKER ROOMS THAT USE GLOBAL CONNECT CARDS:

POKER ROOMS THAT USE PINBILL CARDS:

Absolute Poker

ELECTRONIC CHECKS (including Citadel)

By entering your routing number and bank account number found on your check, you can authorize a poker site to deposit money into your poker account. Sites like Party Poker also use verification - they'll deposit a small amount of money into your account and you have to type in the exact amount of the deposit. This ensures that you have access to the account. Once you register your bank account like this, you can cash out your winnings electronically. Although it sounds a little scetchy giving a poker company your bank account information, the process is very secure and thousands of people do it. Poker sites invest a ton of money into security issues, because having bank account information stolen by hackers would ruin a company's reputation quickly.

POKER ROOMS THAT ACCEPT BANK CHECKS ONLINE:

CASH CONNECTION LINK CARD

This is a phone card that you buy at a store. After the card is purchased, the full value of it can be transferred into your Party Poker account. In order to locate a store that sells these cards, Party Poker's cashier site offers a store locator search.

POKER ROOMS THAT USE CASH CONNECTION LINK:

NETELLER

Neteller functions like a separate bank account. You can transfer money into Neteller instantly from your bank account and fund your poker account this way - and you can cash out your winnings into Neteller, then into your bank account again. Neteller is extremely secure and thousands of online poker players use it to handle their transactions. In addition, most poker sites prefer Neteller, and cashing out into Neteller is usually the fastest way to get your winnings. It only takes a few minutes to sign up for a Neteller account - go to http://www.neteller.com and click "Open Account." Once you get everything set up, you'll be able to use your Neteller account at almost every poker site around. You can even transfer money between friends who have Neteller accounts. Click here to learn more about Neteller.

POKER ROOMS THAT USE NETELLER:

FIREPAY

FirePay is similar to Neteller - once you set up your account, you transfer money from your bank account into your FirePay account. From there, you can deposit that money into your poker account. This works in reverse, too - cash out into your Fire Pay account and then back to your bank account. Fire Pay charges fees whenever you make a deposit from your bank account, ranging from $3.99 USD to $5.99. Click here to learn more about Firepay.

POKER ROOMS THAT USE FIREPAY:

CREDIT CARDS (European customers only)

Wouldn't it be nice to transfer money directly from your credit card to your poker account? Couldn't that also get you into a lot of trouble? Most North American, Australian and New Zealand banks think so - and they won't authorize these transactions. However, if you're in Europe, let the good times roll. In some cases, you can even credit your winnings back to your credit card.

POKER ROOMS THAT ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS:

WIRE TRANSFERS

Each poker site has its own rules for transfers, but this may be the best way to deposit large amounts of money securely. Of course, fees usually apply to these transactions. Refer to the individual site's cashiers for directions on these types of transactions.

POKER ROOMS THAT ACCEPT WIRE TRANSFERS:

FOR FIRST TIME PARTY POKER PLAYERS, WE RECOMMEND:

For those of you Party Poker players with a credit card, log on to Party Poker and click on "BANKING," then select "DEPOSITING." Go to the "GLOBAL CONNECT CARD" and enter how much you want to deposit - then click the "ADD FUNDS" button. You will buy a phone card using your credit card and then Party Poker will let you transfer the value of your card over to your account. NOTE: although Party Poker lets you use a credit card to transfer funds directly, this is limited to European countries - credit card companies in North America and Australia/New Zealand will not authorize these transactions. But using the above method should give you no trouble.

You can cash out your winnings directly into your bank account electronically, or through a number of other ways.