Canadian Moneybookers Poker Sites

Founded in 2002 when Moneybookers.com launched, Moneybookers is a favorite Canadian online payment option at online poker sites. Like its primary competitors, Neteller and Paypal, Moneybookers is an electronic wallet that can be funded by another payment source before being used to fund a Canada Moneybookers online poker site. In this way, you can add an extra layer of protection to your financial transactions to online poker sites. Many poker players in Canada use Moneybookers as their online poker account where only money intended for Canadian online poker is kept. As Moneybookers is almost always included as a withdrawal method where it is accepted for online poker deposits, any withdrawals can be placed in a Moneybookers account before being routed to another payment option.

Moneybookers For Easy Online Deposits

Although currently listed as being for sale for around C$365 million, Moneybookers is a stable company owned by Investcorp Technology Partners. From the time when it was launched, Moneybookers continued to grow its reach in the world with a steadily increasing amount of open accounts, many of them used for online gambling at Canadian online poker sites. Within its first two years of operation, Moneybookers hosted 2 million open and active accounts. By 2010, there were more than 10 million active accounts registered with Moneybookers in more than 40 countries around the world. Moneybookers is one of the few electronic wallets that allows transactions in the Canadian Dollar.

Why Use Moneybookers For Poker?

Moneybookers is one of the most popular payment options for Canadian online poker sites. Some of the advantages of using Moneybookers at Canada online poker sites include:

• No deposit fees for Moneybookers deposits. Low fees for withdrawals.
• All transactions can be performed using the Canadian Dollar.
• One of the safest online payment options for Canada online poker sites.

Options For Canadian Poker Players

While using Moneybookers to make a deposit at Canada Moneybookers online poker sites is free to the customer, funding your Moneybookers account does come with a small charge. However, these fees are among the smallest in the industry. When you use your Moneybookers account to make a deposit at a Moneybookers Canada poker site, you must simply provide your email address, similar to payment made using other electronic wallets such as Paypal. After entering your email address and the amount that you would like to deposit, your transaction will normally be processed instantly and the funds will immediately appear in your account.

Moneybookers is typically available as a withdrawal options at Canada Moneybookers poker sites but only if you previously used it to make a deposit. Otherwise, you will be forced to make another deposit using Moneybookers or choose an alternative withdrawal option. The maximum deposit limit at Canadian poker sites varies from poker site to poker site. However, after an identity verification process and 90 days, Moneybookers limits transactions to C$50,000.00. The company regulating all Moneybookers deposits to Canadian online poker sites is Financial Services Authority in the UK.