title: New Zealand — Payments and banking: Can we move player money? | advennt.io canonical: https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/new-zealand/payments/ [Jurisdictions](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/) [New Zealand](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/new-zealand/) Payments and banking New Zealand · Question 06 of 11 # Payments and banking: Can we move player money? Mixed · Probable · AI-generated · [Back to full New Zealand report →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/new-zealand/) Key section parameters | Jurisdiction | New Zealand (NZ) | |---|---| | Regulator | Recorded in register | | Favourability | Mixed | | Confidence | Probable | | Review status | AI-generated | | Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 | Summary answer For land-based licensees, standard NZ banking and card rails apply. Offshore online operators serving NZ players rely on cards and e-wallets with elevated PSP risk given the s.16 prohibition on promoting offshore gambling and the AML/CFT focus on remitters (e.g. the NZ$1.125m Qian DuoDuo penalty). T… ## Full section analysis For land-based licensees, standard NZ banking and card rails apply. Offshore online operators serving NZ players rely on cards and e-wallets with elevated PSP risk given the s.16 prohibition on promoting offshore gambling and the AML/CFT focus on remitters (e.g. the NZ$1.125m Qian DuoDuo penalty). The forthcoming licensed online regime will impose AML/CFT obligations on domestic operators, aligning payment-flow scrutiny with the casino standard.