title: United Kingdom — Payments and banking: Can we move player money? | advennt.io canonical: https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/united-kingdom/payments/ [Jurisdictions](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/) [United Kingdom](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/united-kingdom/) Payments and banking United Kingdom · Question 06 of 11 # Payments and banking: Can we move player money? Mixed · Confirmed · Expert approved · In expert review scope · [Back to full United Kingdom report →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/united-kingdom/) Key section parameters | Jurisdiction | United Kingdom (UK) | |---|---| | Regulator | Gambling Commission | | Favourability | Mixed | | Confidence | Confirmed | | Review status | Expert approved · In expert review scope | | Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 | Summary answer GB gambling operators have access to a full range of payment methods. The major UK banks generally maintain banking relationships with licensed gambling operators, though compliance requirements are stringent. Permitted payment methods for licensed operators include: - Debit cards (credit cards pro… ## Full section analysis Licensed operators in Great Britain can use a full range of payment methods, including debit cards, bank transfers, open banking, e-wallets, and prepaid cards and vouchers. Payment service providers may need FCA authorisation or registration. Since 14 April 2020, licence condition 6.1.2 has prohibited accepting credit cards for remote gambling and non-remote betting, including funding an e-wallet with a credit card to gamble. In October 2025 the Commission said it views prepaid cards, prepaid vouchers and all other prepaid payment methods as high-risk for money laundering and terrorist financing, because of cash or cryptoasset loading, anonymity and their open-loop nature. Card schemes classify gambling merchants under merchant category code 7995. The code identifies a transaction as gambling, but it does not by itself determine which cards may be used. In June 2026 the Commission said that, following FCA progress, it is looking at a possible path for cryptoassets to be used as a consumer payment option, and that this will take time. That is a policy direction, not a new permission. Operators remain responsible for risk assessment, customer due diligence and monitoring across all deposit and withdrawal methods. From 30 September 2026, RTS 12B requires remote operators to offer gross deposit limits as a minimum. Licence condition 4.1.1 requires remote licensees that hold customer funds, other than gaming machine technical, gambling software, host and ancillary licensees, to keep those funds in a separate client bank account. Licensees must also tell customers how far their funds are protected in an insolvency. The Commission uses payment blocking against unlicensed operators.