Global e-commerce payment solution Ukash announced yesterday the introduction of the Ukash payment method onto PokerStars.com.
This collaboration is part of Ukash’s continued effort to bring easy, controlled and anonymous online cash payments to anyone from anywhere in the world.
Visitors to the Poker Stars website will now be able to make online payments for their games using cash instead of credit or debit cards. Poker players can benefit from the anonymity and added security of not needing to input their financial details online, reducing the risk of card fraud and identity theft.
With rising consumer sensitivity around anonymity and sharing personal financial information on poker and other gaming and entertainment sites, the Ukash e-cash solution will open online gaming to millions of digitally excluded customers without credit or debit cards, as well as those who simply prefer to use cash.
Ukash CEO Mark Chirnside said: "E-cash is the global way forward for online entertainment and commerce. It is the only guaranteed way for online players to make payments on poker sites completely anonymously and securely, without ever having to worry about fraud."
Ukash, which is available in the UK, mainland Europe, South Africa and Australia, has an existing global network of 275,000 issuing points and can be obtained online in Australia, Belgium, Sweden, France, Spain, Russia, Poland, UK and the Netherlands.
