Blonde poker - withdrawing cash

[Pokerron]

I deposited £50 this morning and thought I'd give the new site a go.   The site accepted my payment without question, but when i came to withdraw the cash back to my card they sent me an email a few hours later asking for:

1/ Registration Form filled in & signed(attached).
2/ Enlarged & clear Front and Back copy of your Credit Card.
3/ A photograph ID.
4/ A recent utility bill, not older than 3 months.

Is there a way round this?   I am surprised they ask for this much information to withdraw but not deposit.  As it is I have no scanner and when taking photos of credi cards it is rarely clear.  I dont like the fact I have to provide so much personal information. 

[AdamM]

thats ridiculous. why on earth would you want to give all that info. there's enough there to make identity theft an absolute doddle. anyone who gives that list of items to anyone is asking to get done over. have them send a cheque if nothing else but I would suggest that's too much info to give out.

[Pokerron]

I agree mate, I feel very uncomfortable about doing so and a bit angry they ask now, rather than when I deposited (I wouldn't have deposited had I been asked for all that personal info ).

Hopefully somone at Blonde can resolve this so it doesnt happen to others. 

[The Baron]

So they dont ask for this info to take money from you but do ask when they give money to you?

[Gilbern74]

Had to do the same on Betfair.
It's to do with money laundering prevention, but they should have done that before they accepted your deposit rather than when you try and withdraw.
Also, I don't see why they need both a front and back copy of your credit card (Betfair only required front copy). You should still be allowed to keep some information confidential like the security number on the back of the card...

[TightEnd]

Any deposit under £300 they accept without a card having to be registered

Above £300 and they require the info Pokerron was asked for (I found this out the hard way and refused to provide it, so only deposited less than £300)

They have asked me to provide exactly the same info as Pokerron before I withdraw to the same card

I will look to withdraw another way when the time comes

It is apparently standard for this info to be provided for everyone on the Bowmans network.   

[Cybertim]

There is no way ANYONE should have to give both the back and front of their card along with their name and address...   thats just asking for trouble..  I emailed a pile of mates to come over and get a game on the site but will now be telling them not to bother.. surely there is another way of cashing out without having to do all that

[AdamM]

it's not on for companies to hide behind money laundering as a reason. I worked in banking for three years and got to know money laundering legislation quite well. if I were laundering money and creating layers I'd be passing the money to people with clean personal records and card, not people with dodgy backgrounds and cards.

got me worried now. I'm running at a small profit so far on blonde but if this is going to be an issue I might just go back to laddies now.

[TightEnd]

I've passed the thread onto the powers that be on Blonde

Give them a chance to have a look and see what they think....


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[Ironside]

alot of  sites ask for info like this now

others send pin numbers to your postal address

alot has to do with laundering some has to do with stolen credit cards

personally i use neteller and have never once been asked for this info

[TightEnd]

the thing I found unfortunate was that I could deposit but was only told AFTERWARDS that I would need to register the card to withdraw to it

If it had been clear I would have gone through neteller form the start...

[Pokerron]

Me too.   If they allow you to deposit <£300 with no hassle, they should allow you to withdraw <£300 without the info. 

I'll wait for an update from the powers that be before doing anything else.  Cheers for passing it on.

http://www.blondepokerleague.com/realmoney.html/deposit_methods/credit_cards



Hopefully there are other withdrawal methods.

[Rookie (Rodney)]

I had to provide all this to TITAN when i withdrew my money a couple of weeks back.. This was needed even though i asked for them to send via cheque!!

[turny]

was gonna sign up to blonde over the wekend but having second thoughts now.

not that il win any money as im rubbish but u never know

[Cybertim]

I've passed the thread onto the powers that be on Blonde

Give them a chance to have a look and see what they think....


ta

cant say fairer than that...  must admit the tournaments when the blondes all join in are great fun