Just a quick announcement that Rushmore is back on board. I spoke with the operator today, and we have a clear means of communication now.
Since you now have communication, could you ask what is the "big deal" over Neteller and Moneybookers deposits, yet this is no kind of "deal" at all if these SAME players simply switch over to credit cards, or even Click2Pay.
Neteller and Moneybookers are both REGULATED by the FSA, even if more lightly than the banks, they should be viewed as trustworthy. Quicktender, on the other hand, is rather secretive, being available to US players as a means to get around UIGEA provisions regarding processing of transactions, they are certainly NOT regulated by any trusted jurisdiction that I know of, and are going to "duck & dive" to stay one step ahead of any authority seeking to shut them down as gambling processors.
Credit Cards are VERY prone to fraud, and this brings with it the risk of chargebacks to merchants. The worst fraud is where someone takes credit out in someone else's name by stealing their identity. It can take long enough for this to come to light that any funds used in a casino could get through all the stages of processing, and the cheque cashed. Even stolen cards or details can lead to the scammers getting the money through the system before the rightful card holder discovers something has been going on.
Players themselves can even initiate a chargeback simply because they didn't like the result, and get this past the credit card companies. Neteller and Moneybookers would NOT permit this.
Do the operators of Rushmore REALLY intend this move as a way to encourage players to use cards instead of eWallets, or is there something else going on.
I find that using cards is more problematic that using Neteller, especially so where it is at a casino where I have ONLY used Neteller beforehand. Using cards where the casino currency is not the UK Pound also presents a problem, the fees are HIGHER than those chanrged by Neteller, and I believe Moneybookers fees are also lower than charged by card companies.
If operators believe cards are more secure than eWallets, this is because here in the UK at least, responsibility has passed to the banks from the police, and banks would rather sweep the problem aside, rather than have it form part of "official figures"; hence a wrong impression that cards are MUCH less prone to fraud than a while ago.
In fact, ONLINE fraud has increased DRAMATICALLY, because chip & pin has made it much harder to operate "card present" frauds. Casinos make a damn good target for this, since the money can be retrieved, and usually NOT back to the card from whence it came, but by cheque.
This is another case of Rushmore failing to give a proper answer. The marketing team made a decision, but there MUST be a reason behind it, and asking the simple question "Why?" should be pretty straight forward.
Once we know the thinking, players can decide whether they are prepared to switch deposit methods, or casino.
