FirePay Bans Online Gaming Transactions for Canada

Because of the United States’ ban on online gambling transactions, other countries are starting to get into the loop as well, and one company has just included the Canadians in the group that they will no longer service. FirePay has announced that they will no longer be servicing their Canadian customers and it will be effective this week.

When you go on the company’s web site there is a notice that says that as of February 21st, the company will no longer process Canadian consumer payments to online gaming companies; and as of February 28th, they will no longer allow Canadian consumers to receive payments from the online gaming companies either.

However, they will allow those with money sitting in their coffers to use that money to either pay non-gambling merchants or have money put into their bank account. This differs from many US gamers who are having a tough time getting their money back from e-wallet companies that are currently holding their funds, because of the US Department of Justice.

Many online companies were still accepting money from the Canadians, just not the US, but now with FirePay coming out of the market, it is expected that many will eventually follow suit.

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