New Payment Option: Rixty Prepaid Game Card

bronco330, on Apr 02 2012 - 16:18, said: I'll agree that it's not a great deal, but I'm not sure you really know what money laundering is. It's essentially taking illegally-obtained cash and trying to get it deposited in a valid bank account without suspicion. I don't see how taking online payments could fall into that description.
As for foreign bank connections, this particular method of payment is found worldwide. It would make sense for Rixty to establish some connections with local banks in order to facilitate their business.
My guess is that the increased cost has to do with the structure of the deal WG made with Rixty. Rixty probably has some additional fees that it charges WG for each transaction, and WG would rather not take the hit itself. This method of payment is probably aimed at a small segment of WOT customers who wouldn't have access to Paypal or credit cards. Most likely those people are not in the US or Canada. This is the NA server, but we have players from around the world.