Did you try calling the financial institution?

There's no card on file with Global and the error happens when trying to add a new credit card.

I had this exact same issue a couple weeks ago. Emailed support and had it resolved in a couple days. Along with the new payment processor, you need to call your bank to confirm the transactions now which is a hassle. Both may explain why the traffic is down.

Been away from the ring games for a few weeks, logged on last night and damn...I saw 4 NL20 & maybe about the same in NL50. I figured that they maybe had a server crash until I came on and saw this thread. Very strange indeed with the serious drop in traffic.

Another issue they're going to have is how many unsuccessful attempts at GC purchases are done by guys without 2p2 accounts or guys not getting a good response from support? Yikes. I'd wager the problems we are seeing here are tip of the iceberg.

My situation does seem to be resolved now, but i agree. How many people are going to email support in the first place, wait up to a week for a response, try to deposit, get denied by the bank because of a fraud alert, potentially talk to somebody from the bank about what the purchase is (most people are just going to say that they're trying to deposit on a 'poker site' and not be familiar with the gold coin verbiage), etc. I think that's why we see such a huge drop in numbers since paypal left. With paypal it was : send money > get sweeps in account. Cashout > funds in paypal acccount. There were no additional steps. Now only the most dedicated players are going to be persistent in trying to get funds on the site, which in most cases are going to be professionals. But Global is at least trying, with the addition of adding skrill. Unfortunately it doesn't have the name recognition that paypal does in the U.S. , so i don't think the trust level will be the same with recreational players. I guess time will tell whether skrill ends up being a positive or negative overall.

Same problem, and why im playing on Ignition and BOL right now. Global also said they sent me an email (that I guess I missed???) requesting documents , and have closed my account because I did not comply in time

oh well

The lack of deposit options is killing Global, IMO. Paypal was awesome. With no crypto, it is hard to deposit. I have 3 different credit cards, and none of them work with Worldpay or whoever the processor is.

When they had paypal they were the ELITE option for internet poker and it wasn't even close. Withdrawals coming through within 6 hours, no issues depositing; the amount of tables were insane as well

I'd have to agree. Another thing that is strange is that I've been playing the JP games instead of ring the last few weeks because my workload has me going 12+ hours a day, so only time to play about 20 or so while I eat.

Something I do, is that I tag everyone I play with whether it be MTT, Ring, JP, etc. including the 1st date played. Tons of new players in the JP and rarely do I see them again, nor are they multi tabling the JP that I can see. If there are that many new players in JP, why are they not in the ring games. Makes one wonder.

Have they said they are working on crypto deposits?

The players depositing with crypto arent the type of players the site needs to attract whatsoever. The games on ignition got worse within a week of crypto being added. Crypto deposits will 100% make the games worse then they're already getting.

Joe the whale isnt converting his money into crypto to play online poker. He needs working credit cards. Paypal was great because everyone used it.

Crypto also makes it really easy for botters to move money. Its also a way for staking stables to have P2P transfers with no vig. Very shortsighted to ask for crypto.

There's a whole (10) tables currently in the Low Stakes. I'm overwhelmed for table selection.

WTF

Something isn't right. Mid Stakes just as bad.

My original card was declined a few months ago. I changed to another made one small deposit $200, went through fine. My CC sent me a text asking if I recognized the charge, Y or N. Replied Y, all is good.

Global just sent me an e-mail for Receive $50SC for a $25GC purchase, just ran that, went through just fine. I think it's your card(s), you'll need to call them to approve the foreign charge. It's not WorldPay, it's the origin of the purchase is what's causing your issue.

this site ****ing sucks now wtffff

The point of them is that they are one off games that can be done in 1-10 mins. You're describing exactly the type of player who would be trying these out and may not feel like buckling in for 30-60+ mins at a cash game.

Whales don't want to call their banks and explain that they're buying gold sweepstakes coins, or whatever, either. They need lots of deposit options that actually work.

Crypto will assist botters.Euros who can play on any NA account they can get ahold of then they just transfer money from a wallet when their done playing off said account with no tax burdon on anyone. Staking stables move money easier. Its literally the WORST option a NA poker site can add.

You wont even notice the few new rec players depositing because the games will become completely reg infested.

100% correct

not if you need to verify your identity to cash out or if global continues to be as effective as they are about detecting chip dumpers... an EU account wont be able to dump chips to an NA account to cash out without triggering red flags for site security.

Why would a EU account need to chip dump to a NA account? They can just play on the NA account and cash out to a wallet when finished. This is without any tax burden on the NA account. They just need to set up either fake docs or have a friend with an account to use.

Again when bitcoin was added to bovada the games got worse within a week. It wasnt "Wow where did all these new fun players come from must be bitcoin". It was not only NL Joey Ingram on a pod said the PLO games got worse as well.

because they need to prove their identity and address before cashing out. if they dont have a US address, they cant cash out to skrill or bitcoin or anything

Its not hard to fake documents. Botters and cheaters will easily get ahold of these. You cant fake a bank account though because money has to be sent to that account in the NA.

In the "chip dumping" example u just brought up it shows u how easy it would be. Nobody has to chip dump whatsoever. You just need one person whos from NA to make an account and u pay him a little money for the account and its your account forever. No chip dumping needed. No tax liability on the guy who makes the account because its all done through bitcoin. The tax liability makes a huge difference and only bitcoin gets u around this.

Thats before u even get into the staking stables who can now freely transfer money to and from players vig free which opens up more staking to go on then already does on the site.

Just remember though guys, PayPal was their “partner”. They decided to “move away” from them to give players more options!

Traffic is great from micros up to 100nl. Not sure about higher stakes.