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History: Epassporte launched 2003 January 6th and in one week issued Virtual Visa cards in 79 countries.

Account Types: Personal, Business (initial $5 payment to upgrade)

VCC: yes. https://www.epassporte.com/secure/jsp/Questions.jsp

Support: Bad. Robotic replies. Terrible customer services.

Details:
ePassporte is a really quick and easy way to receive your payments in time. It is anonymous, you don't need a bank account, so you don't have to explain your bank where your money is coming from. You don't need to wait hours or even weeks to cash your check or worry about wire transfer: with ePassporte you get your money instantly!

Benefits:

• ePpurchase is ePassporte's Payment Interface which enables Internet Merchants to accept payments for goods and services from ePassporte Account Holders.
• EPASSPORTE MESSAGE CENTER
• Epassporte offers a surfer the ability to get a Virtual Visa account in real time.
• Virtually in seconds.
• It is accepted globally.
• It offers anonymity.
• It supports Peer-to-Peer money transfers in real time to a global market at rates much cheaper than currently available mechanisms.
  
  

comment: This is one of the most preferred deposit methods for US players.

Security: ePassporte uses up to two types of authentication procedures to verify that the person attempting to fund an ePassporte Account with a credit or debit card is the actual Account Holder. One is the Visa authentication program, "Verified by Visa", and the other is ePassporte's own authentication system called ePVerify.

Created by expert e-commerce professionals, ePassporte has developed a revolutionary payment system that protects your identity and your cash while giving you Visa's worldwide recognition and acceptance.

By choosing that method, you will be given a plastic card which you can use in any ATMs with a VISA or PLUS sign to withdraw cash anywhere in the world.

You can also use your card for shopping at various places which has VISA terminals. Transactions can be reviewed on the website, so you will know instantly that your money arrived.


Costs of ePassporte

The card has a one-time $40 setup fee
Withdrawing money from any ATM costs $3 no matter how much money you take out
Using your ePassporte card for shopping has no additional costs

Benefits of ePassporte card:

• There are no additional costs of sending your payment
• Money on your ePassporte account will be shown in USD, but when using an ATM, you will receive your money in your country's currency.
• You can always check how much money you have on your account and what transactions have been made
• No Credit Approval or Application Required
• To obtain an ePassporte account you are not required to go through a credit approval process. Just join online with your current credit card.
• Immediate Satisfaction
• As soon as you decide to get an ePassporte Virtual Visa and you load the account, you can make purchases online in a matter of seconds.
• The ePassporte Real-Time Environment
• Real-time transaction history - You will be able to review your transaction history immediately after the transaction has occurred. Real-time money transfers - Click the "send transfer" button and the ePassporte cardholder recipient can receive funds and use them immediately.
• Free Email
• ePassporte provides a free private email for your personal use and to deliver all account data securely and safely.
• Global Access to Funds
• ePassporte allows you to withdraw cash in any country in the their local currency at ATMs. It also allows you to make purchases at most Visa merchants worldwide.

Using ePassporte :

• Shop or Get Cash Anywhere in the World
• Use your ePassporte Visa Electron card to get cash at ATMs bearing the PLUS and/or Visa logo or make purchases at Visa merchant terminals.

• Transfer Money Instantaneously
  Transferring money between ePassporte members is immediate. All you need is the email address of the other ePassporte account holder that you want to send money to. It is fast, safe and affordable.
  
• Shop OnlineUse your ePassporte Virtual Visa to make secure and anonymous purchases over the Internet. Only you will be able to make balance inquiries and access transaction history. Your ePassporte Virtual Visa transactions are CVV2/CVC2 protected which provides the highest security protection against fraud on the Internet. Additionally, you can load ePassporte with funds whenever you want. This means that you can avoid overspending by budgeting effectively.
  
• Use While Traveling
  Safer and more convenient than carrying cash or checks, ePassporte makes traveling easy. Load your ePassporte Virtual Visa and take the ePassporte Visa Electron card on your trip. You will be able to withdraw cash in any country in the local currency at ATMs and make purchases at Visa merchant terminals all over the world.
  
• Family FinancesThe ePassporte Virtual Visa and Visa Electron card are the perfect solutions for your family financial needs. It is a great way to encourage financial accountability with online tracking of purchases, so you and your family's can manage spending and budgeting. Their spending will be limited to the amount of money that you load on to the account, so they will learn practical money skills with your supervision. Even if they are miles away from home, you can monitor their expenditures online daily and in real-time!
• Gift Giving

Reviews:

With Neteller's withdrawal from the U.S., Epassporte has been flooded with new account requests. This has created quite a backlog in the new account processing. Our experience is that funds deposited into Epassporte will take about three weeks to be available.

The ePassporte model is centered on creating a virtual VISA account, which will act in all respects like the standard credit card for which you’d normally apply. One added benefit is that it can be used to fund a poker account without the worry of having the charge declined by your bank.

Another benefit that some users may find useful is that after you have created your ePassporte account you can opt to have them mail you a “physical” VISA debit card linked to your ePassporte account that you can use to make over-the-counter purchases anywhere that you can use your normal VISA card.

One aspect of ePassporte that you should be aware of is that the first time you fund you account you must do it with a credit or debit card. After you have successfully created, verified, and funded your account you are free to add a bank account to your personal profile and use it when transferring funds.

I've just had my epassporte account suspended for "unusual activity"... which is weird because i've only made two low value transactions.
Now they're asking me to scan and email them a government issued photo ID and front+back of my regular credit card.
I'm starting to think that they're not trustworthy - what other payment sites would ask for such things?

got a hold of an espassporte rep and guess what/....I wish I never got through...epassporte sucks, gave them all the right info and they said the deposit was somewhow not accepted, I think they got one guy answering the phones or something and he probably hates it there

had been using Epassport for over a year, and I'm in Canada. As of last month my bank is declining all epassport deposits to poker sites. Furthermore, after asking my bank why, they say they've had too many complaints against them when trying to cashout. Unfortunately I still had $100 there, tried to cash out and Epassporte emailed back that it's not an option So they have $100 of mine, and my bank says they can't help me, and I can't get it back! Be Careful and aware!

don't,don't,don't,don't,don't,don't,don't, use epassprte...they are absolutely the worst company i have ever dealt with on the internet...they have floated my cash for over two weeks and keep telling me they have sent me an e-mail with my password on it....and STILL, TWO WEEKS LATER, no new password....each time i call (20 plus minute hold time...twice disconnected too), they tell me i will receive an e-mail with my new password in ...ready.................24 to 48 hours...LOL. does anyone, anywhere for whatever reason have to wait 48 hours these days to get an e-mail?????? it has been 72 hours now and guess what????? ahhh y'all are so smart, NO E-MAIL WITH MY NEW PASSWORD!!.......WHAT A ********************* COMPANY. I SERIOUSLY HOPE I GET MY MONEY.....

I live in the U.S. and have NEVER had a problem with epassporte. My credit card went through instantly and I immediately funded my Full Tilt account when about 2 months ago. I also signed up my bank account and found their deposits about a week later going online with my account. Now it takes about 5-7 business days for them actually show that they have received your deposit even though it's gone from your account before then.

I know that most credit cards from the big banks don't work. My creidt union works just fine though. You have to be patient when using epassporte because it is really slow. They won't respond to an e-mail and I have NEVER gotten anything but a busy signal when I tried to call them. Unfortunately this has what it has come to.

Not everyone is going to have a great experience but to say they are crooks and they are stealing money is absurd.

the only ptoblems ive had with them is their slow process. whether depositing money or taking it out. took me about a week to cash out some winnings.

if only we had more options..