It has become known that the Royal Bank of Scotland will no longer process internet gaming transactions beween Switzerland and the Netherlands. And this fact could not but affected a large number of internet gambling sites operating out of the licensing jurisdiction of Alderney.
The RBS has not stopped all the internet gambling transactions – only those in Switzerland and the Netherlands, the countries with controversial gaming monopolies in the state and specific legislation legalizing only state lottery and sports betting activities.
It is hard to name the number of the affected sites, but all of them will definitely have to find a new bank to perform the internet transactions or block gambling from these two countries.