Citadel Commerce (www.CitadelCommerce.com), a well-established Gibraltar-based private company specializing in payment processing, makes it easy and fast for you to fund your gaming at online casinos through its Electronic Internet Check. This service is available to bank account holders in the United States and Canada. To open a Citadel Commerce account, go to www.CitadelCommerce.com. Alternatively, you can get to the site and sign up by selecting Citadel Commerce as your funding option at the casino. Either way, easy on-screen instructions will lead you through the process, establishing your secure account ID and security ID. Then, when you're ready to play, simply select Citadel as your casino funding choice. Enter the amount, and Citadel makes sure that the specified secure transfer instantly takes place from your bank account to the casino. (Note that Citadel Commerce also offers a new service called "myCitadel Wallet," which lets you store real cash funds online, secure and ready instantly for your use. The service currently supports accounts in United States dollars; Canadian dollars; British pounds; RMB in China, Hong Kong, and Macao; and Euros in France, Germany, and Spain.) Citadel Commerce safeguards your security and privacy by securely holding all personal information in its data center, which utilizes several layers of firewalls, 128-bit SSL encryption. It also maintains a "digital fingerprint" of your personal computer that it uses to help identify, verify, and track all your transactions.

Citadel highlights:

• Countries: Citadel Commerce Electronic Internet Checks are currently available to bank account holders in the United States and Canada; more countries may have access to the service in the near future.
• Signing up: Go to www.CitadelCommerce.com to open an account for free. You'll be taken through a simple registration process.
• Transferring funds: Before playing at the online casino, simply select Citadel as your funding option and answer the prompts for your account ID and the amount you wish to transfer from your bank account.
• Withdrawing funds: Use the same process to withdraw funds, which can take up to 7 business days to clear.
• Security: Citadel Commerce safeguards your security and privacy not only in its own data center, protected by firewalls and 128-bit SSL encryption, but also through "digital fingerprint" identification and tracking of the computer through which you operate your account.