About Paylobby

Paylobby publishes independent, payments-focused analysis of how regulated UK online casinos handle e-wallet rails, with a particular focus on ecoPayz (now Payz). The site is built and maintained by an editorial team rather than by individual named writers, because what matters here is methodology, not personalities. Last reviewed: 21 June 2026.

What this site is

Paylobby is an independent editorial project. It is not affiliated with PSI-Pay Ltd, with any casino operator, with the UK Gambling Commission, with the Financial Conduct Authority, or with any payments processor, gambling industry association or affiliate network. We do not own a casino, do not provide gambling services, do not hold an operating licence, and do not handle player funds. Our role is to read the regulatory record, the operator terms, the wallet documentation and the public data, and to translate the result into something a non-specialist reader can actually use at a UK cashier.

Who writes the content

Every published guide goes through three roles inside the editorial team. A payments analyst drafts the technical content based on first-hand cashier testing, wallet documentation, FCA register entries and the UKGC’s published industry data. A regulatory editor reviews the draft against current UK rules — including the 2020 credit card gambling ban, the 2025 stake limits, the £150 financial vulnerability threshold, and the April 2026 Remote Gaming Duty changes — to catch anything that has dated or shifted. A copy editor enforces UK English spelling and the editorial style described below. No single page is published on the strength of one person’s reading.

We do not use ghostwritten author personas, do not invent reviewer credentials, and do not publish biographical claims about named individuals. Where a guide uses the byline “Casino Payments Analyst”, it refers to the editorial role responsible for that draft, not a single private person. This convention exists so that updates over time — as analysts join, leave or reassign — do not stretch any one human’s stated experience past where it ends.

How we source data

Every statistic we publish is traceable to a primary source. We prefer official records over secondary reporting, and we prefer current releases over archived ones. In order of preference we use: the FCA register and FCA publications for anything about PSI-Pay Ltd and other payment institutions; the UKGC’s published industry statistics, market impact data and speeches for anything about UK gambling activity, channelisation and stake limits; HM Treasury and Office for Budget Responsibility documents for duty rates; the NHS Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey and the Gambling Survey for Great Britain for problem-gambling prevalence; and direct PSI-Pay corporate disclosures for wallet-specific operational facts. Where we cite a forecast — for example H2 Gambling Capital’s offshore market estimates or the Worldpay Global Payments Report — we name the institution rather than presenting a figure as fact.

We do not rely on competitor casino-review sites as sources. We do not copy data from operator marketing pages. We do not republish figures we cannot trace.

How we verify operator information

When a guide refers to a UKGC-licensed casino in the abstract — for example, in describing how a typical UK cashier handles a Payz deposit — we describe operator behaviour at the pattern level, not by name. We do not maintain a ranked list of recommended operators, do not publish “best casino” awards, and do not offer hand-picked operator shortlists. The reasoning is straightforward: any list goes stale within weeks, and the UKGC public register is the only authoritative source for whether a particular brand currently holds a licence. Readers should verify a licence number themselves before depositing, every time.

Editorial independence

Paylobby may participate in affiliate or referral arrangements with payment providers or with operators in the future, but no such arrangement influences the analytical content of a guide. Editorial decisions — what to cover, what to leave out, what to recommend against — are taken independently of any commercial relationship. If we ever publish a sponsored or commercial piece, it will be labelled as such on the page, in plain English, above the first paragraph. Our default position remains independent analysis, written to help a UK reader make a better-informed payments decision.

Update cadence

Pillar guides are reviewed in full at least twice a year, and any time a material UK regulatory change occurs — for example a new statutory instrument under the Gambling Act 2005, a UKGC consultation outcome, an FCA register amendment for PSI-Pay Ltd, or a tax change affecting operator margins. Smaller cluster pages are reviewed quarterly. The “Updated” date in the header reflects the last content review, not the last cosmetic edit. If you spot a date or figure that has slipped behind the current record, please tell us — see the section below.

Corrections policy

If you find an error of fact on Paylobby — a misquoted figure, an outdated statutory reference, a regulator name applied incorrectly — write to the editorial inbox listed at the foot of every page. Corrections are handled within five working days. Where a correction materially changes the meaning of a passage, we mark the change in line and note it in the corresponding cluster’s editorial log. We do not retroactively edit content to remove embarrassment; an error stays visible as a correction.

Style and language

Paylobby is written in UK English. We use “specialise”, “authorised”, “licence” as a noun and “license” as a verb, “programme”, “cheque”, and the £ symbol for GBP. We avoid marketing language: there are no “trusted”, “top-rated”, “proven”, “ultimate” or “best” labels applied to operators or wallets. We try not to use percentages where an absolute number is clearer, do not present forecasts as facts, and do not present operator T&Cs as universal rules.

What this site is not

Paylobby is not a financial adviser, a lawyer, a tax adviser or a regulator. Nothing on the site constitutes financial, legal or tax advice. Casino payments rules, fees and licences change frequently; always verify the latest information directly with the casino, with PSI-Pay Ltd, and on the public UKGC register before depositing any money.

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