high energy weapons . skrill limited type private industry online payments founded 27 july 2001 2001 07 27 founder daniel klein benjamin kullmann headquarters 25 canada square london united kingdom area served worldwide key people david sear ceo david clarke cfo neil ward cpo products payment gateway digital wallet prepaid card psp revenue 331 million 2014 1 number of employees 700 2014 parent paysafe group website www.skrill.com skrill formerly moneybookers is an e commerce business that allows payments and money transfers to be made through the internet with a focus on low cost international money transfers . it is owned and operated by skrill limited a uk based company registered as a money service business with her majesty s revenue and customs regulated by the financial conduct authority and licensed to operate within the european union . 2 3 4 contents 1 history 1.1 rebranding 2 service 3 criticism 4 wikileaks controversy 5 sponsorship 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit the moneybookers.com domain was first registered on 17 june 2001 . 5 on 27 july 2001 a company named moneybookers limited was incorporated in the united kingdom . 6 the moneybookers.com website along with the online payment system was launched on 1 april 2002 . 7 almost 2 million new users registered with moneybookers in the initial 1.5 years of operation . citation needed in march 2007 moneybookers was bought by investcorp technology partners for 105 million 8 and as of 9 march 2009 it was put up for sale by its owners for an estimated 365 million . 9 in 2008 moneybookers claimed to operate in 200 countries of the world and handle over 6 million accounts . 10 in february 2010 the sunday times ranked moneybookers as the fastest growing private equity backed firm in the united kingdom based on profits . 11 in 2011 the company s customer base reached 25 million including 120 000 merchant accounts 12 its payment gateway being integrated by a number of global online brands such as facebook skype and ebay . 13 14 in august 2013 cvc capital partners acquired skrill for 600 million . 15 as of 2014 skrill has been approved by the new jersey division of gaming enforcement njdge as the only sanctioned digital wallet for new jersey internet gambling . 16 in march 2015 optimal payments the parent company of the skrill s rival neteller announced its official proposal for acquisition of skrill group for 1.1 billion . the deal is to be finalized in the third quarter of 2015 according to the parties . 17 in april 2015 skrill group announced that it had completed acquisition of ukash its uk based competitor . 18 rebranding edit in september 2011 moneybookers announced that they would rebrand their service as skrill . 19 the rebranding of the product was completed in 2013 . 20 skrill allows for sending and receiving payments in 41 currencies supporting major credit and debit cards . 21 restrictions include countries on us and or eu economic sanctions list . since 2008 us based customers could not receive money from non us skrill accounts and non us customers could not upload funds or send payments using us payment cards or bank accounts . citation needed as of september 2013 update united states was not included on the list of supported countries . 22 as of march 2015 update united states is included in the list . 23 skrill accounts can be held in any of major currencies but once the first transaction is made it is not possible to change the account s currency . 24 individual customers can open an account with skrill through registering their email address and certain personal data on the company s website . completing an optional identity verification process allows sending receiving higher value payments . accounts are identified by one or more email addresses associated with them ; consequently payments from a skrill account other than withdrawals to own bank account or a payment card are processed by sending money to an email address . an email address once assigned to a skrill account can only be altered or removed with help of skrill support and there is a limit of four email addresses per account . an inactivity fee is charged on accounts that have not been used for more than 12 months . 23 service edit customers can purchase a skrill branded prepaid card linked to the account in one of the four currencies usd eur pln and gbp . 25 high turnover customers are offered premium membership called skrill vip that includes additional features such as a security token multi currency accounts and the ability to earn loyalty points . 26 for businesses skrill offers a payment gateway escrow payments as well as web sms and fax sending services . unlike some of its competitors skrill does not usually get involved in merchandise disputes and the availability of credit card chargebacks may be limited . citation needed criticism edit the non profit better business bureau currently has skrill usa with a d rating as of april 2016 the result of 66 complaints closed with bbb in last 3 years . as of august 2016 cardpaymentoptions has rated skrill with 1.8 out 5 based on numerous customer complaints where in many instances the company withheld funds from customers and merchants . 27 28 29 wikileaks controversy edit in august 2010 skrill blocked the account operated by wikileaks as a donation collection account citing the organisation s addition to australian blacklists and american watchlists . 30 this decision came under fire by free speech activists worldwide as complicit with out of court pressure applied on wikileaks by the government of the united states as wikileaks had not been directly charged with any crime . citation needed sponsorship edit in july 2013 skrill became the sponsor of the conference football league in the 2013 14 season . the initial three year deal saw the league s three divisions known as the skrill premier skrill south and skrill north . 31 32 however the deal was ended after less than one year . 33 see also edit list of foreign exchange companies paysafe group online payment system digital wallet paypal neteller references edit proposed acquisition by optimal payments of skrill to create a leading global player in online payment and digital wallets services pdf . retrieved 26 march 2015 . skrill holdings limited private company information . retrieved 26 march 2015 . skrill totallygaming.com . retrieved 26 march 2015 . skrill moneybookers crunchbase . retrieved 26 march 2015 . moneybookers.com whois record . internic . 24 january 2003 . retrieved 26 march 2015 . company information for skrill limited 04260907 incorporated 27 07 2001 . retrieved 26 march 2015 . moneybookers ltd. launch electronic money transfer website press release . 4 january 2002 . archived from the original on 4 january 2014 . retrieved 26 march 2015 . investcorp technology partners undertakes buyout of moneybookers limited for eur105 million press release . 28 march 2007 . retrieved 26 march 2015 . investcorp to sell moneybookers . telegraph.co.uk . 9 march 2009 . retrieved 26 march 2015 . results for the year ended 31 december 2008 press release . 9 march 2009 . archived from the original on 25 july 2009 . buyout track 100 pdf . the sunday times . 7 february 2010 . skrill s customer base has reached 25 mln in 2011 . 19 march 2012 . retrieved 26 march 2015 . stafford philip 8 march 2009 . moneybookers up for sale . financial times . retrieved 26 march 2015 . ebay moneybookers & paymate amazon launch fps . tamebay . 6 february 2009 . retrieved 26 march 2015 . williams christopher 19 august 2013 . cvc buys paypal rival skrill for 500m . the telegraph . retrieved 26 march 2015 . us online poker new jersey and skrill usa what s in store for 2015 . cardschat . 18 december 2014 . retrieved 26 march 2015 . neteller acquires skrill . 25 march 2015 . retrieved 26 march 2015 . skrill group completes ukash acquisition press release . finextra . 1 april 2015 . retrieved 1 april 2015 . skrill is the future of moneybookers press release . 28 september 2011 . retrieved 26 march 2015 . our company skrill . retrieved 26 march 2015 . proposed acquisition by optimal payments of skrill to create leading global player in online payment and digital wallet services press release . 23 march 2015 . retrieved 26 march 2015 . money transfers country list web archive . archived from the original on september 21 2013 . retrieved 26 march 2015 . cs1 maint unfit url link a b fees skrill . skrill.com . retrieved 26 march 2015 . online casinos that accept skrill moneybookers . retrieved 26 march 2015 . skrill mastercard . retrieved 26 march 2015 . skrill vip . retrieved 26 march 2015 . skrill review . cardpaymentoptions . skrill reviews . trust pilot . independent review of skrill . monito . leigh david ; evans rob 14 october 2010 . wikileaks says funding has been blocked after government blacklisting . the guardian . retrieved 26 march 2015 . football conference secures new sponsor . 26 july 2013 . retrieved 26 march 2015 . the football conference have announced a new league sponsor . 26 july 2013 . retrieved 26 march 2015 . football conference agree to end skrill sponsorship deal . 3 february 2014 . retrieved 26 march 2015 . external links edit official website v t e payment service providers align commerce billdesk braintree chase paymentech citrus pay clinkle cng processing a s dwolla flattr instamojo klarna netbanx neteller ogone onevu oxigen services passport paydirect payoneer paypal paypoint paysafe group paytm payzone poli payments propay qiwi red dot payment skrill sleekpay square stripe timesofmoney versapay vmoney vpay wepay wirecard worldnet tps worldpay xfers xoom yandex.money yapstone category list retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title skrill & oldid 740550474 categories digital currencieselectronic funds transferpayment service providersonline gamblingcompanies based in londonforeign exchange companiescompanies established in 2001hidden categories cs1 maint unfit urlall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2015articles containing potentially dated statements from september 2013all articles containing potentially dated statementsarticles containing potentially dated statements from march 2015articles with unsourced statements from january 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa olfran aisitalianonederlands polski sloven ina srpski edit links this page was last modified on 21 september 2016 at 19 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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