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PlatinCasino’s “Sofort” Chokepoint: When an Offshore Casino Taps Regulated Open-Banking Rails

PlatinCasino is an offshore casino without regulatory permission in the UK or the EU. Its cashier labels a deposit option “Sofort,” but our testing indicates a very different mechanism: an open-banking style bank-selection and authorization flow via secure.bankgate.io, leading into a user’s bank (e.g., Revolut) to approve a third party.

Compliance: How FCA-Registered SALTEDGE’s Bankgate Rail Routes EU Players Into an Offshore Casino Deposit Flow

Our PlatinCasino review indicates that the casino’s “Sofort” deposit option is not Klarna’s Sofort in the traditional sense, but a bank-to-bank open-banking rail that runs through secure.bankgate.io, a gateway branded to SALTEDGE (Salt Edge Limited). The flow redirects users into Revolut’s Open Banking authorization.