iGaming payments in Belgium

The Gaming Commission licenses online gambling in Belgium, and every online license has to attach to a land-based one, which caps the number of operators. The three regions set the tax, and all three charge 11% of gross margin. Credit cards are banned for online gambling, and players start on a EUR 200 weekly deposit limit that can be raised only after a credit check with the National Bank of Belgium. The Commission sends its blacklist of unlicensed sites to Belgian ISPs for blocking, has used urgent blocking orders from the president of the Brussels enterprise court since June 1, 2024, and has suspended .be domains through an agreement with DNS Belgium since December 15, 2025. Belgium has no payment blocking in force, since no law or bank agreement requires it. The Commission coordinates a Gaming Regulators European Forum (GREF) enforcement project on payment blocking with payment providers.

• Bancontact / Payconiqdominant

  instant bank transfer

  Bancontact is Belgium's near-universal domestic debit and mobile scheme and the default deposit rail, so local Belgian acquiring connectivity is essential.

• Bank transfer / SEPAmajor

  bank transfer

  The withdrawal route, since Bancontact is deposit-weighted, and the practical fallback under the weekly deposit cap.

• Debit Mastercard / Visa Debitmajor

  local cards

  Belgian banks no longer issue Maestro. KBC, ING and Belfius pair Bancontact with Debit Mastercard, BNP Paribas Fortis pairs it with Visa Debit, and older Maestro cards work until they expire. Debit cards are allowed for online gambling and credit cards are banned.

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• PolandBLIK · 19 providers
• GermanyTrustly · 17 providers
• AustriaEPS (eps-Überweisung) · 13 providers
• SpainBizum · 13 providers
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