Source of funds and source of wealth
These are the two heaviest requests in the process, and they are not the same question. One asks where a specific sum came from, the other how you came to have what you have.
Two questions, not one
Source of funds is about a traceable movement. Money arrived in your account from somewhere, and the operator wants to know the origin of that specific credit: wages from a named employer, a transfer from your own savings account, a dividend, the sale of something. It is a question about a transaction.
Source of wealth is about a stock. How did you accumulate the money you are now willing to stake, over years rather than weeks. It is answered with employment history, a business, an inheritance, a property sale, a pension, savings built over time. It is a heavier request because it is a heavier question, and it is normally reserved for larger amounts or a specific risk flag rather than handed out routinely.
The two are often requested together and answered by the same pile of paper, which is why people describe them as one thing. Keeping them separate matters when you decide what to send: a statement answers the first and usually cannot answer the second.
What usually triggers the request
- Amount. A deposit, a series of deposits or a cumulative figure crossing a threshold the operator sets from its licence. Thresholds differ by market and by operator, and the operator should be able to state the one that applies to you.
- Behaviour. Stake volume far above what an account of that size normally shows, rapid deposits and withdrawals with little play, or the same funds cycling in and out.
- A payment pattern. Money arriving from several unrelated sources, or from a source that does not match the name on the account.
- A win. A withdrawal of unusual size can trigger a fresh look, because the operator is about to pay out rather than take in.
- The account itself. A licence rule, a periodic review, or the operator migrating to a new vendor can reopen a check on an account that was cleared years earlier.
None of these is an accusation. Most are arithmetic: the operator has to be able to explain the money to its regulator, and it cannot explain what it has not asked about.
What normally counts as evidence
| Question | Usually enough | Often refused |
|---|---|---|
| Where did the deposits come from? | Bank statement covering the period asked for, with the credits visible | A screenshot of a balance; a chat-message confirmation |
| What is your income? | Payslips, an employment contract, a tax assessment or return | A written declaration with nothing attached |
| How was the money saved? | Longer statements, savings or investment records, pension statement | Any single-month document |
| Where did a lump sum come from? | Sale contract, inheritance paperwork, settlement letter, insurer document | A photograph of a cheque |
| Whose money is it? | A document in your own name — or an honest written explanation of a shared household | A third party’s document submitted as your own |
Sending the least that answers the question
The instinct to forward everything is understandable and it is the wrong one. Send the period the operator asked for, not your whole banking history. Cover the lines that have nothing to do with the question — the supermarket, the rent, the medical payment — and leave visible only what answers it. Where a document carries a national identity number, a full card number or an unrelated third party’s name, that part was never the point of the check. The exception is a source-of-funds statement, where the credits are the evidence and cannot be masked away.
Two boundaries are worth holding. Send files through the upload inside your own account rather than by email or a link someone sent you first. And if a request feels wider than the question — a full tax return to answer which employer paid you, for example — ask in writing which line of which document answers the open check, and send that.
Practical preparation is on the checklist. What to do when a request has already stopped a withdrawal is on holds.
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