Settling "source of funds checks" means knowing which question is being asked. Money goes in with almost no questions and comes out with several, and that asymmetry catches most people at their first withdrawal. A casino is obliged to know who it is paying, where that person lives and where the money being staked came from, and it usually asks at the moment it is about to pay rather than when the account opened. Knowing which three checks exist, and what satisfies each, turns a stalled payout into a short errand.
Proof of address is the second, and the document that satisfies it is dated. A council letter, a bank statement or a utility bill from the last three months carries a name and an address on the same page, which is the whole point of it; a bill from last year does not. Screenshots of online banking usually pass where they show the bank's name, the account holder and the address together, and fail where a balance is all they show.
An answer that will not come has consequences worth knowing in advance. An account that cannot satisfy a source of funds request is usually frozen rather than closed, with the balance held until it can, and the deposits already made are normally returnable to their origin. That is the reason to deposit from an account in the same name from the start: every check further down the line reads more easily when the paper trail begins in the right place.
The identity check is the simplest. A government document with a photograph, a full name and a date of birth settles it: a passport, a driving licence or a national identity card. The name on it has to match the name on the account exactly, which is where most rejections come from — a shortened first name, a maiden name, a middle name present in one place and absent in the other. Photographs of a document are read by a person or a machine, so the corners have to be in frame and the text legible rather than lost to a flash.
Questions readers ask
What does a source of funds check ask for?
Documents rather than explanations: payslips, a tax return, a contract of sale or a statement showing money arriving from a named employer.
Are online banking screenshots accepted as proof of address?
Usually, when they show the bank's name, the account holder and the address together; a screenshot showing only a balance fails.
What causes most identity check rejections?
A name that differs from the account name, such as a shortened first name, a maiden name or a middle name shown in only one place.
What happens to the balance if an account is frozen?
The account is usually frozen rather than closed, the balance held until the source of funds is shown, and deposits are normally returnable to their origin.
How recent must proof of address be?
A bank statement, utility bill or council letter from the last three months, showing the name and address on the same page.