With the fallout from the demise of Full Tilt Poker still weighing on the minds of online players, PokerStars has stepped in to assure their user base of their financial security. In a post on their brand new Corporate Blog, the company has laid out the details of their business model. The details, complete with an example graph documenting their operating funds from this past May, allow a rare glimpse inside the gaming giant.

Here’s the main point – Unlike Full Tilt, PokerStars makes a point of separating user funds from the daily operating expenses of their business. This strategy, they claim, has allowed them to maintain a buffer between the cash in the players’ accounts and the costs of doing business.

“Each day,” says PokerStars’ Eric Hollreiser, “our Treasury Department reviews the player account transactions and makes sure that there is always more than enough funds in the segregated accounts to cover player balances.”

One of the primary issues to be addressed comes when dealing with payment processors. Many players believe that since they can load up their bankrolls and begin playing for cash within a few minutes the transaction between themselves and PokerStars is equally brief. Not so, actually. The cash must first go through a payment processor, who then doles out the money to the gaming company. Until those transactions are completed (a process which can take up to a few weeks), PokerStars covers the player’s buy-in with money from their separate operational accounts. Then, once the players’ original cash comes in, PokerStars returns the initial bankroll funds to their business fund.

Overall, this seems like a solid way to do business. These financial tactics provide a far greater deal of financial stability than those formerly employed at Bovada, where funds were essentially lumped together. And, while a few other companies insist on keeping their books away from regulators, PokerStars claims that they operate within full view of the Isle of Man’s Gambling Supervision Commission.

So long as they can hold to these business practices, PokerStars should continue to tighten their grip on the global poker scene. And while US players are currently on the outs, who knows what the future holds? Someday, maybe we’ll get the chance to log into something like PokerStars.US.