Bank statement charge
What is GFM INTERNATIONAL SERV on my bank statement?
Who charged you
GoFundMe its UK company
GFM INTERNATIONAL SERV is GoFundMe, the online fundraising platform, taking payment through its UK company. It is usually a donation you made to a GoFundMe fundraiser, plus any optional tip for GoFundMe added at checkout.
How it can show on a statement
GFM INTERNATIONAL SERVGFM INTERNATIONAL SERV BIRMINGHAMGFM INTERNATIONAL SERVICEGOFNDME* [fundraiser name] DUBLIN IE
1 more way it shows
GOFUNDME* [fundraiser name]
Find out what it was
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Search your inbox for "Thank you for your donation to": GoFundMe emails a receipt for every donation, with the fundraiser's name and the amount.
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Sign in to GoFundMe with any email address you may have used and open "Donations you've made", where monthly donations are listed at the top.
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Check your PayPal, Google Pay or Apple Pay activity for a donation on the same day.
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Compare the amount with the receipt: the total is the donation plus any tip you left for GoFundMe.
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Ask the people who use your card or devices whether they gave to a fundraiser that day.
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Still a charge you did not agree to? File your complaint here. We write it with you and send it to GoFundMe, so you do not have to chase it yourself.
Not in any of your accounts? If nobody in your household made it, someone else may have used your card details. Your card issuer can stop the card, so the charges do not continue.
Why does it say “GFM INTERNATIONAL SERV”?
GoFundMe takes UK donations through its own UK company, GFM International Services UK Limited, so statements show that company name instead of the brand. GFM is short for GoFundMe, and SERV is Services cut short to fit the line.
Birmingham, which often follows the name, is the city of the company's address in GoFundMe's UK terms, not the place where the fundraiser is. Earlier UK donations showed as GOFUNDME* or GOFNDME* with the fundraiser's name and Dublin, where GoFundMe's European company is based.
Why you might see this charge
- A one-off donation to a GoFundMe fundraiser, often one shared by a friend, relative or colleague.
- An optional tip for GoFundMe added at checkout, which makes the total higher than the amount you meant to give.
- A monthly donation: where the organiser allows it, donors can give every month, charged on the same day each month with a 5% fee added to each payment.
- A donation paid with Google Pay or Apple Pay using this card.
- Someone in your household donated with your saved card.
Is GFM INTERNATIONAL SERV legit?
GFM International Services UK Limited is GoFundMe's own UK company, owned by GoFundMe's Irish company, and UK donations to GoFundMe fundraisers are taken through it. Only the name on the statement is unfamiliar.
Fake fundraisers and messages that borrow the GoFundMe name do exist, so check a payment against your own receipts and GoFundMe account, never through a link in a message.
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Questions about GFM INTERNATIONAL SERV
What is GFM International on my bank statement?
It is GoFundMe. Its UK company, GFM International Services UK Limited, takes UK donations, so the line is usually a donation you made to a fundraiser, plus any tip.
Why does GFM International say Birmingham?
Birmingham is the city of the UK company's address in GoFundMe's UK terms. It says nothing about where the fundraiser or its organiser is.
Why is the amount more than I donated?
GoFundMe asks for an optional tip at checkout, which is charged together with the donation. Monthly donations also carry a 5% fee on each payment.
What if I did not agree to a GFM International payment?
File a complaint on Complain.biz. We write it with you and send it to GoFundMe, so you do not have to chase it yourself.
Based on
- GoFundMe UK Terms of Service (contracting entity GFM International Services UK Limited)
- GoFundMe Help: Unrecognised transaction on bank statement
- GoFundMe Help: Provide ongoing support with recurring monthly donations
- Companies House: GFM INTERNATIONAL SERVICES UK LIMITED, persons with significant control
- Emma: how GoFundMe appears on your bank statement
- Your Bank Statement Converter: GFM International Service on bank statement