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Judge signals approval for Visa and Mastercard’s $38 billion swipe fee settlement Paid Members Public
A U.S. judge gave preliminary approval on Tuesday, June 9, to Visa and Mastercard’s $38 billion settlement with merchants over interchange fees. For PSPs, acquirers, and banks, the useful part is not the courtroom drama: the deal sketches out where card acceptance economics could move if the settlement
Finland Receives 50 B2C iGaming License Applications Ahead of July 1, 2027 Launch Paid Members Public
Finland’s licensing process is already drawing serious traffic: since applications opened on March 1, 2026, the Gambling Administration has received 50 B2C license applications. For PSPs and operators, that is the first clear sign of how crowded the market entry queue will be before the sector goes live on
Adyen scanned $1.6 trillion in payments data and found fraud is falling, but concentrating Paid Members Public
Adyen says payments fraud declined in 2025, even as the remaining losses became more concentrated in fewer identities and more dominated by first-party abuse. For PSPs, acquirers, and merchants in high-risk verticals, the useful part here is not the headline decline; it is the shape of the fraud problem, because
BGC sets out five-point plan to combat illegal gambling in the UK as stakes forecast to rise from £17 billion in 2025 to more than £33 billion by 2028 Paid Members Public
The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has launched a five-point plan aimed at reducing the reach of illegal gambling operators in the United Kingdom. For PSPs, acquirers, banks and platforms, the message is straightforward: enforcement is moving beyond gambling licenses and into advertising, website blocking, payments and service-provider liability. 1.
AML Debate Shifts From Individual Transactions to Hidden Networks Paid Members Public
Tuesday’s House Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing kept circling the same problem: financial crime is no longer just about catching suspicious payments, but about tracing how value moves through shell companies, real estate, trade networks and digital channels. For banks, FinTechs and PSPs, that means the old
Sharq leaves $4,750 unsettled to Axiron, E4A is chased for a $5,000 debt, and Rosplat starts cutting tokens over chat disputes Paid Members Public
Three small but useful signals from the low-friction side of the ecosystem: a provider not settling with an aggregator, a trader asking for a soft reminder on a $5,000 debt, and a platform that is now policing disputes by removing tokens and refs. For PSPs, the point is simple:
UAE launches its first full iGaming platform as Play971 becomes the only licensed B2C operator Paid Members Public
The UAE now has a live full-stack iGaming platform: Play971, operated by Abu Dhabi-based Coin Technology Projects LLC, is the country’s only licensed B2C operator for now. For PSPs and acquiring teams, the important bit is that the market is no longer just a licensing story on paper — it
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Judge signals approval for Visa and Mastercard’s $38 billion swipe fee settlement Paid Members Public
A U.S. judge gave preliminary approval on Tuesday, June 9, to Visa and Mastercard’s $38 billion settlement with merchants over interchange fees. For PSPs, acquirers, and banks, the useful part is not the courtroom drama: the deal sketches out where card acceptance economics could move if the settlement
Finland Receives 50 B2C iGaming License Applications Ahead of July 1, 2027 Launch Paid Members Public
Finland’s licensing process is already drawing serious traffic: since applications opened on March 1, 2026, the Gambling Administration has received 50 B2C license applications. For PSPs and operators, that is the first clear sign of how crowded the market entry queue will be before the sector goes live on
Adyen scanned $1.6 trillion in payments data and found fraud is falling, but concentrating Paid Members Public
Adyen says payments fraud declined in 2025, even as the remaining losses became more concentrated in fewer identities and more dominated by first-party abuse. For PSPs, acquirers, and merchants in high-risk verticals, the useful part here is not the headline decline; it is the shape of the fraud problem, because