SBC Summit fintech track will focus on faster, safer player payments on 29 September

SBC Summit is putting fintech, payments, AML & compliance, crypto, and blockchain on the agenda, with a dedicated fintech conference track on Tuesday, 29 September. For operators and PSPs, the useful bit is obvious: the sessions are aimed at reducing friction in deposits and withdrawals while keeping up with fragmented regulation and fraud controls.

1. The fintech track is part of the Payment Expert Summit stage, alongside specialist AML & Compliance sessions on Wednesday, 30 September and Crypto & Blockchain sessions on Thursday, 1 October.
2. The program will bring together operators, payment providers, fintech specialists, and compliance experts to discuss how companies can modernize payment infrastructure, handle evolving regulation, strengthen fraud prevention, improve digital identity and verification, and use fintech to support responsible gambling.
3. SBC founder and CEO Rasmus Sojmark said fintech now influences “almost every stage of the player journey,” from onboarding and verification to compliance, fraud prevention, and responsible gambling. He added that operators have an opportunity to deliver faster, more integrated, and more secure experiences while reinforcing compliance and player protection.
4. The opening session, “From Click to Cashout: Building a Trusted Payments Infrastructure,” will look at how operators are modernizing the systems behind deposits and withdrawals. Speakers Sean Spiteri, Head of Payments at Eaton Gate Gaming, Ran Cohen, Co-Founder and CEO of BridgerPay, Mariola de la Piedra, CMO of Grupo GELSA, and Kyle Wiltshire, CEO of TESTA, will discuss how fintech advances can help reduce friction, improve transaction performance, and improve the player experience.
5. The next session, “Solving Payments at Scale in Regulated Markets,” will focus on how operators can expand payment setups across increasingly fragmented regulatory environments. Rudy Attieh, Product Director at PGWay, Mark Watts, Executive Director of iGaming at Aircash, Olga Gunchenkova, Director of Payments at Flutter International, and Andrea McGeachin, CEO of Neosurf Group, will examine how companies can offer consistent payment experiences while balancing local market requirements and efficiency.

For high-risk businesses, the interesting subtext is not “fintech is important” — everyone already knows that. It is that SBC is structuring this around the exact pain points that decide PSP and acquiring relationships: onboarding, verification, fraud, cashout reliability, and how to keep payment flows working when the regulatory map keeps changing underneath you.