iGaming Industry Exclusives

After witnessing Full Tilt Poker's collapse in 2011, Paysafe’s EMEA iGaming General Manager brings hard-earned fraud, payments and risk expertise to a rapidly evolving global market.

Vasilije Lekovic joined Trustly as employee No. 40 and helped turn Pay N Play from a hard sell into one of the industry’s payments gold standards.

GamblingIQ’s third annual payments leaderboard has put Paysafe, Trustly and MiFinity at the front of the pack for 2026, in a ranking that reads less like a list of processors and more like a map of where iGaming payments is heading. The verdict is clear: the strongest players are no longer simply moving money; they are building the rails that shape identity, conversion, retention, security, player affordability and market expansion.

The “Cost of Cards” article features in the annual payments report, 'Advancing the Game, 2026' from GamblingIQ. Deyanov – who has a decade of experience in payments – outlines the commercial challenges facing operators that depend heavily on legacy card rails.

Mobile Carrier Queen Bettina Sommer has spent the past 5 years at DIMOCO turning carrier billing from telecom back-end infrastructure into a regulated iGaming rail — and Germany’s NEO.bet launch is the latest proof that it is about to cut through.

Jumio’s EMEA Vice President, (an avid cricketer), says the sector has moved from one-off KYC to continuous identity intelligence, with orchestration now doing the heavy lifting.

New Paysafe solution converts cryptocurrency into dollars almost instantly — cutting out volatility, slashing friction and making crypto as easy as traditional deposits.

Grounded in operational discipline from start-up to scale, BETBY is sharpening its focus on reliability, regulatory readiness and E-sports infrastructure to support sustained global growth

'Defenders of Trust' magazine from GamblingIQ published the 3rd annual Fraud Prevention Rankings, placing Sumsub 1st for innovation, effectiveness and real-world impact for iGaming operators.