Payments & fintech28 October 20261 min read

Why Is Online Gambling Becoming a Testing Ground for Digital Payment Innovation?

The article examined the use of digital currencies and faster withdrawals in online gambling, noting that some gambling platforms support multiple cryptocurrencies. It also covered a four-year cooperation agreement between Romania's central bank and fintech association RoFintech involving payment…

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Light & Wonder deploys open-banking cashless slot payments

Light & Wonder installed its RAPIDPLAY cashless slot system at Crystal Bay Casino in Nevada. The system uses open banking and QR codes to let players transfer funds from a mobile device, with payments provider Koin supporting the deployment.

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ZEN.COM Launches Pay-by-Bank in Nine European Markets via Mastercard

ZEN.COM introduced pay-by-bank services across Germany, Austria, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Ireland and Lithuania. The service uses Mastercard’s open-finance infrastructure and is positioned as an account-to-account payment option alongside cards.

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Gambling Commission Bank Data Finds Illegal Gamblers Keep Using Licensed Sites

The UK Gambling Commission identified 3,426 payments to illegal gambling operators made by 179 people in anonymised open-banking data. The findings suggest customers using illegal sites may continue using licensed operators, while cryptocurrency payments were not included in the dataset.

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Why Is Online Gambling Becoming a Testing Ground for Digital Payment Innovation?

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