Payment Solution of the Year 2025

We present to you the 2025 Shortlist for the Payment Solution of the Year award, sponsored by GammaStack.

Trustly - Trustly’s Azura is the world’s first data engine for payments. With it, Trustly is redefining digital payments with significant impact in the gaming industry. It enables an operator’s cashier to instantly recognise users across devices and other merchants (gaming and non-gaming), thereby revolutionising the deposit and withdrawal experience. This makes the experience truly frictionless and personalised. Operators are seeing conversion rates boosted to a whopping 98,8%, with strong expectations of exceeding that in the next year.

Paysafe - Paysafe is an unrivalled payment solution for EMEA operators. Through a single, streamlined integration, operators can access card payments – processed seamlessly by the Paysafe Gateway – as well as its suite of local payment methods, including its digital wallets (Skrill, NETELLER) and eCash products (paysafecard, Paysafecash) plus 30+ 3rd-party LPMs. A recent strategic partnership with PAM provider GiG saw Paysafe consolidating its position as EMEA operators’ go-to payments provider.

OKTO - OKTO’s payment orchestration offers competitive edge by integrating with multiple payment service providers, supporting digital wallets, bank transfers, open banking, and region-specific options across LatAm, Europe and India. The platform stands out for its unparalleled reliability, evidenced by a 99.9% success rate, with over €6bn processed volume and 25 million users globally. In 2024, OKTO introduced its cash-to-digital payment solution, Okto.Cash, in Greece with Betsson. The solution was later introduced to bet-at-home and Interwetten in Germany. OKTO also made its debut in the Czech market via a deal with Sazka.

FinteqHub - FinteqHub is an online payment platform with PCI DSS Certification.​​ The platform serves as a centralised access point for integrating with a variety of payment systems. It empowers operators to securely initiate and manage financial transactions, set processing rules, and generate analytical summaries of financial flows. Features include: integrated CMS, seamless integration and API, advanced encryption and tokenisation, referral program to PSPs, banking assistance, legal guidance. FinteqHub covers the following regions: EU, Brazil, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India. 

FinXP - At the heart of FinXP’s offerings is IBAN4U, a dedicated Euro IBAN Account that empowers merchants to seamlessly make and receive SEPA payments including instant payments and direct debits. IBAN4U extends its capabilities beyond SEPA, enabling B2B and B2C cross-border payouts to over 100 countries. The past 12 months saw the launch of FinXP PLUS, a cross-border payment solution enabling pay-outs to 125+ countries in 50+ currencies. Pay-outs are instant or T+1, to cards, accounts, or e-wallets. In this period, FinXP processed €2bn, 3 million SEPA direct debits, and it has now opened over 12,000 IBAN accounts. 

MiFinity - With nearly 1 million active users, MiFinity has firmly positioned itself as a leader in the iGaming payments sector, offering seamless and secure transactions for players around the globe. MiFinity’s integration with over 1,000 iGaming brands underscores its commitment to continually develop and enhance the iGaming payment experience, making deposits and withdrawals simple, fast, and reliable. Supporting 75+ payment methods and 17 currencies, the MiFinity eWallet allows customers from diverse regions to reach accessible payment options in their preferred currency. 

PayRetailers - PayRetailers is a payment processor operating in Africa and LatAm. It equips merchants with the tools they need to embrace a borderless state of mind. With its single, flexible API, it delivers a neatly wrapped, one-stop-shop solution that allows merchants to accept both traditional and local payments and process cross-border transactions. At the moment PayRetailers offer 300+ payment methods in over 20 countries. PayRetailers significantly expanded its reach in the past 12 months. As of May 2024, operators in Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia have been able to utilise PayRetailers’ services. 

Praxis Tech - Praxis Tech has emerged as a leader in the iGaming payments space with its innovative Payment Orchestration Platform. Connected to a vast network of more than 600 Payment Service Providers, the platform delivers faster payment experiences with one-click deposits, subscription accounts, and automatic balance top-ups, while Praxis’ advanced Decline Recovery suite helps merchants combat abandoned transactions and boost approvals. In 2024, alongside new feature releases, the company launched its Praxis Safe product, an advanced plug-and-play fraud and risk management solution that proactively screens transactions to protect against chargebacks and other fraud.

Payhound - Payhound empowers operators with the tools to accept player deposits in cryptocurrencies, by seamlessly integrating its API into their platforms. Operators can accept deposits and process withdrawals in cryptocurrencies without needing to maintain any crypto balance themselves as Payhound handles all aspects of the conversion. The company’s second core service is facilitating global settlements, invoice payments and other transactions between B2B partners, affiliates and service providers. In 2024, Payhound empowered data provider LSports to conduct transactions swiftly and securely.

Xace - Xace is a banking alternative for companies in the gambling sector - from operators to game providers and affiliates. It offers multicurrency IBANs (EUR, GBP, USD and local EU currencies), Faster Payments, SEPA, Swift and FX solutions. It is trusted by some of the biggest names in the industry, processing €2bn a year in payments. Its specialist gambling compliance teams ensure speedy onboarding. In 2024, Xace received a licence from the Malta Financial Services Authority, thus accelerating its growth in the EU. It also announced its latest product, Era, giving regulated gaming firms access to feeless payment accounts, no upfront costs and no monthly account costs.

The Payment Solution of the Year category is sponsored by GammaStack. 

GammaStack is a leading iGaming software and game development company with a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions and electrifying games. In our 13+ years of industry experience, we’ve served 600+ businesses and have successfully delivered next-generation bespoke software solutions, ready-made solutions and exciting casino games to businesses around the globe. Armed with teams of highly skilled professionals, we tailor iGaming software solutions and online casino games that allow businesses to boost revenue, enhance customer engagement, and increase customer loyalty while maximizing their ROIs.