Paysafe, Trustly, and MiFinity Revealed as Leading Payments Providers in Annual Leaderboard
- Gambling IQ
- 8 hours ago
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The latest GamblingIQ rankings reward utility over noise, with operator feedback highlighting speed, flexibility, localisation and a superior player payment experience as the defining strengths of the top three companies for 2026
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.
At No.1, Paysafe (Paysafe.com) is rewarded for scale, breadth and staying power. Celebrating 30 years in payments, the company combines a single gateway integration with cards, Skrill, PaysafeCard, Pay by Bank, local methods and now Pay with Crypto. GamblingIQ says that orchestration is the point: one integration, many methods, less friction. The company’s 2025 annualised transactional volume reached US$167 billion, and it now operates with 2,800 employees across 12 countries. For operators, the appeal is straightforward: simpler integration, broader coverage and a cashier built to travel across regulated markets.
Trustly (Trustly.com) follows at No.2, and the logic is equally clear. Its rise has helped turn open banking payments from niche alternative to mainstream option, particularly where instant account-to-account transfer, lower friction and stronger authentication matter. Trustly is now tied to more than 9,000 merchants and over 650 million consumers across 12,000 banks in 30-plus markets, while its 2025 volume approached US$100 billion. But GamblingIQ’s judgment is not based on size alone. Trustly’s new Remember Me layer pushes the brand beyond payments into identity-led recognition, making first-time users feel like returning customers. That is the sort of subtle infrastructure advantage operators notice when conversion is on the line.
MiFinity (MiFinity.com) holds 3rd place by leaning into flexibility and localisation. The firm has built an omnichannel stack spanning digital wallets, eCash vouchers, cryptocurrency and instant open-banking transfers, with a footprint in more than 220 countries and territories and more than 1,200 merchant brands. Its job, as GamblingIQ sees it, is to support deposits and payouts across markets where local preference and settlement speed matter. In other words, it is not just a wallet; it is a practical answer to a fragmented cashier and continues to be a darling of the iGaming industry.
OKTO’s (Oktopayments.com) trajectory since 2019 demonstrates a strong innovation story, building a €17 billion annual run-rate across payments, banking, treasury and settlement for complex sectors including iGaming, digital content and digital assets. And Austrian-based DIMOCO (Dimoco.com) picks up the 5th spot for its innovation and work on carrier billing for regulated markets such as Germany and Poland, with strong initial performance with operators like Neo.bet.
The wider message is that payments have become identity itself — data-led, context-aware and engineered to boost conversion, retention and compliance in equal measure. GamblingIQ’s ranking argues that the top names are the ones simplifying and securing the stack while making it more commercially useful.
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