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.

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.

As betting platforms handle millions of real-time interactions every minute, Nick McDonald, Senior iGaming Account Director at Fsas Technologies argues that smarter data storage defines how players experience, trust and return to digital gaming environments

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