iGaming Payment Gateways in 2026: Payneteasy, Akurateco, Corefy and Others Compared

A payment gateway can have the right API and still be the wrong choice for your business. It may connect to an acquirer that does not accept your sector, support deposits without your required withdrawal method, or offer a branded checkout without the infrastructure needed to operate a PSP.

A useful comparison starts with three questions: which provider will underwrite your business, who supplies the technology, and who carries settlement responsibility? Answer those before comparing routing features or integration counts.

This comparison is based on publicly available information reviewed on 27 October 2026. Provider capabilities, eligibility requirements and commercial terms may change. Payneteasy publishes this article and is included in the comparison. Inclusion does not imply endorsement by or approval from any provider. Verify current terms directly with each company.

Why the provider choice matters in 2026

Online gambling is moving into the mainstream of payments. H2 Gambling Capital estimates global online gambling GGR at $293 billion in 2024 and expects it to reach $530 billion by 2030, passing 50% of total gambling GGR in 2029. In the US, iGaming revenue reached $10.74 billion in 2025, up 27.6%, according to the American Gaming Association.

At the same time, card-scheme monitoring has tightened. Under Visa’s Acquirer Monitoring Program, the “excessive” merchant threshold in Asia-Pacific, Canada, the EU and the US fell from 220 to 150 basis points on 1 April 2026. Acquirer portfolios are flagged from 50 basis points. For gambling merchants, that makes the choice of acquirer, and the ability to work with more than one, a business-continuity question.

How We Compared the Providers

We reviewed official provider materials available on 27 October 2026, prioritising product descriptions, dedicated iGaming pages and restricted-business policies over general homepage claims. Providers entered the main shortlist where those materials described a relevant gateway, orchestration, cashier, acquiring or alternative-payment offering and addressed real-money gambling or iGaming. Other providers are discussed separately where their software scope is relevant but gambling suitability remains unconfirmed, or where published restrictions limit their use.

The shortlist separates four purchasing needs:

• Payment acceptance: a merchant needs an acquiring or processing relationship that permits its business and target markets.
• Payment orchestration: an operator or PSP needs to manage several approved providers through a common technology layer.
• White-label infrastructure: a PSP needs a gateway it can operate under its own brand.
• Alternative payment methods: an operator needs local or pay-by-bank methods for deposits and withdrawals alongside cards.

These categories overlap, but they are not interchangeable. A software supplier’s connector catalogue does not establish merchant eligibility. A payment institution’s authorisation does not mean it accepts every gambling model.

This comparison is based on documented scope and published figures. We have not independently tested the providers or compared negotiated offers. The editorial assessments reflect Payneteasy’s assessment as the publisher. Payneteasy has a commercial interest in this subject, and provider figures are linked to each provider’s own published source so readers can verify them.

iGaming Payment Provider Comparison: Service Scope and Eligibility

Sources: Payneteasy’s white-label gateway and orchestration platform; Akurateco’s white-label PSP solution; Corefy’s iGaming offering; Praxis for Gaming and Praxis; IXOPAY for High-Risk Merchants and IXOPAY: Payments in the iGaming Industry; Nuvei Online Gaming; Paysafe Pay by Bank for US iGaming; DECTA Payment Acquiring; PAYSTRAX’s iGaming offering; and Trustly for iGaming Payments. The entries describe different service layers and do not constitute a performance ranking. Inclusion does not guarantee merchant eligibility or payment performance.

What High-Risk Means for This Comparison

High-risk is an acquiring assessment, not a single technical specification. Providers may consider the business activity, jurisdictions, transaction history, fraud and dispute exposure, and potential financial liabilities. The same merchant can receive different decisions or terms from different providers.

Card schemes formalise this. Visa’s Integrity Risk Program, which replaced the Global Brand Protection Program on 1 May 2023, classifies gambling (MCC 7995) as a high-integrity-risk category. Merchants in these categories must be registered by their acquirer before processing.

For iGaming, establish the exact activity: sports betting, casino gambling, a prize-based competition and selling video games are different business models. A page advertising “gaming payments” is not sufficient evidence of support for real-money gambling.

If you need the underlying processing and risk model, see our guide to iGaming payment operations and risk management. Here, the focus is on selecting suppliers for your particular operating model.

Gateway and White-Label Providers

Payneteasy: Branded Infrastructure and Multi-Provider Control

Payneteasy offers a white-label payment gateway for PSPs and a payment orchestration platform for merchants managing multiple providers. The platform is PCI DSS Level 1 certified and Mastercard SDP compliant, and in 2025 Payneteasy was recognised as a Validated Service Provider in Visa’s Global Registry for the seventh consecutive year. Uptime has been tracked by Pingdom since April 2022 at 99.95%.

The published offering includes routing and cascading, 130+ configurable anti-fraud filters with Ethoca and Verifi dispute alerts, payouts to 122 countries in 100+ currencies, and reporting and reconciliation. Payneteasy lists 1,000+ integrations across providers, methods and platforms. A branded gateway typically launches within one week, and a provider from the catalogue can typically be connected in one to two weeks.

In iGaming specifically, Payneteasy has served as a core layer of the payment infrastructure for Anakatech Group, a multi-brand gaming platform operating 5–10 brands across multiple GEOs, over a five-year partnership. In a separate case, an e-commerce merchant reduced its chargeback ratio by 87% after Payneteasy integrated ChargebackHelp to receive Ethoca and Verifi alerts and trigger automatic refunds.

For an iGaming setup, confirm which connections support the required deposit and withdrawal flows under your acquiring agreements.

For a PSP serving iGaming merchants, the evaluation should start with a named list of existing and planned providers. Ask which connections support the required transaction types and which need configuration, testing or additional work. A headline integration count cannot answer those questions.

Payneteasy is a technology platform. It is not an acquirer or payment facilitator and does not hold merchant funds. Acquiring approval, commercial terms and settlement responsibilities remain with the relevant parties. Sources: Payneteasy casino payment cashier and payouts.

Editorial assessment — consider this provider when: your business needs to run payments across several providers or deliver a branded gateway.

Key question: can the proposed configuration support your actual provider relationships, rather than only demonstrate a generic payment flow?

Akurateco: White-Label Software for Payment Businesses

Akurateco describes its white-label PSP solution as a platform for launching or scaling a payment service provider.

Its published scope includes the gateway, routing, merchant management, billing and risk tools, with branded payment pages and a merchant portal.

That makes it relevant to a PSP infrastructure decision. An operator looking only for an acquiring relationship should first establish whether it needs this software scope or a provider willing to underwrite its business.

Editorial assessment — consider this provider when: your payment business needs a gateway under its own brand and wants to assess a packaged software alternative to development.

Key question: which merchant-management and financial-control functions are included in the proposed package, and which remain with your team or acquiring partners?

Official sources: Akurateco White-Label PSP Solution and Akurateco iGaming Payment Solutions.

Payment Orchestration Platforms

Corefy: Coordinating iGaming Deposits and Payouts

Corefy’s dedicated iGaming offering describes an orchestration layer over existing payment providers, with deposit routing, cascading, payout automation and a unified dashboard.

Its relevance is clearest when an operator has several PSP relationships and needs to coordinate them across markets or brands. The procurement task is to verify the required connections and operational workflows, including withdrawal failures and reporting.

Deposit coverage and payout coverage should be evaluated separately. A connected provider may support one flow but require a different agreement, configuration or method for the other.

Editorial assessment — consider this provider when: fragmented provider integrations and reporting are creating operational work for an iGaming payment team.

Key question: can the platform demonstrate your required deposit and withdrawal journeys, including exceptions, through the providers you intend to use?

Official source: Corefy for iGaming.

Praxis: A Cashier-Led Orchestration Layer for Gaming

Praxis describes itself as a payment orchestration platform built around a player-facing cashier, with PSP integrations, AI-assisted routing, analytics, and fraud and risk controls. Its website lists sportsbooks among the gaming businesses it serves. Its gaming page states PCI DSS Level 1 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification. It also states that its services do not include transaction processing or handling clients’ funds, so acquiring relationships remain separate.

Editorial assessment — consider this provider when: your priority is the player-facing cashier experience across PSPs you already work with.

Key question: which of your current and planned PSPs are already connected, and how are withdrawals handled through the same interface?

Official sources: Praxis for Gaming and Praxis.

IXOPAY: Orchestration for High-Risk Merchants

IXOPAY describes its payment orchestration platform as offering routing, risk and fraud tools, reconciliation and connections to hundreds of payment service providers, with a dedicated offering for high-risk merchants. Its blog article on iGaming payments, published in January 2020, addresses online casinos and sports betting sites and describes payout workflows with a four-eyes approval principle.

Editorial assessment — consider this provider when: you need an orchestration layer for high-risk traffic across several providers.

Key question: which of your required gambling deposit and payout flows are supported today, given that its iGaming-specific material dates from 2020?

Official sources: IXOPAY for High-Risk Merchants and IXOPAY: Payments in the iGaming Industry.

Acquiring and Payment Processing for Gambling Merchants

Nuvei: Processing with a Dedicated Gaming Proposition

Nuvei publishes a dedicated online gaming offering that combines global card acquiring, local and alternative payment methods, and player payouts on a single platform. In 2021, Nuvei stated that it had obtained approvals to provide payment services to iGaming operators in multiple US states.

Editorial assessment — consider this provider when: you need a single processing relationship covering cards, alternative methods and payouts, including in US states where it holds the required approvals.

Key question: which of your markets and activities will the contracting entity approve, and on what reserve and settlement terms?

Official source: Nuvei Online Gaming.

Paysafe: Gateway Access to Wallets and Alternative Methods

Paysafe describes its Paysafe Gateway as the iGaming payments solution connecting U.S. operators, through a single integration, to Paysafe-processed card payments, the Skrill wallet, PaysafeCash and third-party payment products. In 2024 it added Pay by Bank, which lets U.S. players fund deposits and cash out winnings from their bank accounts.

Editorial assessment — consider this provider when: wallet and cash-based methods matter to your player base alongside card processing.

Key question: which methods are available for your licence and markets, and for both deposits and withdrawals?

Official source: Paysafe Pay by Bank for US iGaming.

DECTA: Licensed Acquiring with Gaming in Scope

DECTA describes itself as an e-money institution licensed by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and the Central Banks of Cyprus and Ireland, and a principal member of Visa and Mastercard. Its acquiring page lists licensed gaming among the sectors it serves. DECTA also offers a white-label payment gateway.

Editorial assessment — consider this provider when: you are a licensed operator looking for a UK or EU acquiring counterparty.

Key question: will the contracting entity accept your exact gambling activity, licences and player markets, and on what settlement terms?

Official source: DECTA Payment Acquiring.

PAYSTRAX: A Dedicated iGaming Acquiring Proposition

PAYSTRAX publishes a dedicated gaming and gambling page on which it describes its offering as combining payment gateway services with direct acquiring for iGaming merchants, and states that it holds FCA and Bank of Lithuania payment institution licences and Principal Membership with Visa and Mastercard.

A merchant evaluating PAYSTRAX should begin with underwriting and commercial scope: its legal entity, gambling licence, player markets, currencies, expected volumes and transaction history. The resulting acquiring offer matters more than a general statement of industry coverage.

Editorial assessment — consider this provider when: you need an acquiring counterparty that explicitly presents an iGaming proposition.

Key question: which activities and markets will the contracting entity approve, and what fees, reserves, settlement schedules and termination conditions apply?

Official source: PAYSTRAX iGaming Payments.

Alternative Payment Methods

Trustly: Open Banking for Deposits and Payouts

Trustly offers open banking payments for iGaming. Its Pay N Play product combines deposit, onboarding and KYC in one flow and is published as available in Sweden, Finland, Estonia, the Netherlands and the UK. Trustly states that its routing provides instant payout coverage of more than 95% across 30 European markets.

Editorial assessment — consider this provider when: pay-by-bank deposits and fast withdrawals matter in your European markets.

Key question: which of your markets support Pay N Play and instant payouts, and how is the method connected to your existing cashier or orchestration layer?

Official source: Trustly for iGaming Payments.

Why Other Familiar Providers Are Not Automatically on the Shortlist

A credible high-risk payment gateway comparison needs an exclusion test as well as a feature list.

Sources: Stripe restrictions, Adyen’s Prohibited and Restricted list, Solidgate orchestration, SDK.finance white-label payment gateway software, Nomupay gaming article and support page.

An unconfirmed scope is not evidence that a provider cannot support your business. It means the available product description is insufficient to recommend it for that use case.

How to Compare iGaming Payment Provider Proposals

Send Every Provider the Same Operating Brief

Give candidates a common brief covering your legal entity, business activity, licences, target customer markets, currencies, expected volumes, payment methods and existing acquiring relationships.

Separate the requirements for deposits, withdrawals, refunds and disputes. If you operate several brands, identify which legal entity and merchant account serves each one.

This makes proposals comparable. Otherwise, one supplier may quote gateway software, another an acquiring service, and a third an orchestration package with different assumptions.

Request a Market-by-Method Acceptance Matrix

Ask each candidate to complete a table for the markets that matter to your business:

A payment method appearing on a website is only the start. The decision depends on whether your approved business can use it for the intended flow.

Compare Available Funds Alongside Fees

Ask for gateway or orchestration fees separately from acquiring charges, foreign-exchange costs, dispute fees and payout costs.

Where reserves apply, obtain the calculation basis, holding period, release schedule and treatment after termination. Review when proceeds become available, which deductions can apply and how settlement statements explain them.

A lower processing rate may offer less practical value if the associated terms create cash-flow pressure. Compare proposals using the same volume and market assumptions.

Check Withdrawals as Carefully as Deposits

For an iGaming operator, a successful deposit is only part of the payment experience.

Ask providers to demonstrate how a withdrawal is submitted, tracked and completed. What happens if it is rejected, remains pending or cannot reach the original payment method? Which records allow support and finance teams to identify the next action?

Distinguish the operator’s internal approval time from the payment provider’s processing time and the receiving institution’s delivery time. A single advertised payout-speed figure may not describe the complete journey.

Require Controlled Retry Behaviour

Ask how each candidate distinguishes an issuer decline, a provider restriction, an authentication issue and a technical timeout.

Routing to an alternative provider must stay within the merchant’s approved arrangements and applicable rules. For gambling traffic, that means routing only to acquirers that have registered the merchant for gambling under the card schemes’ high-risk programmes. Cascading should not mean resubmitting every failed payment. Visa’s rules group decline response codes into categories. Category 1 codes, such as lost or stolen card or closed account, indicate that the issuer will never approve the request, and the merchant must never resubmit it for the same payment credential. For most other decline codes, Visa permits up to 20 reattempts in 30 days. When reattempting, Visa’s rules also prohibit intentionally manipulating data elements of the original authorization request, including the merchant category code.

For an unanswered request, ask how the system establishes the original transaction’s status and prevents duplicate processing before taking further action.

Official reference: Visa Core Rules and Visa Product and Service Rules (18 April 2026 edition), sections 1.7.2.1 and 7.3.6.3.

Verify Security and Regulatory Responsibilities Separately

PCI DSS concerns payment-data security. It is not a payment institution authorisation or a gambling licence. Review current compliance evidence, the services it covers and the responsibilities retained by your implementation.

The PCI Security Standards Council confirms that outsourcing processing does not remove a merchant’s responsibility to ensure account data is protected. The merchant must still confirm the provider’s compliance for the services it delivers, keep written agreements acknowledging its responsibilities, and monitor its compliance status at least annually (Requirement 12.8).

For online casino and betting operators serving consumers in Great Britain, payment-method selection must also reflect the Gambling Commission’s ban on gambling with credit cards, in force since 14 April 2020 under licence condition 6.1.2. The ban also covers credit-card funding through money service businesses such as e-wallets: operators must reject payments from an MSB that has not blocked credit-card deposits for gambling. A generic list of accepted card brands is insufficient.

Official references: PCI SSC outsourcing guidance and Gambling Commission guidance.

Which Provider Model Fits Your Business?

You may need more than one category. An operator can retain an approved acquirer while adding orchestration; a PSP can buy white-label technology while maintaining its own merchant and acquiring relationships.

A single acquiring relationship does not by itself provide failover; merchants that need it should plan for more than one approved acquirer.

The right shortlist follows the missing capability in your operation.

Talk to Payneteasy About Your High-Risk Payment Setup

If your challenge is managing multiple providers or operating a gateway under your own brand, discuss the proposed setup with Payneteasy.

Bring your provider list, target markets, required transaction flows and operational constraints. The discussion can then focus on the connections and configuration your team needs, alongside the approvals and responsibilities held by your acquiring partners.

Contact Payneteasy to evaluate the technology fit for your payment infrastructure.