Insight & analysis.
Notes on licensing, compliance and banking from the team that runs the applications, not marketing copy about them.
- Banking
- Licensing
- Compliance
New casinos still launch. Payments are what take them down.
Most new operators spend the launch budget on a licence, a platform and traffic. The problems that actually stop the business are payment partners, payouts, fraud and a compliance stack that was never built into the flow of funds.
- iGaming payments
- PSP
- chargebacks
- AML
- casino launch
Most crypto casinos still launch unlicensed
Launching a crypto casino without a licence worked in 2021-2023. In 2026 it is getting expensive: banking, PSPs, traffic and game studios all treat unlicensed brands as a risk they would rather not take.
- crypto casino
- iGaming licence
- banking
- game providers
- Nevis
Starting an iGaming business: the questions we hear most
After a decade in iGaming, the same questions come up before anyone applies: do you need a licence, which jurisdiction to pick, how much it costs, and how banking, crypto and game providers actually work.
- iGaming licence
- jurisdiction selection
- Nevis
- Curaçao
Prediction markets and the Nevis gaming licence: what operators need to know
Prediction markets are moving from niche experiments into commercial iGaming products. Nevis is open to licensing event-based forecasting models under its online iGaming framework. Here's what that means in practice.
- prediction markets
- Nevis
- NOGA
- iGaming licence
Choosing your first gaming licence: what actually matters
Most first-time operators pick a jurisdiction based on price alone. That's usually the wrong starting point. Here's the order we actually work through with clients.
- iGaming licence
- jurisdiction selection
- Nevis
- Curaçao
- Malta
What regulators actually look for during AML review
Most AML rejections don't come from missing policies. They come from policies that don't match how the business actually operates. Here's what reviewers are really checking.
- AML
- MLRO
- compliance
- iGaming licence
Banking for licensed operators is harder than the licence itself
A licence proves you're allowed to operate. It doesn't prove to a bank that you're a business they want to hold an account for. Those are two different conversations.
- iGaming banking
- PSP
- EMI
- payments