Gaming Payments news and trends

76% of Gamers Who Can’t Access Instant Payouts Would If They Could 
Real-Time Payments // April 24, 2024

Winning can provide an instant rush — and although 8 in 10 gamers prefer immediate access to their winnings, less than half of gamers now have access to instant payouts. That is one key takeaway from “Generation Instant: Gamers and Winnings,” a report PYMNTS Intelligence created...

Thunes Tackles US Gaming Market With Tilia Acquisition
Acquisitions // April 23, 2024

Cross-border payments firm Thunes is set to acquire all-in-one-payments platform Tilia. The deal, announced Tuesday (April 23), is aimed at speeding Thunes’ growth in the U.S. and its presence in the online gaming market. “The acquisition of Tilia demonstrates our ambition in the United States,”...

Tilia Names Brad Oberwager CEO and Raises $22 Million
Payment Methods // March 14, 2023

Payments platform Tilia has raised $22 million and named a new chief executive. The San Francisco company announced Tuesday (Mar. 14) it had received strategic funding from Korean FinTech Dunamu, and named executive chairman Brad Oberwager as CEO. “The investment will help Tilia to further scale its platform and address the growing...

Parthenon Capital to Buy Gaming Division of Global Payments
Acquisitions // February 13, 2023

Parthenon Capital is acquiring the gaming division of Global Payments. The private equity firm said in a Monday (Feb. 13) press release that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the division and that it will transition Global Payments Gaming Solutions into a...

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Thunes Tackles US Gaming Market With Tilia Acquisition

April 23, 2024
Cross-border payments firm Thunes is set to acquire all-in-one-payments platform Tilia. The deal, announced Tuesday (April 23), is aimed at speeding Thunes’ growth in the U.S. and its presence in the online gaming market. “The acquisition of Tilia demonstrates our ambition in the United States,” Floris de Kort, Thunes’ recently appointed chief executive, said in […]

Tilia Names Brad Oberwager CEO and Raises $22 Million

March 14, 2023
Payments platform Tilia has raised $22 million and named a new chief executive. The San Francisco company announced Tuesday (Mar. 14) it had received strategic funding from Korean FinTech Dunamu, and named executive chairman Brad Oberwager as...

Parthenon Capital to Buy Gaming Division of Global Payments

February 13, 2023
Parthenon Capital is acquiring the gaming division of Global Payments. The private equity firm said in a Monday (Feb. 13) press release that it has entered into a definitive agreement...

Mastercard and Xsolla Team to Streamline Gaming Payments

February 09, 2023
Mastercard and Xsolla say they want to make payments easier for gamers. According to a Thursday (Feb. 9) news release, Mastercard has teamed with the video game commerce company to create “frictionless, secure, and...