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Yaspa and Paysecure Launch Advanced Payments Intelligence for Payment Providers

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April 2, 2026

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Paysecure, a top global payment orchestration platform, and Yaspa, a prominent fintech focused on payments and identity solutions, have announced a strategic partnership today to introduce genuine intelligence to the payments market.

Utilizing Paysecure’s AI-driven routing and comprehensive transaction analysis alongside Yaspa’s Smart Payments, operators can minimize fraud and enhance the payment experience for users through a single platform, helping to maintain and expand their customer base.

Yaspa’s Intelligent Payments represents the peak of payment processing innovation, combining immediate bank-to-bank transfers with real-time data insights. Utilizing open banking infrastructure, the solution enables companies to execute Pay by Bank transactions that settle immediately while also extracting profound insights from the user’s financial habits. Unlike conventional payment gateways that merely facilitate money transfer, Yaspa’s platform transforms each transaction into an opportunity for identity verification, assessment of financial health, and risk evaluation. By connecting real-time bank information with AI-driven analytics, the platform delivers an all-encompassing perspective on a customer’s financial status and legitimacy at the precise moment a transaction occurs.

Paysecure is an advanced payment orchestration platform that allows businesses to enhance each phase of the payment process using AI-driven smart routing, real-time insights, and worldwide connectivity. Its sophisticated data and intelligence features examine payment trends and performance, delivering actionable insights that assist merchants in customizing the payment experience, enhancing customer retention, and optimizing revenue opportunities.

This collaboration will utilize the shared data and insights from both solutions to provide more intelligent and efficient payment experiences. By becoming part of Paysecure’s ecosystem, Yaspa’s open banking and PSP solutions can be activated via a single integration, providing merchants with access to account-to-account payments and a worldwide marketplace of providers. Collectively, the solutions utilize AI-generated insights regarding spending trends, currency, offers, fraud, and performance, allowing merchants to protect the experience and optimize the potential of each transaction.

Yaspa’s Chief Revenue Officer, Justin Fraser, said: “This integration and partnership with Paysecure is a genuinely game-changing moment in the payments industry. Never before have operators had this level of intelligence and data from a third party payments solution at their fingertips. We look forward to working closely with the Paysecure team.”

Mike Peplow, Chief Operating Officer at Paysecure, said: “The intelligence data we collect drives our AI analysis enabling real time decisions on routing, payment method and fraud management. Working with Yaspa not only provides a best in class open banking, but delivers access to account information that further enhances our ability to optimise payment selection, actively lower transaction risk and personalise the end customer experience. The partnership with Yaspa unites two data driven platforms to proactively support merchants transform their customer journey, offer more payment choice and better manage the transaction workflow.”

Paysecure was recently honored as the best newcomer at the Card and Payment Awards 2026. This came after the recent declaration of Paysecure’s fivefold rise in the number of merchants utilizing its technology. Its orchestration platform currently links merchants to more than 500 PSPs/acquirers and various alternative payment methods globally.

Yaspa was recently recognized by Sifted as the fourth fastest-growing start-up in the UK and Ireland. In the past year, it won the Real-Time Payments Innovation award at the 2025 Payments Awards and was included in CB Insights’ Top 100 Fintechs, a worldwide list that highlights the most innovative and promising companies influencing the future of financial services.

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Tony Bellew signs as PartyPoker brand ambassador through 2026

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2 days ago

July 10, 2026

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Former WBC cruiserweight champion to appear at PartyPoker Tour UK stops and take part in online activations.

PartyPoker has appointed former WBC Cruiserweight World Champion Tony Bellew as a brand ambassador for the remainder of 2026, with appearances tied to the operator’s live PartyPoker Tour and online poker offering.

The company said Bellew will be “a regular face” at its remaining UK tour stops this season following an earlier appearance at the PartyPoker Tour Birmingham. Bellew will also take part in online activity linked to the PartyPoker schedule.

“I had such a great time at the PartyPoker Tour Birmingham. The atmosphere, the people and the passion for the game were incredible. I’m really excited to be joining the PartyPoker team for the rest of the year, getting involved at the live events, meeting players and seeing where the cards take me,” Bellew said.

PartyPoker said Bellew is scheduled to attend each remaining UK stop on the 2026 PartyPoker Tour: London in July, Glasgow in August, Cork in November, and London in December. The operator also referenced a series of exclusive online events running alongside the live calendar.

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Arizona regulator orders five operators to stop alleged illegal gambling activity

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July 10, 2026

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Cease-and-desist letters cite alleged felonies and underage access tied to BetOpenly, Bookmaker, Club WPT Online Poker, Kutt Inc., and Raffle Creator.

The Arizona Department of Gaming said it has issued cease-and-desist orders to five online platforms—BetOpenly, Bookmaker, Club WPT Online Poker, Kutt Inc., and Raffle Creator—after investigations that the Department says involved alleged illegal gambling activity and underage access in Arizona.

In its announcement, the Department said each enforcement action alleges conduct giving rise to three felonies under Arizona law: promotion of gambling, illegal control of an enterprise, and money laundering. The agency cited Arizona’s prohibition on gambling unless specifically authorized (Ariz. Rev. Stat. Tit. 13, Ch. 33) and said the legal gambling age in the state is 21.

“Arizona is taking decisive action against illegal gambling operators that put Arizonans at risk,” said Jackie Johnson, Department Director. “Our top priority is protecting Arizonans and I’m grateful for the efforts of our intelligence unit led by Chief Law Enforcement Officer Doug Jensen to do just that. Through these cease-and-desist orders we are putting operators on notice: their conduct runs contrary to Arizona law and they must stop promoting illegal gambling.”

The Department’s letters describe different alleged violations by operator. For BetOpenly, the Department said peer-to-peer gambling rules prohibit third-party benefit, and alleged the platform benefited via a commission structure while enabling event wagering and daily fantasy sports contests without the required state licenses, including availability to underage Arizonans. For Bookmaker, the Department said its investigation found wagering on horse racing, casino games, and sports betting without an event wagering license or an advanced deposit wagering provider license, adding that online casino games are not legal in Arizona.

For Club WPT Online Poker, the Department alleged the platform enabled individuals under 21 in Arizona to enter pay-to-play online poker tournaments for prizes while using deceptive “no purchase necessary” language; the Department said online poker is illegal in Arizona. For Kutt Inc., the Department said Arizona “social” gambling prohibits third-party benefit and directed the operator to stop allowing Arizona users to deposit money and wager on sports, politics, pop culture, and casino-style games. For Raffle Creator, the Department said the operator did not meet requirements that allow Arizona nonprofits to conduct lawful raffles and alleged it allowed people under 21 to purchase tickets for prize chances.

The Department said the notified entities are directed to immediately stop all gambling operations and activities in Arizona “whether through mobile applications, online, or otherwise,” and to cease any future illegal gambling in the state. It added that future actions may include criminal charges or civil action against entities, principals, and employees, and that operators “may be subject to a potential award of restitution” and forfeiture of monies acquired due to the alleged conduct.

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Former WBC World Champion Tony Bellew Joins PartyPoker as Brand Ambassador

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2 days ago

July 10, 2026

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Tony Bellew has officially joined the PartyPoker Brand Ambassador team for the remainder of 2026, strengthening the brand’s growing roster of ambassadors and reinforcing its commitment to bringing poker to a wider audience.

A former WBC Cruiserweight World Champion and one of Britain’s most recognisable sporting personalities, Bellew will play an active role across both PartyPoker’s live tour and online offering throughout the rest of the year.

Speaking about joining the team, Tony Bellew said: “I had such a great time at the PartyPoker Tour Birmingham. The atmosphere, the people and the passion for the game were incredible. I’m really excited to be joining the PartyPoker team for the rest of the year, getting involved at the live events, meeting players and seeing where the cards take me.”

His return follows a hugely successful appearance at the PartyPoker Tour Birmingham earlier this year, where he embraced the atmosphere, spent time with players and immersed himself in the event. After thoroughly enjoying the experience, Bellew will now become a regular face at the remaining UK stops on the PartyPoker Tour throughout the rest of the 2026 season.

As part of his ambassadorial role, Bellew will attend every remaining UK stop PartyPoker Tour in 2026:

London – July
Glasgow – August
Cork – November
London – December

With four live festival stops and a series of exclusive online events still to come, players will have plenty of opportunities to meet Bellew at the tables throughout the remainder of the 2026 PartyPoker calendar. Look out for opportunities to take him on online, and at the PartyPoker Tour in Glasgow, Cork and London.

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