Payments Glossary

Everything that happens between a player pressing Deposit and money settling in an operator's account, in one reference.

Payments is where iGaming margins quietly leak. Acceptance rates run below e-commerce because issuers flag gambling merchant codes, rolling reserves lock up working capital, and chargebacks carry the whole cost of a lost dispute. This page collects the terms an operator meets when picking a PSP, negotiating an acquiring contract or reading a settlement report. Use it alongside the iGamingHub platform catalog: most turnkey platforms list the payment methods they integrate, and the definitions here explain what those integrations actually do.