Content on esports payments for tournament platforms, teams, publishers, marketplaces and streaming monetization in high-risk contexts. We cover pay-ins (tickets, passes, top-ups, donations), recurring/one-off billing, and prize/payout flows (teams, players, affiliates). Practical guidance on approval-rate uplift (local acquiring, smart routing, 3DS2/SCA decisioning), APM coverage by region (cards, wallets, open banking, cash vouchers), and handling minors/age-gating, KYC/KYB & AML/KYT, sanctions/geofencing, chargeback prevention and friendly-fraud reduction for digital goods. Also: sponsorship payouts, tax/reporting basics, reconciliation, and risk dashboards tailored to esports use cases. This aligns with WiseAlt’s focus on high-risk verticals.
Authoritative outbound resources about eSports Payments:
PCI Security Standards Council — PCI DSS Overview
EMVCo — EMV® 3-D Secure 2
ESIC (Esports Integrity Commission) — Integrity & anti-fraud resources
FATF — AML/CFT guidance (virtual assets; KYT/Travel Rule context)
Visa & Mastercard — Merchant/Transaction Processing Rules
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