Tag: illegal casinos

SENDS, GANGA PAY, and the Compliance Question: Why a Licensed UK EMI’s Web-Licensing Structure Deserves Scrutiny

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FinTelegram’s review of SENDS has uncovered a new structural red flag: the public-facing website of Smartflow Payments Limited, the FCA-authorised EMI behind SENDS, is owned by a separate UK company, GANGA PAY LTD, and used under a software licence. In isolation, that may be a routine outsourcing arrangement. In the context of SENDS’ rapid acquiring growth, Ukrainian control persons on both sides, and ongoing whistleblower allegations around casino-linked merchant flows, it raises a much sharper compliance question.

BPCE-Backed Bridge in the Rail Map: How Perspecteev’s Payment Initiation Stack Appears in Deposits to Illegal Offshore Casinos

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A new FinTelegram Rail Atlas analysis shows Perspecteev SAS, the French payment institution behind the Bridge brand, appearing in deposit flows linked to offshore casino brands targeting German users — with opaque gateway labels such as “SaferSEPA” sitting between the casino front end and the regulated payment-initiation layer.