Appcharge || Mobile Gaming Payments Watch

Ryft's £20 million Series B funds expansion across Europe and the US, giving merchants and platforms more control over payment processing and flows....

• Starting April 2027, every App Store submission must include separate iPhone Duo screenshots for the external and internal displays.
• Games need...

• Apple Pay now enables tap-to-pay and in-app checkout on iPhone XR+ without PINs or OTPs.
• Launch limited to Axis Bank Visa/Mastercard credit cards...

The European Commission is enforcing seven principles on virtual currencies to boost transparency and shield consumers, especially children.

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Payment platforms compete by offering more than lower card rates. Paddle acts as merchant of record and handles sales tax/VAT for 5% + 50¢ per...

Mobile-game publishers choosing payment infrastructure must weigh tax exposure and compliance—not just fees.

• PayFac keeps you as seller: VAT, OSS,...

Payment fragmentation turns international web shop expansion into repeated engineering projects for mobile publishers. EBANX bundles 200+ methods into...

Nothing's Essential platform lets users prompt natural-language widgets straight to the homescreen—no developer accounts, reviews, or 30%...

Mobile game web stores reduce checkout confusion by showing local currency pre-login but switching to in-game currency after authentication, while refunds return to the original payment method and currency to strengthen player trust.

Roblox is doubling down on novel games—think RPGs, strategy, and shooters with fresh mechanics and visuals—to expand beyond its core base. The March...

Payment providers flag studios as high risk due to dispute patterns and virtual-currency mechanics, but publishers can directly improve terms by...

• Update app icons, screenshots, and preview videos with subtle seasonal elements like snowflakes or holiday colors to capture attention in saturated...

Google Pay API lets merchants offer seamless checkout using cards saved to Google Accounts, directly cutting friction for mobile game web shops. It...

Vercel’s user base more than doubled year over year as it expanded into agentic infrastructure with AI Gateway, AI SDK, and eve framework, all powered...

Checkout becomes a retention engine when you capture WhatsApp, RCS, and SMS opt-ins alongside payment.

• Update your SMS checkbox text to cover...

EPS via PayPal's JavaScript SDK adds localized Austrian bank payments to checkout coverage.

• Onboarding requirement: Merchants must be onboarded...

Selecting a merchant of record is a commercial infrastructure choice that determines tax registration, liability, and dispute ownership—not a simple...

Roblox is opening standalone app distribution and a Chrome web player by end of 2026, letting creators publish independently on mobile, PC, and...

Apple’s upcoming iOS update lets the iPhone scan a security chip on its gift cards to confirm authenticity and unspent balance, directly targeting...

NPCI is developing a registry to verify AI agents making transactions on UPI as part of its Unified Agentic Protocol. The system will start with...