Payment Gateway & iGaming Consultancy

• 

  Brainwerk

  Germany

  Brainwerk Consulting (branded as "brainwerk") is a boutique consultancy founded in 2022 by payment industry veteran Christian Diegelmann. The firm specializes exclusively in payment strategy, licensing, and compliance solutions for the global online gaming sector (casino, sports betting) and high-risk merchant verticals. Headquartered in Germany, the company leverages over 20 years of Diegelmann’s experience building and selling payment service providers (PSPs) and managing a regulated financial institution in Malta. Brainwerk’s core proposition is bridging the gap between operational payment performance and regulatory adherence—a critical nexus for operators expanding across jurisdictions. The firm offers advisory on payment orchestration platforms (POPS), intelligent routing, acquirer relations, and end-to-end monitoring, alongside interim management and licensing support (including EU financial licenses). With a lean team of 2–10 employees, Brainwerk operates as a trusted partner for both emerging and large-scale gaming operators. Its recent focus includes a Payment Orchestration Platform (POP) advisory service, branded under “brainpay”, and a growing emphasis on compliance-first payment architectures. The company is privately held and maintains a public profile through industry events such as ICE Gaming.

• 

  Areto Systems

  Birkirkara, Malta

  Areto Systems Ltd is a privately held Maltese company that provides payment gateway software and business consultancy to online businesses worldwide, with a strong focus on the iGaming and gambling sectors. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Birkirkara, Malta, the firm operates with a lean team of between two and ten employees. Its core offering, AretoPAY, is a credit card processing solution designed to handle both high‑risk and low‑risk merchant accounts. Through a network of partners in Europe, Hong Kong, China, Latin America, and the United States, Areto Systems delivers cost‑efficient, multi‑currency payment acceptance for online operators. Beyond payment processing, the company offers advisory services in technology, product development, strategy, and online payments, targeting startups through to established high‑volume enterprises. The firm’s expertise spans the iGaming, gambling, payments technology, and SaaS industries. Despite its modest size, Areto Systems has maintained a presence in the competitive online payments space for over a decade, leveraging its partnerships and regulatory familiarity to serve clients that require specialised high‑risk merchant processing.