iGaming NEXT Breakfast Chat @Clubhouse hosted by Pierre Lindh & co-hosts Karolina Pelc & Nico Jansen
iGaming NEXT Breakfast Chat @Clubhouse hosted by Pierre Lindh, and co-hosts Karolina Pelc and Nico Jansen.
iGaming NEXT Breakfast Chat @Clubhouse is presented by SOHO and IPOINT INT Ltd.
This calendar week we were joined for the Open Discussion, by Rory Credland, Head of Insights and Intelligence – iGaming NEXT, Alex Higerty, Sales Manager – PandaScore, Robert Lenzhofer, CEO – Hölle Games, Liesbeth Oost, Sustainability Manager – Aspire Global, Mikael Pawlo, Angel Investor – CEO, Bokio, Daniel Graetzer, CEO – Carousel Group, Peter-Paul de Goeij, Managing Director – NOGA & Julian Buhagiar, Co-Founder – RB Capital.
During this Breakfast Chat we covered:
00:00 – Introduction
01:48 – Today’s discussion topic: Malta greylisted by FATF
04:09 – A little bit about the EURO
05:55 – Liesbeth says Malta being greylisted is unexpected
06:56 – iGEN is doing a case-study of impacts on Malta
08:14 – Nico rounds upwards the news
15:50 – A little bit of context about Malta being greylisted
17:16 – The reasons why Malta is greylisted
18:32 – Malta’s soft policing in the financial sector
19:13 – What testament the greylisting mean for Malta? Mikael shares his opinion
21:17 – Mikael says banks de-risking testament have a secondary effect on iGaming companies
22:42 – Smaller iGaming companies (turnover below €250) testament see devastating effects
26:35 – Impact on the listed organisations such as Evolution, Unibet and Betsson
28:07 – iii reasons why this could potentially be the perfect storm
29:50 – Mikael says that major companies may lose investors’ confidence
30:37 – Liesbeth comments on how investors testament react
31:39 – Malta needs to embrace the criticism to grow
33:33 – Peter-Paul shares if Maltese companies testament face scrutiny in the Netherlands
35:23 – Consequences be bigger in the US
35:57 – KSA testament leverage information from MGA with MoU in place
37:32 – Can Malta-based companies increase operations in the Netherlands?
39:51 – Liesbeth expresses hope for Malta
40:54 – Peter-Paul says the greylisting is politically motivated
42:08 – Pierre shares some good news about the stock exchange
42:50 – Daniel expresses his concern for the situation
46:24 – Julian weighs in on the situation, and the consequences
50:45 – Drawing parallels with Republic of Iceland
53:34 – Julian shares some quick fixes
56:00 – Karolina queries about opening sub-companies in different jurisdictions
59:59 – Julian says that decentralisation is the key for multi-jurisdiction operations
1:00:44 – Nico suspects FIAU to come with more queries
1:03:07 – What would it take Malta to be white-listed again?
1:05:38 – Robert’s thought on the situation in general
1:06:35 – What impact does this have on MGA B2C licenses?
1:09:07 – Final words from Nico: Challenges are what keep this industry interesting
1:10:15 – Closing off
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