SBC Summit Canada to Spotlight Payments and Compliance as Canada’s iGaming Market Matures

As Canada’s iGaming market matures, operators are facing growing pressure to deliver faster, more seamless payments while meeting strict compliance requirements and managing rising fraud risk.

Taking place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from 19–21 May, the Payments & Compliance track at SBC Summit Canada will examine how the industry is responding, bringing together operators, regulators, and technology providers to explore how to build systems that are both efficient and compliant.

Sessions will explore the growing complexity of AML frameworks, the role of payments in driving performance, and the need for stronger coordination to protect the integrity of both sport and betting markets.

Opening the track is the session AML After the Audits: From Box-Ticking to Shared Infrastructure, which examines the industry’s shift towards embedding AML compliance into daily operations. Featuring compliance experts Steve Armstrong (Chief Compliance Officer & Money Laundering Reporting Officer, FRL Compliance Solutions), Susan Bala (Co-Founder and Director, Advanced Compliance Technology), Dave Foppert (Senior Director of AML Compliance, DraftKings), Rebekah Jackson (Global Gaming Director, GBG), Chad Kornett (SVP, Geolocation, GeoComply) and Derek Ramm (Director, Kinectify), the session will outline the debate around AML risk ownership in Canada and how to remain compliant at both the provincial and federal levels. The session will also explore the challenges and opportunities in Payment-led AML and how to balance compliance with engaging player experiences.

Attention will then turn to creating the perfect payment journey for Canadian players in the session Payments That Perform: What Actually Moves the Needle in Canadian iGaming. Panellists Dami Amurawaiye (Head of Operations & Sportsbook, PointsBet), Nick Gunn (SVP of Growth, SEON), Kevin Jing (CFO, Hottakes), Gaurav Juneja (SVP and BU Leader, CGI) and Sam Kawsarani (VP Product, Paramount Commerce) will explore how operators can meet growing player expectations for speed, reliability, and familiarity across deposits and withdrawals.

Discussions will also examine the friction that persists in the withdrawal experience, and how operators can manage the operational pressures of banking volatility, fraud, and chargebacks in a market where seamless payments are increasingly seen as standard.

The presentation Protecting Sport Integrity in Canada’s Evolving Betting Market will take a hard look at how the industry can better protect its sports sector from competition manipulation. Led by Scott Grant (Manager, Competition Manipulation, Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport), attendees will learn how match fixing occurs, the telltale signs for operators and regulators to watch for, and how stronger collaboration can help prevent and disrupt further sports manipulation.

The track will conclude with a masterclass on quasi-gambling in Canada, delivered by IMGL. Legal experts Danielle Bush (Partner, Segev LLP), Ron Segev (Founding Partner, Segev LLP), Jack Tadman (Principal, GME Law), and Kevin Weber (Partner, Dickinson Wright LLP) will examine the rise of prediction markets, sweepstakes, mystery boxes, and skill-based games from a Canadian legal perspective. The session will analyse high-profile cases from the past year and look ahead to how laws around quasi-gambling may evolve.

SBC Summit Canada’s Payments & Compliance track makes up one of six tracks at SBC Summit Canada this year. Other tracks include Leaders in Sports Betting & Casino, Leaders in Land-Based and Lottery, Affiliates and Advertising, Player Protection, and Cybersecurity. There will also be masterclasses on land-based and online casino strategy running across both days.  

Get Your Tickets for SBC Summit Canada now! 

VIP Event Pass – Access to the show floor, all conference sessions, and evening networking sessions for CA$995

Group VIP Pass – Get VIP Passes for just CA$795 each when you buy three or more passes – perfect for bringing the team!

Operators and affiliates can apply for complimentary passes.