Stockholm-listed online gambling operator Kindred Group Plc has moved its UK staff into a new purpose-built ‘Kindred House’ office building in Wimbledon. The European operator has been based in Wimbledon (London SW19) since 1997, where Kindred has primarily housed its marketing and commercial corporate functions. Speaking to SBC, Alex Westrell Group Head of Communications for Kindred Group, detailed that the …
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Malta monitors Franco-German ‘EU digital taxation framework’ proposal
Industry stakeholders are monitoring the European Union’s potential proposal to introduce a ‘digital taxation framework’, aimed at consolidating taxes for digital enterprises with multi-national operations and commercial services. The new scheme is being spearheaded by the governments of Germany and France and aims to crack down on tax avoidance loopholes, which have been perceived to be used by multi-national tech …
Read More »Catena appoints Pia-Lena Olofsson as Group CFO
Updating the market, Stockholm-listed industry affiliate marketing network Catena Media has confirmed the promotion of Pia-Lena Olofsson as new Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The executive appointment sees Olofsson current CFO of Catena Operations replace Claes Wenthzel as Catena group finance lead. Catena governance informs that Wenthzel has chosen to leave the company due to family reasons. Wenthzel will oversee …
Read More »LetsBet.com aims to ‘flip the script’ for casino players in 2018
New online casino brand LetsBet.com will be launched in early 2018, seeking to become the most engaging destination for online gambling consumers. LetsBet.com is brought to market by Malta MGA-licensed enterprise Pioneer Play Ltd, a new online gambling group founded by Michael Pedersen (CEO), former Scandinavian commercial lead for NetEnt, and Stefan Lind, (CMO) former operations lead at LeoVegas AB. …
Read More »Catena Media sets 2020 vision
Ahead of its Capital Markets Day (6 December), Stockholm-listed industry affiliate network Catena Media has announced that it has reset its enterprise long-term financial targets, as corporate governance seeks to extract optimal value for its investors. Updating stakeholders, Catena’s Board has set the enterprise target of generating a group EBITDA in excess of €100 million (£90 million) by the year …
Read More »Business Briefs – featuring Unicef, the Ponca Tribe and NetEnt
This round up features controversy over the prolonged construction of a new casino in the United States, a Northern Irish publican appealing the court’s decision that he isn’t fit to hold a licence and a Maltese DFS summit, amongst others. Charity lottery launched in Scandinavia Zeal Group and Unicef have teamed up to launch Norway’s first digital only charity lottery, …
Read More »Income Access strike SportingTech partnership
SportingTech, the iGaming software developer, has announced a new partnership with Income Access, Paysafe’s marketing technology and services provider. Under the terms of the deal, the Portugal based iGaming solutions and omni-channel retail specialists, are to leverage the Income Access tracking and analytics platform, this will aid the management of affiliate programmes for its catalogue of operator clients. Gonçalo Marcelino, …
Read More »Andreas Bardun: Getting mobile ready for Russia and beyond #bofcon2018
Setting up a Malta-based industry ‘mobile-centric’ development, strategy and technology hub, Andreas Bardun, former Head of Sportsbook for LeoVegas, speaks to SBC on creating effective and enhanced mobile betting propositions for Russia 2018 and beyond… A sixteen-year industry veteran, Bardun has worked and consulted for a number of major betting operators. Bardun breaks down new user mobile trends and why …
Read More »New Ground… Catena moves into financial services with Beyondbits Malta acquisition
Stockholm-listed industry affiliate marketing network Catena Media has announced that it has entered the financial services marketing sector by acquiring Malta-based network Beyondbits Media Ltd. Catena governance expects to complete its outright acquisition of Beyondbits Media by the end of November 2017. The company will pay an upfront €9.25 million transaction in which €2.75 million paid through Catena Media share placement. The Stockholm-listed enterprise has …
Read More »Catena acquires legacy portal PokerScout.com
Updating the market, Stockholm-listed industry affiliate marketing network Catena Media has informed that it has agreed to acquire legacy poker resource portal PokerScout (PokerScout.com) and all its related assets Catena management details that its latest acquisition is ‘made in connection with the passage of gaming legislation in the US state of Pennsylvania, which will open a new market for regulated …
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