DIMOCO, a leading regulated payment service provider, has achieved a major milestone in the German iGaming sector by becoming the first officially authorised carrier billing provider for online gambling in the country. This development follows formal approval from the Gemeinsame Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL), Germany’s federal gambling authority, which has confirmed that DIMOCO’s mobile payment solution complies fully with the stringent regulatory requirements applicable to the German gambling market....
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