Xsolla, an In-Game Payment Optimisation services provider, is partnering with Openbucks to integrate their Gift Card Payment Network to provide an alternative payment option to online payment methods such as credit and debit cards for North American gamers (view press release). By combining the ability to redeem gift cards of retail brands with Xsolla’s PayStation, users can pay for in-game items, subscriptions and the like.
The partnership with Xsolla will give gamers a selection of online games to apply their gift cards balances towards. Gamers playing games with Xsolla’s PayStation integrated will see the Openbucks Gift Card Payment Network as a new payment option allowing them to pay without the typical fees of prepaid cards.
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