Permit holders may accept standard funding methods (cards, bank transfers, e-wallets). Gambling is VAT-exempt, but PSPs face heightened AML scrutiny given the sector's organised-crime overlay. The 2026 reform grants SAT real-time access to operational data and introduces site-blocking, increasing payment-channel risk for non-compliant flows.
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Mexico · Question 06 of 11
Payments and banking: Can we move player money?
Mixed · Uncertain · Not reviewed · 1 post-review update · Not reviewed · Back to full Mexico report →
Key section parameters
| Jurisdiction | Mexico (MX) |
|---|---|
| Regulator | Recorded in register |
| Favourability | Mixed |
| Confidence | Uncertain |
| Review status | Not reviewed · 1 post-review update · Not reviewed |
| Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 |
Summary answer
Permit holders may accept standard funding methods (cards, bank transfers, e-wallets). Gambling is VAT-exempt, but PSPs face heightened AML scrutiny given the sector's organised-crime overlay. The 2026 reform grants SAT real-time access to operational data and introduces site-blocking, increasing pa…
Not reviewed Information added after the 2 Sep 2026 expert review — published for currency and labelled not reviewed.
Payments and cross-border money-flow risk rose materially this cycle. A pending FinCEN Section 311 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, published 13 November 2025, would sever ten named Mexican gambling establishments from the US correspondent-banking system if finalised — an uncertain but material development given its explicit targeting of the gambling sector. This sits alongside findings from the November 2025 casino-suspension probe, which identified cross-border financial flows connected to the United States, Romania, Albania, Malta, Panama, Switzerland and the UAE. Together these developments indicate that Mexican gambling operators' access to international correspondent-banking rails is under active and specific scrutiny, with a finalised US rule representing the clearest near-term escalation risk to monitor.