Canonical URL: https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/paysafe-tebex-openbucks-gaming-payments-july-2026/ --- description: How Paysafe, Tebex and Openbucks connect retail gift-card value to gaming purchases, and why the payment partnership matters commercially. title: Paysafe expands Tebex checkout with Openbucks payments image: https://giftcard.news/images/social/v1/paysafe-expands-tebex-checkout-openbucks-card-payments-29da0c6d42d525d6520201eb962b09ea.jpg --- 1. [Home](https://giftcard.news/) 2. [Payments & Technology](https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/) # Paysafe expands Tebex checkout with Openbucks and card payments Paysafe’s expanded Tebex partnership connects prepaid value with gaming commerce, combining payment infrastructure with a merchant-of-record service. By [Suzie Elis](https://giftcard.news/author/suzie-elis/) July 7, 2026 3 min read [ Google News ](https://google.com/preferences/source?q=giftcard.news&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news) Share [ ](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fpayments-technology%2Fpaysafe-tebex-openbucks-gaming-payments-july-2026%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dx%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=Paysafe+expands+Tebex+checkout+with+Openbucks+and+card+payments&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "X") [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fpayments-technology%2Fpaysafe-tebex-openbucks-gaming-payments-july-2026%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=Paysafe+expands+Tebex+checkout+with+Openbucks+and+card+payments+https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fpayments-technology%2Fpaysafe-tebex-openbucks-gaming-payments-july-2026%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "WhatsApp") ![Three people sitting together on a sofa and playing video games with controllers.](https://giftcard.news/images/variants/v1/paysafe-expands-tebex-checkout-openbucks-card-payments-three-people-sitting-together-sofa-w1280.webp) Gaming photograph from Paysafe’s official video-gaming materials. Illustrative image, not a photograph of the July 2026 partnership announcement. Photo: Paysafe [Paysafe](https://giftcard.news/company/paysafe/) has expanded its relationship with [Tebex](https://giftcard.news/company/tebex/), connecting the gaming commerce platform to its gateway for card payments and alternative payment methods. The July 7, 2026 announcement also identified [Openbucks](https://giftcard.news/company/openbucks/) as live in Tebex Checkout, linking selected retail gift cards and digital prepaid value to purchases in participating games. [\[S01\]](#article-source-1) The deal brings together two businesses occupying different positions in a transaction. Tebex operates the commercial service used by game creators; Paysafe supplies payment infrastructure. Openbucks adds a way for players to spend supported prepaid value without using a conventional payment card at the game checkout. ## An extension of an established relationship Show data tableHide data table Scroll left or right to see all columns __An extension of an established relationship__ | Payment route | Status in the announcement | | --------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | | [PaysafeCard](https://giftcard.news/company/paysafecard/) | Already offered by Tebex since 2016 | | Credit and debit cards | Connected through the Paysafe Gateway integration | | Openbucks | Already live within Tebex Checkout | The earlier PaysafeCard relationship dates to 2016\. The latest gateway connection therefore expands an existing partnership, rather than introducing prepaid payments to Tebex for the first time. Paysafe described Openbucks’ US retail gift-card footprint as more than 67,000 locations, alongside online distribution of Obucks digital cards. [\[S01\]](#article-source-1) ## Why Tebex needs more than a payment button Tebex is part of [Overwolf](https://giftcard.news/company/overwolf/) and operates as a merchant of record. Its service takes responsibility for functions including tax handling, fraud management and chargebacks, allowing game businesses to outsource substantial parts of selling digital goods. The company describes more than a decade of operations serving creators and game studios. [\[S03\]](#article-source-3) That model makes payment coverage commercially important. A creator using the service is buying an operational relationship, not simply adding a button to a website. A player who can fund a purchase through a familiar prepaid method Your free reader account ## Continue reading for free. Create your account or sign in to get unlimited access. Continue with LinkedIn Continue with Google Continue with Facebook No payment required. Newsletter signup is optional. [Already registered? Sign in](https://giftcard.news/login/?returnTo=%2Fpayments-technology%2Fpaysafe-tebex-openbucks-gaming-payments-july-2026%2F) ## In this article ### Companies * [Openbucks](https://giftcard.news/company/openbucks/) * [Overwolf](https://giftcard.news/company/overwolf/) * [Paysafe](https://giftcard.news/company/paysafe/) * [PaysafeCard](https://giftcard.news/company/paysafecard/) * [Tebex](https://giftcard.news/company/tebex/) ### Sources and documents * [\[S01\] Paysafe expands Tebex payments partnership, July 7, 2026](https://www.paysafe.com/en/paysafegroup/news/detail/paysafe-strengthens-tebexs-payment-offering-for-video-gaming-industry/?utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news) — Paysafe * [\[S02\] Current Obucks product and checkout documentation](https://www.openbucks.com/products/obucks/?utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news) — Openbucks * [\[S03\] Tebex company background and merchant-of-record role](https://www.tebex.io/about?utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news) — Tebex * [\[S04\] Tebex transaction-based platform pricing](https://docs.tebex.io/creators/pricing-overview/tebex-fees-and-billing-overview/tebex-platform-fee-explained?utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news) — Tebex Share [ ](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fpayments-technology%2Fpaysafe-tebex-openbucks-gaming-payments-july-2026%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dx%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=Paysafe+expands+Tebex+checkout+with+Openbucks+and+card+payments&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "X") [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fpayments-technology%2Fpaysafe-tebex-openbucks-gaming-payments-july-2026%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=Paysafe+expands+Tebex+checkout+with+Openbucks+and+card+payments+https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fpayments-technology%2Fpaysafe-tebex-openbucks-gaming-payments-july-2026%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "WhatsApp") ![Portrait of Suzie Elis](https://giftcard.news/images/variants/v1/suzie-elis-editorial-portrait-w320.webp) About the author ## [Suzie Elis](https://giftcard.news/author/suzie-elis/) Journalist — Gift Cards & Digital Gifting Suzie Elis covers gift card products, digital gifting and distribution for Gift Card News. From reading to building ## Your next move in gift cards. Tell us what you’re building. We’ll help you explore suitable providers. [Find a provider ](https://giftcard.news/find-a-provider/) ## Related articles [Payments & Technology](https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/) News ### [MineX connects player trading balances with Cryptorefills gift cards](https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/minex-cryptorefills-gaming-gift-card-integration-april-2026/) [Suzie Elis](https://giftcard.news/author/suzie-elis/) April 10, 2026 3 min [Payments & Technology](https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/) News ### [CoinGate adds Bitget Wallet, Discover and bank transfers to gift card checkout](https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/coingate-bitget-wallet-discover-bank-transfer-gift-cards-2026/) [Suzie Elis](https://giftcard.news/author/suzie-elis/) August 11, 2026 3 min [Payments & Technology](https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/) News ### [PhonePe turns Indus Appstore into a browser-accessible gift-card marketplace](https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/phonepe-appstore-browser-gift-card-marketplace/) [Daniel Brooks](https://giftcard.news/author/daniel-brooks/) October 28, 2026 3 min ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://giftcard.news/#publisher","name":"Gift Card News","url":"https://giftcard.news/","description":"News and analysis covering gift cards, retail, loyalty, rewards and payments worldwide.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://giftcard.news/icon-512.png","contentUrl":"https://giftcard.news/icon-512.png","width":512,"height":512,"@id":"https://giftcard.news/#logo"},"publishingPrinciples":"https://giftcard.news/editorial-policy/","correctionsPolicy":"https://giftcard.news/editorial-policy/"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://giftcard.news/#website","url":"https://giftcard.news/","name":"Gift Card News","description":"News and analysis covering gift cards, retail, loyalty, rewards and payments worldwide.","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/#publisher"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://giftcard.news/search/?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https://giftcard.news/author/suzie-elis/#person","name":"Suzie Elis","url":"https://giftcard.news/author/suzie-elis/","description":"Suzie Elis covers gift card products, digital gifting and distribution for Gift Card News.","jobTitle":"Journalist — Gift Cards & Digital Gifting","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://giftcard.news/images/suzie-elis-editorial-portrait.webp","contentUrl":"https://giftcard.news/images/suzie-elis-editorial-portrait.webp","width":1254,"height":1254,"caption":"Illustrated portrait representing the Suzie Elis editorial profile.","@id":"https://giftcard.news/images/suzie-elis-editorial-portrait.webp#image","encodingFormat":"image/webp","description":"Illustrated portrait for Suzie Elis, a Gift Card News editorial pen name","creditText":"Gift Card News / AI-generated illustration"}},{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://giftcard.news/images/paysafe-expands-tebex-checkout-openbucks-card-payments-three-people-sitting-together-sofa.webp","contentUrl":"https://giftcard.news/images/paysafe-expands-tebex-checkout-openbucks-card-payments-three-people-sitting-together-sofa.webp","width":1920,"height":1280,"caption":"Gaming photograph from Paysafe’s official video-gaming materials. Illustrative image, not a photograph of the July 2026 partnership announcement.","@id":"https://giftcard.news/images/paysafe-expands-tebex-checkout-openbucks-card-payments-three-people-sitting-together-sofa.webp#image","encodingFormat":"image/webp","description":"Three people sitting together on a sofa and playing video games with controllers.","creditText":"Paysafe","isBasedOn":"https://www.paysafe.com/en/video-gaming/"},{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/paysafe-tebex-openbucks-gaming-payments-july-2026/#article","url":"https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/paysafe-tebex-openbucks-gaming-payments-july-2026/","headline":"Paysafe expands Tebex checkout with Openbucks and card payments","description":"How Paysafe, Tebex and Openbucks connect retail gift-card value to gaming purchases, and why the payment partnership matters commercially.","datePublished":"2026-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-09-21T02:41:49.187Z","inLanguage":"en","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/paysafe-tebex-openbucks-gaming-payments-july-2026/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/#website"},"isAccessibleForFree":false,"hasPart":[{"@type":"WebPageElement","isAccessibleForFree":false,"cssSelector":".reader-restricted"}],"image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://giftcard.news/images/paysafe-expands-tebex-checkout-openbucks-card-payments-three-people-sitting-together-sofa.webp","contentUrl":"https://giftcard.news/images/paysafe-expands-tebex-checkout-openbucks-card-payments-three-people-sitting-together-sofa.webp","width":1920,"height":1280,"caption":"Gaming photograph from Paysafe’s official video-gaming materials. Illustrative image, not a photograph of the July 2026 partnership announcement.","@id":"https://giftcard.news/images/paysafe-expands-tebex-checkout-openbucks-card-payments-three-people-sitting-together-sofa.webp#image","encodingFormat":"image/webp","description":"Three people sitting together on a sofa and playing video games with controllers.","creditText":"Paysafe","isBasedOn":"https://www.paysafe.com/en/video-gaming/"}],"articleSection":"Payments & Technology","keywords":["Openbucks","Overwolf","Paysafe","PaysafeCard","Tebex"],"mentions":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://giftcard.news/company/openbucks/#entity","name":"Openbucks","url":"https://giftcard.news/company/openbucks/"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://giftcard.news/company/overwolf/#entity","name":"Overwolf","url":"https://giftcard.news/company/overwolf/"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://giftcard.news/company/paysafe/#entity","name":"Paysafe","url":"https://giftcard.news/company/paysafe/"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://giftcard.news/company/paysafecard/#entity","name":"PaysafeCard","url":"https://giftcard.news/company/paysafecard/"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://giftcard.news/company/tebex/#entity","name":"Tebex","url":"https://giftcard.news/company/tebex/"}],"wordCount":549,"citation":[{"@type":"CreativeWork","name":"[S01] Paysafe expands Tebex payments partnership, July 7, 2026","url":"https://www.paysafe.com/en/paysafegroup/news/detail/paysafe-strengthens-tebexs-payment-offering-for-video-gaming-industry/","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Paysafe"}},{"@type":"CreativeWork","name":"[S02] Current Obucks product and checkout documentation","url":"https://www.openbucks.com/products/obucks/","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Openbucks"}},{"@type":"CreativeWork","name":"[S03] Tebex company background and merchant-of-record role","url":"https://www.tebex.io/about","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Tebex"}},{"@type":"CreativeWork","name":"[S04] Tebex transaction-based platform pricing","url":"https://docs.tebex.io/creators/pricing-overview/tebex-fees-and-billing-overview/tebex-platform-fee-explained","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Tebex"}}],"author":[{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/author/suzie-elis/#person"}],"publisher":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/#publisher"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/paysafe-tebex-openbucks-gaming-payments-july-2026/#webpage","url":"https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/paysafe-tebex-openbucks-gaming-payments-july-2026/","name":"Paysafe expands Tebex checkout with Openbucks and card payments","description":"How Paysafe, Tebex and Openbucks connect retail gift-card value to gaming purchases, and why the payment partnership matters commercially.","datePublished":"2026-07-07T00:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-09-21T02:41:49.187Z","inLanguage":"en","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/#website"},"mainEntity":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/paysafe-tebex-openbucks-gaming-payments-july-2026/#article"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/paysafe-tebex-openbucks-gaming-payments-july-2026/#breadcrumbs"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/images/paysafe-expands-tebex-checkout-openbucks-card-payments-three-people-sitting-together-sofa.webp#image"}},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/paysafe-tebex-openbucks-gaming-payments-july-2026/#breadcrumbs","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://giftcard.news/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Payments & Technology","item":"https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Paysafe expands Tebex checkout with Openbucks and card payments","item":"https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/paysafe-tebex-openbucks-gaming-payments-july-2026/"}]}]} ```