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What You Need to Know About Sweepstakes Casinos and Social Gaming: Key Takeaways from Our Webinar
July 21, 2025
Sweepstakes casinos are gaining in popularity — and in regulatory scrutiny. In our recent webinar, we broke down the complexities of these models and the risks they present for payments providers, internet platforms, and consumers alike. Read the key takeaways.
Shifting Currents in Addiction Treatment: Key Themes from the NAATP Conference
July 16, 2025
The National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) is an organization whose mission is to provide leadership, advocacy, training, and member support services to ensure the availability and highest quality of addiction treatment. With over a thousand members, their annual conference serves as one of the biggest gatherings for the addiction treatment providers. At this…
Social Casinos: The Free-to-Play Trap
July 15, 2025
by Erin Feebeck
Many online casinos have adapted their business model to offer free-to-play sweepstakes to avoid gambling regulations, creating a gateway for young audiences to enter the world of betting. Learn more about the risks of these services and the laws governing them.
How Marketplaces Can Maintain Compliance With DSHEA Guidelines
July 2, 2025
Online e-commerce marketplaces must maintain compliance with the DSHEA guidelines — here’s how they do it.
Why LegitScript Certification Is Your Passport in 2025: A Recap for Healthcare Businesses
June 27, 2025
In a dynamic regulatory landscape, certification is becoming not just an asset but a necessity for highly regulated businesses to acquire services such as payment processing. Get the recap from our latest webinar, then watch the full presentation.
LegitScript & Special Guest Marketplace Risk Panel Recap: How to Stay Ahead of Global Regulations and Trends: Using Deep Intelligence to Shape Policy and Mitigate Risk
June 24, 2025
At Marketplace Risk, experts tackled the challenges of content moderation and platform responsibility, focusing on drug-related content, evolving evasion tactics, and the balance between AI and human oversight. Transparency and proactive safety measures took center stage. Listen below to an excerpt of the panel discussion held this year by the LegitScript team at the Marketplace…
Key Takeaways from LegitScript’s Webinar: Navigating Risks and Regulations in Online Abortion Pill Sales
June 17, 2025
In our recent webinar on online abortion pill sales, experts outlined how recent legal changes are reshaping access to medication abortion and highlighted emerging threats facing online platforms and payment service providers. Read our key takeaways from the presentation.
Merchant Onboarding Essentials: What You Need to Know
June 6, 2025
Getting onboarding right is crucial for compliance, security, and long-term growth. Keep reading to understand critical areas of risk, then use our onboarding checklist to ensure your processes are adhering to industry best practices.
LegitScript Marketplace Risk Panel Recap: The Dark Side of Weight-Loss Drugs: Regulation, Risk, and Red Flags
June 5, 2025
Dive into the dark side of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs in this Marketplace Risk panel featuring LegitScript experts. Learn how compounding pharmacies, unregulated sellers, and social media influencers are fueling safety risks, enforcement concerns, and regulatory blind spots around popular drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy.
Trust, Risk, and the Future of Compliance: Key Takeaways from Marketplace Risk San Francisco 2025
June 4, 2025
Explore key insights from Marketplace Risk San Francisco 2025, where industry leaders tackled rising fraud threats, evolving platform trust challenges, and the strategic role of compliance. Learn how proactive policies, smarter risk signals, and collaboration are reshaping digital platform integrity.
Partnering for Compliance: What Platforms and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Need to Know
June 3, 2025
Understand how pharmaceutical manufacturing has been changing, what areas are most frequently reviewed by advertising and payment platforms, and how LegitScript Certification helps manufacturers demonstrate their credibility in this dynamic landscape.
What You Need to Know About KYB in Merchant Onboarding
May 26, 2025
In the payments world, KYB is all about verifying the legitimacy of a business and the people behind it before you let them onto your platform. Keep reading to understand what KYB is, how it differs from KYC, and how best to integrate it into your workflow.
From Shortage Heroes to Compliance Champions: What Today’s GLP-1 Pharmacies Must Know
May 19, 2025
Explore the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape for compounding GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide and tirzepatide. Learn what new FDA rules mean for pharmacies and how LegitScript Certification can help ensure compliance and build trust.
Merchant Onboarding in the Age of AI: Key Takeaways from the LegitScript Webinar
May 16, 2025
In this LegitScript-hosted webinar, expert panelists offered a pragmatic look at how artificial intelligence is reshaping the future of merchant onboarding and underwriting, and how to adapt without compromising speed or security. Read our key takeaways from the talk.
Merchant Onboarding: Frequently Asked Questions
May 12, 2025
Learn key insights on merchant onboarding: KYB, risk checks, AI automation, MCC accuracy, and best practices to streamline and stay compliant.