Matías Magallón, CEO of ALPS after PGS 2026: "The industry's conversations are becoming more mature"

Main objectives in attending Peru Gaming Show

“We arrived at Peru Gaming Show 2026 with a clear objective: to strengthen our position in a market where we are already actively operating, not as a new player but as a provider with a proven track record. Peru is a market where we compete across a variety of payment rails, including Yape, Interoperable QR and card payments, and we wanted that operational experience to be reflected in the conversations we had at our stand. In that sense, we achieved our goal. Most of the interest came from operators looking for a payment partner with genuine local expertise rather than a generic solution.”

Regulation takes center stage

"What stood out the most was confirming that the industry's conversations are becoming more mature. The focus is no longer only on approval rates or processing costs, but also on regulatory compliance and relationships with central banks across the region. For us, having worked closely with the Central Reserve Bank of Peru's regulatory framework, it validated our belief that treating compliance as a competitive advantage rather than an obstacle is the direction the market is heading."

New business opportunities

"We met with local and regional operators interested in diversifying their payment providers, as well as companies evaluating their entry into the Peruvian market and looking to better understand how local payment rails operate. While we cannot yet share figures or timelines, several of those conversations are already progressing through active commercial follow-up."

A regional strategy built on local knowledge

"It is clear to us that Peru, and Latin America as a whole, is a region where the gaming industry is maturing rapidly. Success no longer depends only on technology, but on understanding each country's regulations and local payment rails. That combination—real regional presence backed by compliance as a standard—is ALPS' strategy, and events like Peru Gaming Show confirm that we are moving in the right direction. In the coming months, we will continue following up on the relationships established during the event while assessing which other regional markets require the same local presence to build trust."