Ovanti Limited has inked a four-year exclusive partnership with Yuno.trade, positioning itself as the payment processor and technology backbone for a new licensed prediction market platform targeting Southeast and Central Asia.
- Exclusive global payment processor for Yuno.trade
- Leverages Labuan Digital Commercial Banking License
- Targets underserved Southeast and Central Asian markets
- Partnership spans four years with renewal options
- Revenue tied to transaction volumes and platform growth
Ovanti Anchors Infrastructure in Booming Prediction Market Sector
Ovanti Limited (ASX:OVT) has taken a significant step into the prediction market arena by signing an exclusive four-year partnership with Yuno.trade, a rising competitor to established platforms Polymarket and Kalashi. Under the deal, Ovanti becomes Yuno.trade’s sole global payment processor and embedded technology infrastructure partner, underpinning the platform’s transaction orchestration, settlement, fraud monitoring, and risk controls.
This partnership capitalises on Ovanti’s Labuan Digital Commercial Banking License and its regional banking relationships, including with Standard Chartered Bank, to launch a licensed prediction market platform in Southeast Asia and Central Asia. These regions, home to nearly 700 million people and a digital economy forecast to exceed US$300 billion in gross merchandise value by 2025, remain relatively underserved by incumbent global players.
Technology Backbone and Payment Processing at Scale
Ovanti’s wholly owned businesses, iSentric and Datamorph, will provide the embedded technology infrastructure vital to Yuno.trade’s operations. This includes ledgering, reconciliation, authentication, API connectivity, and operational automation, functions critical to supporting a high-frequency, event-based trading platform. The company’s decade-long experience servicing major Asian banks lends credibility to its ability to manage institutional-grade payments and settlement flows.
Yuno.trade’s platform is designed for speed, transparent odds, rapid payouts, and defined-risk outcomes, targeting markets across politics, sport, macroeconomics, digital assets, and entertainment. The prediction market sector has seen explosive growth, with combined monthly trading volumes on Kalshi and Polymarket reaching approximately US$24 billion in April 2026.
Southeast Asia and Central Asia: A Strategic Launchpad
The partnership targets Southeast Asia and Central Asia as fertile grounds for growth, driven by rising digital wallet adoption, a fintech-savvy user base, and demand for regulated real-time market infrastructure. Ovanti’s Labuan banking license and regional partnerships provide Yuno.trade with a regulatory and operational edge in these markets.
Major global events, such as the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup, offer near-term catalysts for user engagement and transaction volume spikes. The platform plans to leverage these events to boost participation, particularly in mobile-first, digital-wallet-enabled markets.
A Revenue Model Tied to Market Activity
Ovanti’s revenue will derive from transaction-linked and service-based fees generated through its payment processing and technology infrastructure roles. As Yuno.trade scales its user base and trading volumes, Ovanti stands to benefit from increased deposits, withdrawals, payment routing, settlement, and authentication activities.
Chairman and CEO Daler Fayziev highlighted the partnership as a material growth pathway, emphasising Ovanti’s unique position at the infrastructure layer of a rapidly emerging digital market category. This move diversifies Ovanti’s fintech portfolio beyond its existing mobile banking and digital payments services in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Bottom Line?
Ovanti’s exclusive infrastructure partnership with Yuno.trade positions it to ride the rising tide of prediction markets in Asia, but success hinges on Yuno.trade’s market traction and regulatory navigation.
Questions in the middle?
- How quickly will Yuno.trade gain market share against established rivals Polymarket and Kalashi?
- What regulatory hurdles might affect the launch and expansion of licensed prediction markets in Southeast and Central Asia?
- How will Ovanti scale its technology infrastructure to handle potentially volatile, high-frequency trading volumes?