The Open Banking Expo Awards 2025 celebrated the organisations and individuals driving excellence across Open Banking, Open Finance, and payments, with winners unveiled at a […]
Year: 2025
Europe on the Move: Bits & Pretzels Fuels Unity and a New Risk Culture
Munich, already electric with the energy of Oktoberfest, transformed into Europe’s ultimate innovation hotspot as […] The post Europe on the Move: Bits & Pretzels […]
Global Islamic Finance Assets to Reach $9.7tn by 2029, LSEG and ICD Report Finds
Global Islamic finance assets are projected to reach $9.7trillion by 2029, growing at an average annual rate of 10 per cent, according to the 2025 […]
Bahrain FinTech Bay and Tether Sign MoU to Promote Blockchain Adoption
Bahrain FinTech Bay, the Kingdom’s leading fintech hub, and Tether, the largest company in the digital asset industry, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to […]
Price Competition in Remittances: How Fintechs Are Bringing Costs Down for Senders
As at 2024, there were about 304 million international migrants. And as they work and earn, they send some money to families back home to […]
eToro Expands Australian Offering with AUD Accounts and New Platform Features
Trading and investing platform eToro is significantly expanding its offering in Australia with the launch of AUD accounts and a range of new region-specific features. […]
ACI Worldwide Partners with BitPay to Power Crypto and Stablecoin Payments for Merchants
Global payments technology company ACI Worldwide partnered with cryptocurrency payments processor BitPay to expand its digital asset solutions for merchants and payment service providers (PSPs). […]
Klarna Launches Debit-First Card in UK to Disrupt Retail Banking, Moving Beyond Instalments
Payments giant Klarna has formally expanded into the UK retail banking sector, rolling out its Klarna Card and Klarna Balance digital wallet following e-money authorisation […]
UAE Fintech Giant Qashio Acquires Sanad Cash to Accelerate Saudi Expansion
Qashio, the UAE’s leading corporate spend management platform, acquired Sanad Cash, one of Saudi Arabia’s first and most established expense management solutions. This landmark deal […]
HSBC Partners with Juspay to Build Full-Stack Acquiring Solution for Digital Merchants
HSBC is partnering with payments infrastructure company Juspay to launch a new, full-stack acquiring platform tailored to the needs of digital-first, global merchants. The strategic […]