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News

Singapore & UAE Lead in Crypto Adoption

Among the global crypto enthusiasts, Singapore and UAE stand out with their high cryptocurrency ownership, robust search activity and rapid adoption growth.

Science & Technology

WeLab and Google Collaborate for AI-Driven Digital Banking Services in Asia

WeLab and Google partner to potentially deliver AI-powered financial services to 500 million users by 2032.

Articles

How Entertainment UX Is Influencing the Next Generation of Fintech Apps

As competition in the fintech space grows more intense, the need to stand out through exceptional user experience (UX) has become essential. In response, many fintech platforms are looking beyond traditional banking UX models and turning to the entertainment industry—particularly mobile gaming and interactive digital platforms—for inspiration.

News

Mastercard & Smile ID to Advance ID Verification Across Africa

Mastercard is expanding the scope of its cooperation with SmileID to accelerate the use of advanced identity verification tools for customer onboarding across the African continent.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Swift Sets Forth New Framework for Retail Cross-Border Payments

Under its new plan, Swift will enforce clear costs and predictable timing for cross-border retail transactions, promising full value delivery, fee transparency, and instant settlement when local systems permit.

News

Cloudflare to Launch NET Dollar Stablecoin for Agentic Payments

NET dollar digital currency will be specifically designed by Cloudflare to support the emerging AI-to-AI agent payment model which is actively promoted by fintech players worldwide.

Articles

Pix Parcelado Promises Brazil BNPL Market a Brighter Future While Local Fintechs Race to Embed Flexible Installments

As Brazil fintech players eagerly await the arrival of Pix Parcelado, revolutionary installment purchases without a credit card, BNPL gains extra traction in the country. Here’s what you should know.

News

Klarna Card Reaches 1M User Milestone in US

In just 11 weeks since its launch in the US, debit-first Klarna Card has received 1 million sign-ups from local customers prefering the benefits of payment flexibility linked to greater control over their finances.

News

Stripe Valuation Nears $106B

Stripe is reportedly negotiating a share buyback which will bring its valuation well over its 2021 peak of $95 billion.

Fintech & Ecommerce

CellPoint Digital Launches One Source Orchestration to Support Airlines’ Shift to OOSD Retailing

Airlines and travel merchants are changing how they sell and deliver their products, increasingly using OOSD retail models, which CellPoint Digital OSO platform aims to support.

Fintech & Ecommerce

White-Label Crypto Payment Gateways Power Next-Gen Digital Transactions

For merchants and businesses of the twenty first century, dealing with fiat transactions only may not be enough. If alternative payment methods like crypto are vital parts of your payment stack, you should consider white label crypto payment gateway services to fuel your business.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Global Payments Revenue to Reach $2.4T by 2029

Although annual revenue growth is expected to slow from 8.8% to 4.0% within the next five years, global payments revenue is still forecast to increase to $2.4 trillion by 2029, as agentic AI, digital currencies, and fintech business models boost the growth.

Blockchain & Crypto

Korean Won Stablecoin Ecosystem Grows With Chainlink & SOOHO.IO Project Namsan

A consortium initiative Namsan, led by SOOHO.IO and Chainlink to pioneer the Korean won stablecoin ecosystem, has conducted a live pilot for foreign tourists, where USD-based stablecoins were exchanged to Korean won digital vouchers at conversion fees more than 30% lower than conventional FX channels offer.

Articles

From Risk to Opportunity: Kushki CRO on Gaming, Growth, and Connecting LatAm Through Payments

“Where others see risk, we see a need for a sophisticated, reliable, and highly secure payment infrastructure,” – says Jamie Domingo, CRO of Kushki, a payment technology company on a mission to connect Latin America with payments.

Science & Technology

EvoluteIQ Secures €44M to Expand Agentic AI Architecture

EvoluteIQ describes itself as an end-to-end hyperautomation platform that brings together process orchestration, data and event processing, agentic and generative AI, ML, enterprise connectivity, and front-end application development.

Fintech & Ecommerce

BBVA Enables Instant Cross-Border Transfers From Outside the Eurozone

In an effort to bridge the gap between instant payment expectations and slow processing caused by inefficient cross-border payment rails, BBVA introduces instant payments for cross-border transfers coming from outside the eurozone.