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Samsung Wallet Launches in Indonesia, Turning Smartphones into Digital Wallets

Samsung Electronics Indonesia has officially introduced Samsung Wallet in the Indonesian market — the country’s first fully-integrated digital wallet solution built directly into users’ smartphones.

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Arta Finance Accelerates AI Wealth Management Global Expansion with Major Asian Bank Partnerships

The new partnerships with prominent Asian financial institutions, including Bank of Singapore and Hong Leong Bank (HLB), underscore Arta Finance ambition to bring institutional-grade AI-driven wealth-management capabilities to the global market.

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Transforming the Future of Finance: Connected Banking Summit – Saudi Arabia 2025 Highlights Innovation, Inclusion, and Collaboration

The 22nd Connected Banking Summit Innovation & Excellence Awards 2025 took place at the Radisson Blu Riyadh Convention and Exhibition Center, gathering senior banking leaders, technology firms, policymakers, and fintech innovators to define the next chapter of financial transformation in the Kingdom.

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Is BNPL Fuse Aggregation Platform a Viable Alternative to Payment Gateways and Orchestration Platforms?

Can BNPL Fuse act as an alternative to a full-blown payment gateways or orchestration platform? To answer that, it helps to unpack what it does and what it doesn’t.

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While the World Watches OpenAI, Visa, and Mastercard, Huawei Quietly Enters the Financial AI Agent Race

While everyone is eagerly watching the likes of OpenAI, Visa, and Mastercard unveil their visions for agentic AI, Huawei has made a bold and quietly strategic move of its own. With the launch of its FinAgent Booster (FAB), the Chinese tech giant has stepped decisively into the financial AI agent ecosystem not as an observer, but […]

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HKMA Unveils “Fintech 2030” Strategy at Hong Kong FinTech Week: Emphasis on Data, AI, Tokenisation & Quantum Resilience

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is charting the next frontier of financial innovation, moving the city’s Fintech 2030 agenda beyond basic digital adoption toward a fully connected, intelligent, and quantum-ready financial ecosystem designed to secure Hong Kong’s global leadership in the coming decade.

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GASA Report Shows Indonesians Lost $3.3B to Fraud This Year

Digital scams surge across Indonesia, costing billions, with customers believing public organizations should provide better fraud protection: the new GASA report calls for urgent action.

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Mukuru and JUMO Launch AI-Powered Credit Solution in South Africa

Getting credit in South Africa has never been easy — nearly half the country’s 63 million people are still locked out of formal lending. However, Mukuru and JUMO are stepping in with a new AI-powered “Fast Loan” that could finally open the door for millions who’ve been left on the sidelines.

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Augmented Intelligence & Emerging Threats: Rethinking Fraud Prevention in the AI Era With Laurent Sarrat, Sis ID CEO & Co-Founder

AI will define the next generation of fraud prevention — on both sides, thinks Laurent Sarrat, CEO and co-founder of Sis ID, a French fintech that provides collaborative payment-fraud prevention solutions. When AI tools are both advanced protection and a growing threat to payment companies, major challenges arise. PaySpace Magazine Global had an exciting conversation […]

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Ant International Invests in R2 to Expand SME Credit Access in Latin America

Ant International has announced a strategic investment in R2, a Latin America native embedded lending infrastructure company, to expand access to financing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the region.

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EU Instant Payments Regulation: What Changed for Payment Providers and Consumers?

This October, all payment service providers operating in the EU became legally obliged to send and receive instant credit SEPA transfers (in euros) under the EU Instant Payments Regulation, while also offering a free Verification of Payee (VoP) service. What does the new legislation mean for consumers and PSPs?

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Nexi & Zucchetti Expand Partnership to Provide Integrated Payment Solutions for European Merchants

With a new partnership, Nexi Group and Zucchetti S.p.A., aim to redefine integrated payment solutions for Europe’s retail and hospitality sectors.

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Turkey’s Central Bank Revokes Papara’s License in Landmark Fintech Crackdown

One of Türkiye’s biggest fintech success stories has come to an abrupt halt, as the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) has permanently revoked the operating license of Papara, a local payment and electronic money service provider that once symbolized the rapid rise of fintech innovation in the country.

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Afriex Partners with Visa to Enable Real-Time Cross-Border Payments Across 160+ Markets

Afriex’s new functionality is now live and available immediately via the Afriex mobile app, enabling users to send cross-border payments seamlessly and securely through Visa Direct.

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Uber Taps Checkout.com to Supercharge Global Payments With AI-Driven Intelligence

Checkout.com has been selected as Uber payments partner to power its enterprise platform with fast, reliable global payments, driven by AI intelligence.

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iDEAL to Become Wero in 2026 in Europe’s Push for a Unified Digital Payments Future

The Netherlands’ dominant online payment system iDEAL is set to begin its migration to the pan-European digital wallet Wero in 2026 – a move that signals not just re-branding, but a strategic leap toward a unified, Europe-wide payment ecosystem.

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