Fintech & Ecommerce

Ethiopia Takes Centre Stage as the 29th Connected Banking Summit & Innovation & Excellence Awards 2026 Opens in Addis Ababa
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Ethiopia Takes Centre Stage as the 29th Connected Banking Summit & Innovation & Excellence Awards 2026 Opens in Addis Ababa

Banking Leaders, Regulators and Global Technology Innovators Unite to Accelerate Ethiopia’s Digital Financial Transformation on 12 August 2026 at Ethiopian Skylight Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Glia Launches Three AI Response Modes For Banking Amid Industry Security Scrutiny
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Glia Launches Three AI Response Modes For Banking Amid Industry Security Scrutiny

Glia’s July 21 launch of three configurable AI response modes for Glia Banker has taken on added context following a security incident disclosed this week by OpenAI and Hugging Face.

Kurv Launches Agent Portal to Streamline Merchant Onboarding and Portfolio Management
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Kurv Launches Agent Portal to Streamline Merchant Onboarding and Portfolio Management

Kurv has introduced Kurv Agent, a new digital platform designed for independent sales organizations (ISOs) and independent payment agents, bringing merchant onboarding, portfolio management, and residual reporting into a single online portal.

Sunrate Named in CNBC World’s Top Fintech Companies 2026 for Second Consecutive Year
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Sunrate Named in CNBC World’s Top Fintech Companies 2026 for Second Consecutive Year

Sunrate has been included in CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Companies 2026 ranking for the second consecutive year, earning recognition for its role in the global payments and treasury management sector.

Shein Clears Hong Kong IPO Hurdle, Faces $40-50 Billion Valuation Test Believes GlobalData
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Shein Clears Hong Kong IPO Hurdle, Faces $40-50 Billion Valuation Test Believes GlobalData

Shein has received approval to proceed with a Hong Kong listing, with an IPO rumoured to be imminent as early as August 2026. The approval marks a significant step after failed listing attempts in New York and London. GlobalData says the company now faces the more difficult task of securing investor support at its target […]

Juspay Partners With Recurly, Connecting Hundreds PSPs to Subscription Billing
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Juspay Partners With Recurly, Connecting Hundreds PSPs to Subscription Billing

Juspay has partnered with Recurly to integrate its open-source payment orchestration platform, Hyperswitch, into Recurly’s subscription management offering. The partnership gives Recurly merchants access to more than 300 payment service providers and acquirers through a single integration.

Why Pay By Bank Fragmentation Is a Sign of Market Maturity, Not Failure: Explains Token.io CEO
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Why Pay By Bank Fragmentation Is a Sign of Market Maturity, Not Failure: Explains Token.io CEO

Pay by Bank is working. Fragmentation Proves It. By Todd Clyde, CEO of Token.io

Rezolve Ai Brings Agentic Commerce to Zilch’s 6 Million Customers
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Rezolve Ai Brings Agentic Commerce to Zilch’s 6 Million Customers

Rezolve Ai announced a partnership with UK fintech Zilch on July 21, 2026, to bring personalized retailer offers directly into the Zilch payments app used by nearly 6 million customers.

Payments Leaders’ Summit EU
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Payments Leaders’ Summit EU

The Payments Leaders’ Summit EU will take place on 30th September – 1st October 2026 at Hotel Okura in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The summit is an exclusive, invite-only event that brings together senior payments leaders, decision-makers, and budget holders from across Europe to discuss the latest trends, challenges, and innovations shaping the payments industry.

31st Edition Connected Banking Summit – Innovation & Excellence Awards 2026 Returns to Istanbul to Advance Financial Innovation Across Eurasia
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31st Edition Connected Banking Summit – Innovation & Excellence Awards 2026 Returns to Istanbul to Advance Financial Innovation Across Eurasia

The International Center for Strategic Alliances (ICSA) is proud to announce the 31st Edition Connected Banking Summit – Innovation & Excellence Awards 2026, scheduled to take place on 21 October 2026 in Istanbul, Türkiye.

SBC Summit 2026 to Spotlight AI and Fintech Innovation Across Payments, Security and Player Experience
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SBC Summit 2026 to Spotlight AI and Fintech Innovation Across Payments, Security and Player Experience

As artificial intelligence and fintech continue to reshape the global gaming industry, SBC Summit 2026 is introducing two dedicated educational programmes designed to help operators, suppliers and technology leaders navigate the next phase of digital transformation. Taking place from 29 September to 1 October 2026 at Feira Internacional de Lisboa & MEO Arena in Lisbon, […]

StepFun and Alipay Expand AI Agent Capabilities Through New System-Level Partnership
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StepFun and Alipay Expand AI Agent Capabilities Through New System-Level Partnership

Foundation model developer StepFun and Alipay have announced a system-level partnership aimed at bringing AI agents beyond conversational assistance and into everyday consumer services. The collaboration was unveiled on July 17 during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2026 in Shanghai.

Natural Secures $30M to Build AI Agent Payments Infrastructure
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Natural Secures $30M to Build AI Agent Payments Infrastructure

AI agent payments infrastructure is rapidly becoming one of fintech’s fastest-growing segments, with startups and global payment networks racing to build financial rails for autonomous AI. Natural’s latest funding round suggests investors believe AI agents will soon become independent economic participants, propelling beyond simple productivity tools.

What Online Stores Should Know About Hosting and Payment Security
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What Online Stores Should Know About Hosting and Payment Security

Every online store handles something a blog never does. A stranger types a card number into a form and trusts that it reaches the bank and nowhere else. That single transaction pulls the store into a security obligation most owners underestimate, and a large part of that obligation lives on the server the store rents. […]

Sunrate And Mastercard Release White Paper Defining Agentic Global Payments
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Sunrate And Mastercard Release White Paper Defining Agentic Global Payments

Sunrate and Mastercard have released a joint white paper, Beyond Automation: Defining Agentic Global Payments, at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai.

One Week Left to Enter the Open Banking Expo Awards 2026 as Registration Deadline Nears
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One Week Left to Enter the Open Banking Expo Awards 2026 as Registration Deadline Nears

With just one week remaining before entries close, organisations and individuals working across Open Banking, Open Finance and Smart Data have a final opportunity to submit nominations for the Open Banking Expo Awards 2026. The entry deadline is 22 July 2026, ahead of the industry’s flagship event taking place in London this October.

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