As the world marks International Women’s Day 2026, the fintech sector finds itself at a crossroads: celebrated for its innovation and disruption, yet still grappling with deep-rooted gender imbalances that limit its true potential. The numbers tell a clear story and so do the women working within the industry.
AI shopping vision where ChatGPT gets a direct checkout button, performing the role of an agentic gateway, faces merchant, consumer, and technical headwinds
India’s digital payments landscape is about to undergo its most significant security overhaul in years. The Reserve Bank of India’s “Authentication Mechanisms for Digital Payment Transactions Directions, 2025,” effective April 1, 2026, replaces a decade of SMS OTP dependency with a flexible, biometric-ready framework that will reshape how every online checkout works. For fintech developers, […]
Nexi, Europe’s leading PayTech company, unveiled its 2026–2028 strategic plan at Capital Markets Day in Milan, targeting approximately €2.4 billion in total excess cash generation over the three-year period, a proposed dividend of €350 million (€0.30 dividend per share, corresponding to ~9% dividend yield), and a return to mid-single-digit revenue growth by 2028.
3S Money launches local French IBAN accounts just as it opens Paris office to accelerate European growth
Power Speakers, Sponsors, and Partners Reinforce Credibility of South Africa’s Premier Digital Finance Platform Africa Fintech Forum 2026
SBC Summit Malta 2026 will redefine the conference experience through a blend of strategy and practice, with the closing day devoted exclusively to workshops.
South African consumers are increasingly turning to Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services during a surprising time of the year: just after receiving their annual bonuses. New insights from Payflex reveal that a significant share of BNPL purchases occurs in February and March, highlighting how consumers strategically use short-term financing tools to balance responsible debt […]
The global fintech sector continues to attract significant investor interest in 2026, as startups building the future of digital banking, payments, embedded finance, and AI-driven financial services secure major funding rounds. In February 2026, venture capital flowed into a diverse set of fintech innovators from next-generation payment platforms and crypto infrastructure providers to lending, wealthtech, […]
The launch of X Money, a payments and financial services platform integrated into the social network X Corp., is one of the most ambitious moves to transform the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, and spearheaded by Elon Musk, into a fully integrated “everything app” combining communication, commerce, and financial services.
By 2026, India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has done something no private fintech ever managed: turned a domestic public infrastructure into a quietly expanding international standard. Here’s what’s happening — and where Indians can already pay with UPI abroad.
Nexi Group launches Model Context Protocol (MCP) to power secure agentic commerce across Europe, enabling automated payments workflows for AI agents.
Western Union has partnered with Sasai Fintech, a business of Cassava Technologies, to launch a new international money transfer mobile app designed specifically for consumers in South Africa.
Latin America’s largest digital bank entered 2026 with fresh momentum. In late February, Reuters reported that Nubank closed 2025 with approximately 131 million customers, marking roughly 15% year-over-year growth, alongside a 50% rise in quarterly net profit. The results reflect not only continued dominance in Brazil but sustained expansion in Mexico and Colombia — the […]
En 2020, cuando el Banco Central de Brasil lanzó Pix — su sistema de pagos instantáneos gratuito y disponible las 24 horas, pocos imaginaban que en menos de seis años se convertiría en uno de los experimentos de política monetaria más relevantes del siglo XXI. Hoy, con más de 160 millones de usuarios activos y […]
PIX rewrote the rules in Brazil, SPEI holds firm in Mexico, and OXXO still helps 50 million unbanked consumers shop online with cash. We break down how six competing payment ecosystems are shaping the most dynamic payments market on the planet.
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