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Paga Group and Crossmint Launch Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure Across Africa
Blockchain & Crypto

Paga Group and Crossmint Launch Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure Across Africa

Paga Group and Crossmint have announced a partnership to deploy stablecoin payment infrastructure across Africa, creating a two-way bridge between African fiat rails and global stablecoin networks.

SpaceX Goes Public in $75B IPO, and the Orbit of Everything Changes as the World Has Its First Trillionaire
Science & Technology

SpaceX Goes Public in $75B IPO, and the Orbit of Everything Changes as the World Has Its First Trillionaire

SpaceX began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker SPCX on Friday, raising $75 billion in the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history. The offering puts a nearly $1.8 trillion valuation on the company, capping what has been a remarkable journey for a company that raised nearly $12 billion in private […]

Pay Space Magazine Named Media Partner for Fraud Prevention Summit
Fintech & Ecommerce

Pay Space Magazine Named Media Partner for Fraud Prevention Summit

Pay Space Magazine Named Media Partner for Fraud Prevention Summit, 9th November 2026, Hilton London Canary Wharf bringing together senior leaders from across the fraud sector.

iFX EXPO International Brings Big Industry Leaders to the Stage
Fintech & Ecommerce

iFX EXPO International Brings Big Industry Leaders to the Stage

From the 16th to the 18th of June, iFX EXPO International is set to bring together some of the most influential voices in online trading, fintech, payments, liquidity, digital assets and financial services for an agenda built around the industry’s most important conversations.

28th Edition Connected Banking Summit – Southern Africa 2026 Returns to Johannesburg for Its Silver Jubilee Edition Advancing Intelligent Banking, Security, and Enterprise Digital Modernization in South Africa
Fintech & Ecommerce

28th Edition Connected Banking Summit – Southern Africa 2026 Returns to Johannesburg for Its Silver Jubilee Edition Advancing Intelligent Banking, Security, and Enterprise Digital Modernization in South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa | 14 October 2026 The International Center for Strategic Alliances (ICSA) announces the 28th Edition Connected Banking Summit – Southern Africa 2026, to be held on 14 October 2026 in Johannesburg, alongside the prestigious Innovation & Excellence Awards.

Rezolve Ai Data Shows 70% of Online Purchases Now Follow a Single Search
Fintech & Ecommerce

Rezolve Ai Data Shows 70% of Online Purchases Now Follow a Single Search

AI commerce company Rezolve Ai has released shopper behaviour data indicating that purchase patterns in e-commerce are shifting.

Södra Signs Enterprise-Wide Agreement With Viking Analytics Covering 3,650 AI Sensors
Science & Technology

Södra Signs Enterprise-Wide Agreement With Viking Analytics Covering 3,650 AI Sensors

Swedish forest industry cooperative Södra has signed a framework agreement with AI company Viking Analytics to deploy the MultiViz vibration analytics platform across its three pulp mills in Värö, Mörrum, and Mönsterås. The agreement covers 3,650 sensors in total.

Visa Partners With OpenAI to Embed Payment Infrastructure Across Agentic Commerce
Fintech & Ecommerce

Visa Partners With OpenAI to Embed Payment Infrastructure Across Agentic Commerce

Visa has announced a strategic collaboration with OpenAI to integrate its global payment network into OpenAI’s products and platforms, positioning the two companies as early infrastructure partners in the emerging agentic commerce space. The announcement was made at the Visa Payments Forum in San Francisco on 10 June 2026.

PSE Consulting: 43% of Consumers Accept Ad-Influenced AI Shopping Tools Over Paid Alternatives
Fintech & Ecommerce

PSE Consulting: 43% of Consumers Accept Ad-Influenced AI Shopping Tools Over Paid Alternatives

Nearly half of consumers surveyed across four major Western markets would choose a free, advertising-influenced AI shopping assistant over paying for fully impartial recommendations, according to new research from payments consultancy PSE Consulting.

Abhi Expands Earned Wage Access Partnerships in Saudi Arabia Through Squadio Deal 
Fintech & Ecommerce

Abhi Expands Earned Wage Access Partnerships in Saudi Arabia Through Squadio Deal 

Abhi Saudi, powered by Alraedah Digital Solutions, has announced a partnership with the technology talent platform Squadio to provide Earned Wage Access (EWA) for Squadio employees.

Paysecure Appoints Vanessa Mantzarioti as CFO
Fintech & Ecommerce

Paysecure Appoints Vanessa Mantzarioti as CFO

Payment orchestration platform Paysecure has appointed Vanessa Mantzarioti as its new Chief Financial Officer. She will be responsible for leading the company’s global finance operations across its international locations.

Industry Leaders at ShopTalk Europe See Agentic Commerce as Retail’s Biggest Shift in 30 Years
Fintech & Ecommerce

Industry Leaders at ShopTalk Europe See Agentic Commerce as Retail’s Biggest Shift in 30 Years

Artificial intelligence agents buying goods from other agents. The end of keyword search. Crypto replacing credit cards. These are not distant scenarios according to senior executives gathered at Rezolve Ai’s booth at ShopTalk Europe today, they are the near-term trajectory of retail and e-commerce.

Icon Solutions Showcases IPF Digital Asset Capabilities for Bank Deployment
Blockchain & Crypto

Icon Solutions Showcases IPF Digital Asset Capabilities for Bank Deployment

Fintech company Icon Solutions unveiled a demo of the IPF digital assets reference implementation helping banks to assess how they can use this payments infrastructure development framework for DLT-based digital assets support.

Fime Gets MOSIP Accredited to Test Biometric Devices for Digital ID Programs Serving 100 Million Citizens
Science & Technology

Fime Gets MOSIP Accredited to Test Biometric Devices for Digital ID Programs Serving 100 Million Citizens

Testing and certification company Fime got accredited by MOSIP to conduct biometric device testing within its ecosystem.

Ecommerce Forum Returns to London on 9th July 2026
Fintech & Ecommerce

Ecommerce Forum Returns to London on 9th July 2026

The Ecommerce Forum returns to Hilton London Canary Wharf on 9th July 2026, bringing together senior ecommerce and digital leaders for a day of strategic networking, expert insight, and pre-arranged one-to-one meetings.

DRC Mining Week 2026: Advisory Board Announced for June Conference in Lubumbashi
Finance & Economics

DRC Mining Week 2026: Advisory Board Announced for June Conference in Lubumbashi

Organizer VUKA Group has announced the advisory board for DRC Mining Week 2026, scheduled for June 17–19 at the Pullman Grand Karavia Hotel in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo.