A new push to redesign how money moves online is gaining momentum, as Coinbase and partners roll out the x402 Foundation with support of Linux Foundation — an initiative aimed at turning payments into a native function of the internet itself.
Recognized as Africa’s premier telecom and digital-infrastructure summit, Connected Africa 2026 will convene the continent’s most influential leaders across telecom, banking, cybersecurity, cloud, and enterprise technology to accelerate South Africa’s digital future.
From subscription management to stablecoin and blockchain infrastructure, this week delivered a concentrated burst of fintech news that signals where the industry’s attention and capital is pointing in early 2026. Here are the five stories shaping the conversation.
This week’s AI developments make one thing clear: artificial intelligence is moving deeper into the mechanics of finance, shaping how payments are approved, how trades are executed, and how financial systems are built behind the scenes.
A major new cybercrime report confirms what fraud teams have quietly suspected for years and adds a fresh warning about AI-powered imposters that are getting uncomfortably good at being human.
A new white paper from RS2 argues that merchant acquiring is at an inflection point where artificial intelligence emerges as a practical tool to address its structural inefficiencies and redefine how the sector operates.
Twenty years ago, the world’s most valuable companies looked like a map of the physical economy. Oil giants, industrial conglomerates, global banks, and automotive leaders dominated the rankings. Companies like ExxonMobil, General Electric, and Citigroup represented power in its most traditional form: control over scarce resources, infrastructure, and capital. Today, that map has been redrawn. […]
Robotics is no longer confined to science fiction or isolated factory floors. Today, robots are working alongside humans, harvesting crops, assisting in hospitals, and even supporting logistics operations. From collaborative robots (cobots) to advanced agricultural automation, robotics is reshaping how industries operate, driven by labor shortages, efficiency demands, and rapid advances in artificial intelligence.
The Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel’s latest investment surprisingly isn’t in chips or chatbots. It’s a New Zealand startup putting artificial intelligence (AI) around the necks of cattle, and the implications reach far beyond the farm.
A new partnership between DNB and Two is aiming to reshape the Nordic B2B payments landscape through artificial intelligence (AI), as financial institutions increasingly target one of the least digitized segments of global commerce.
Arm has officially entered the AI hardware race with the launch of its first in-house data center processor, signaling a major shift in the semiconductor landscape as demand accelerates for artificial intelligence (AI), AGI (artificial general intelligence), and high-performance compute.
The global artificial intelligence race is accelerating into a decisive phase, with major developments across Google Gemini, ChatGPT, and broader AI ecosystems signaling what analysts are calling a turning point for the industry.
A growing disconnect between customer preferences and corporate strategy is emerging in global customer service, as new research shows consumers still favor phone support even as businesses double down on AI demand and digital channels.
As regulatory pressure mounts and merchants demand faster, more resilient checkouts, two London-based payments firms are pooling technology to tackle both issues through a single integration.
What if you could complete a payment just by speaking? That’s the idea behind a new partnership between Razorpay and Sarvam AI, which is bringing voice-driven, multilingual AI payments closer to everyday use: no apps, no typing, just conversation.
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