Connected Banking Summit – Middle East 2026
The 32nd Edition Connected Banking Summit – Innovation & Excellence Awards 2026, organised by the International Center for Strategic Alliances (ICSA), will take place on 13 November 2026 in Muscat, Oman.
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Money20/20 Middle East Brings Alipay+ and Tap to Pay to Saudi Arabia
Money20/20 Middle East closed its active three-day run in Riyadh this week, bringing the fintech community a set of regulatory announcements from the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA), a new unicorn in the Kingdom’s payments sector, and cross-border card interoperability with Qatar.
Brazil’s Pix Shows Why Real-Time Payments Need Real-Time Trust
PayPal’s decision to add Pix to checkout for small and medium-sized businesses in Brazil reflects how deeply the payment method is now embedded in the country’s commerce. According to Central Bank data cited by PayPal, more than 170 million individuals, representing over 90% of Brazil’s adult population, have already used Pix.
Payment Failover Is Not Full Orchestration, RS2 Warns
Businesses are increasingly connecting to multiple payment providers to protect transactions from outages, but many have yet to develop the automated routing and control needed for full payment orchestration, according to new research from RS2.
Hospital Billing Software in India: How Automated Charge Capture Stops Revenue Leakage and Speeds Up Discharge
A patient is cleared for discharge at 10 AM. By 4 PM, they’re still in the bed — not because of medicine, but because the billing desk is waiting on a TPA to confirm a final number. Multiply that by every bed in a mid-size hospital, every single day, and you start to see why […]
Worldline Launches UCP Payment Handler for Agentic Commerce
Worldline has become one of the first payment providers in Europe to launch a payment handler for the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP).
Study Reveals Widening Gap Between Provider Confidence and Consumer Frustration: $330B Service Revenue at Stake
Paymentus Holdings Inc. (NYSE: PAY) and PYMNTS Intelligence have released the Service Commerce Performance Gap Report study measuring differences between what consumers expect from billing and payment experiences and what service providers believe they deliver. The revealed gap lies not only in frustrated expectations. It has material tag on it too. The report finds that […]
UK Payments Industry Backs National Payments Vision, but Confidence in Delivery Remains Low
The UK payments industry broadly supports the government’s National Payments Vision, but new research shows limited confidence that the programme will be delivered smoothly.
Faster Payments Do Not Remove Receivables Risk
Better cross-border rails can shorten settlement, but finance teams still need a plan for disputes, broken promises and insolvency. By Lars Holdgaard, Founder of Debitura
Silverflow and Griner Partner to Expand Payment Processing Across Europe
Silverflow, a cloud-native card payment processing platform, has partnered with Griner, a Cyprus-based payments processor, to support the latter’s expansion across European markets. The companies said the partnership follows an initial launch in Cyprus, where transaction volumes have increased month on month as more merchants have joined the platform.
Starbucks & Alipay Launch AI ‘Coffee Alarm Clock’ for Recurring Orders
Starbucks and Alipay together launched an AI-powered “Coffee Alarm Clock” in China. The new service allows consumers to schedule recurring Starbucks orders through Alipay’s AI agent, Ah Bao.
Payments Lessons From the Public Sector
Public sector payments do not tend to generate a lot of buzz in the payments industry, they certainly don’t command the same attention that AI, stablecoins or the latest in retail payments innovation might. Despite this, almost £188 billion flows through the public sector ecosystem a year, that’s comparable to the total welfare budget allocated […]
Mastercard Launches Wallet Pay: How That Scales Digital Wallets Worldwide
Mastercard has launched Wallet Pay, a global portfolio of solutions designed to connect digital wallets to its worldwide payments network.
Choosing the Right Payment Processing Solution for a CBD Store
The lowest quoted rate is a weak basis for selecting a provider for a CBD store. A low figure has little value when the approved product scope is narrow, the deposit schedule strains cash, or the account terms leave important sales channels outside review. Selection should begin with evidence. Written answers about product eligibility, account […]
Sol og Strand Selects Shift4 to Upgrade Payments Across Danish Holiday Homes
Danish holiday-home rental agency Sol og Strand has selected payments technology company Shift4 to handle payment processing across its network of more than 7,000 privately owned properties.
Juspay Expands Wego Partnership to Support Travel Payments Across the Middle East
Payments technology company Juspay is expanding its partnership with Wego, a travel marketplace focused on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), as the travel platform continues to expand across the region.
Payments are the transfer of money between two parties in exchange for goods, services, or to settle obligations. They can be made through various online and offline methods like cash, cards, bank transfers, mobile wallets, or digital currencies.
Payments are foundational to the fintech industry. They represent the most frequent and essential financial interaction between individuals, businesses, and institutions. In fintech, innovations in payments focus on making transactions faster, affordable, more secure, and inclusive.
These money transfers are often the entry point for broader digital financial services, such as lending, insurance, or investment, and play a key role in driving financial inclusion and global commerce.
