Qashio, one of the leading providers of spend management solutions, has announced its strategic partnership with Visa, a world leader in digital payments, to launch Visa Commercial Choice Travel programme for the first time in the region. With this...

Revolut, a leading FinTech with more than 50 million customers globally has announced the roll-out of In-App calls to personal customers, a new security measure to help customers uncover impersonation scams and make contact between customer support and...

Chime, a popular banking app, has announced that members can now file taxes for free directly from the Chime app to simplify tax season. Following a successful pilot programme in 2024, this new in-app feature is available for all new and existing Chime...

Indian policymakers have facilitated a payments ecosystem in the country like never before – throwing up challenges of its own.  In the past few years, digital payments have transformed the way Indians conduct financial transactions, driven by the ...

Mavenir and Boost Mobile (formerly DISH Wireless) announce the industry first inter-vendor Open RAN handover using the 3GPP Xn interface, across the Boost Mobile Network. This milestone demonstrates the seamless interoperability between different Open RAN...

In a significant partnership, Yango in Côte d’Ivoire, part of Yango Group, a global technology company that creates daily services, has teamed up with COFINA, a mesofinance institution in the country and Yabx, an embedded finance platform that builds credit pr...

Klarna, the AI-powered global payments network and shopping assistant, is now available to users in Canada checking out on Apple Pay online and in apps with iPhone and iPad on iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 or later. Eligible Apple Pay users in Canada will have...

Klarna, the AI powered global payments network and shopping assistant, will soon be available on Google Pay. Starting next year, Google Pay users in the US can choose Klarna’s interest-free payment options at checkout.   Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO o...

After securing a US$20 million Series A funding round led by ICONIQ Growth, UnifyApps is set to help businesses in the UAE and KSA leverage AI to unify data and streamline workflows. In an interview with CEO, Pavitar Singh, we explore how UnifyApps is...

CoinMENA, a crypto asset platform licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain and sister company CoinMENA, licensed by the Dubai Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority, VARA, announced a strategic partnership with Bitpanda Technology Solutions, the digital assets...

Dalene Deale, Strategic Consultant at Halo Dot, discusses the company’s new mobile payment technology.   Financial inclusion remains a critical barrier across Africa. A considerable segment of the population remains alienated from basic banking services. Yet...

Unveiled by Ooredoo FinTech, OFTI, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ooredoo Group and Ooredoo Oman, walletii translates to my wallet in Arabic, reflecting its purpose as a user-friendly mobile wallet designed to upgrade and simplify financial transactions for...