Mobile

Five key payment trends to emerge in India in 2025. 

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 achieve industry-first validation and commercial in-service for inter-vendor open RAN handover on the boost mobile network in the US 

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...

Yango partners with Yabx and COFINA to launch digital lending services in Cote d’Ivoire

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 Payment options now available at checkout on Apple pay in-app and online in Canada 

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 to launch on Google Pay 

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...

Q&A: Pavitar Singh, CEO and Co-founder at UnifyApps 

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 partners with Bitpanda to enhance trading efficiency and expand crypto offerings

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...

Harnessing the potential of mobile payments in Africa

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...

Ooredoo FinTech launches walletii FinTech solution in Oman 

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...

New Revolut feature to block pickpockets and phone snatchers from accessing customer savings ahead of summer travel season 

Revolut, the global FinTech with over 8 million UK customers and 40 million globally, has introduced Wealth Protection, an extra layer of in-app identity verification, designed to prevent thieves from accessing customer savings within the Revolut app....

Three UK continuously enhances customer protection against scams and nuisance communications 

Three UK has blocked more than 173 million spam texts, equivalent to 10,000 every hour of the day, in the last two years, as part of its efforts to protect its customers from rising online fraud.   The progress follows Three becoming the first UK...

Putting easy access to insurance at everyone’s fingertips: Dootrix announces strategic partnership with Confused.com  

Microsoft Azure specialist Dootrix, has announced a strategic partnership with Confused.com to streamline its mobile insurance app and provide a roadmap of new features to enhance the user experience.  Leveraging Dootrix’s digital and data technology c...