According to Mastercard’s New Payments Index 2022, 64% of MENA consumers, compared to 61% globally increased their use of at least one digital payment method in the last year, including digital cards, SMS payments, digital money transfer apps, and instant p...

Ooredoo Group has signed a partnership agreement with Huawei to leverage Huawei Mobile Fintech platform to provide Fintech services in markets across the company’s footprint. Under the agreement, the two entities will cooperate for Ooredoo to provide state-of t...

Lookout, an endpoint to cloud security company, has released its 2022 Government Threat Report which examines the most prominent mobile threats affecting federal, state and local governments in the United States.  Lookout data reveals mobile phishing...

Lanistar, a virtual payment card provider, has gone live with Google Pay operability to its virtual payment card in Brazil – one of the fastest-growing markets for its service. This is the first time Lanistar has been approved for use through Google’s pro...

Optasia, a leading FinTech services provider, has launched a microloan service via MTN Mobile Money (MoMo), with Ecobank in  Guinea and MTN.   The launch comes as part of MTN’s BankTech strategy in Guinea with over 4.25 million subscribers and over 800,...

Boost, a leading regional full-spectrum FinTech arm of Axiata, and Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet), a national retail payments network infrastructure, have announced that Boost merchants in Malaysia can now accept cross-border payments f...

Zimperium – a mobile security platform purpose-built for enterprise environments – has published new research detailing the increasing risk financial institutions and consumers worldwide face due to Trojan horse malware targeting mobile applica...

PalmPay, a FinTech innovator aiming to make digital payment more accessible and flexible, has announced that it has reached 10 million users in Nigeria. This represents a doubling in its user base within just six months and puts its customer numbers in the...

As businesses in the UAE double down on mobile apps in a bid to increase customer engagement and spending, they are seeing highly positive results for their efforts with the overall number of installs of mobile apps in the country growing 23% in H1 2022,...

The Nokia 2021 Threat Intelligence Report has revealed that banking malware threats are sharply increasing as cyber criminals target the rising popularity of mobile banking on smartphones, with plots aimed at stealing personal banking credentials and credit...

Business and technology leaders from across the APAC region have gathered to discuss how 5G and the revolution in data storage will define the future of the financial industry. Global tech giant Huawei has held its Asia Pacific Financial Industry Storage...