Mastercard has announced a collaboration with JazzCash, the largest digital wallet provider in Pakistan serving over 43 million accounts, to revolutionize digital payments by introducing affordable acceptance solutions in the country.   The partners are launching QR code payments, Pay by Link, and Tap on Phone solutions to facilitate cost-effective and widespread acceptance for merchants at […]

Secureworks, a leading global cybersecurity company, and Infinios Financial Services B.S.C. (c) (Infinios), a card processor and payment services provider licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain, announced a strategic partnership to support the growing fintech ecosystem. The partnership aligns with Secureworks vision ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­to provide innovative and effective solutions to protect their clients’ […]

illimity Bank S.p.A. announces two new appointments made by the Group: Fabio Bianchini has been appointed Head of the b-ilty Division, the digital bank specializing in credit and financial services for companies with a turnover of between 15 and 2 million euro, that recently started up on the market, with Paolo Piovini taking over from […]

Standard Chartered and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) today released the Standard Chartered GBA Business Confidence Index (GBAI) for the second quarter of this year. The current performance of “business confidence” eased to the 50 neutral mark while the expectations index remained in the expansionary territory (58.7), the second-highest reading in two years. […]

Tuum and Marqeta have partnered to offer a pre-integrated fintech solution, accelerating time to market for Tuum’s customers by working with Marqeta’s open API platform. European banks and fintech will be able to build flexible card programmes that deliver industry-leading modern digital payment experiences while saving resources, time and money.    Marqeta’s modern card issuing platform, […]

Mastercard is partnering with Bankiom, a UAE-based lifestyle banking app, to introduce digital payment cards across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman. This partnership marks a significant stride in Mastercard’s ongoing commitment to advancing digitalization in the payments landscape throughout the region. “As we move into a more digital world, building productive synergies […]

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) launched the 8th edition of the Global FinTech Hackcelerator, titled “Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Finance Global Challenge”, to produce innovative and market-ready AI solutions that can transform the financial services industry. The competition is conducted in partnership with AI Singapore (AISG)  and powered by Oliver Wyman.  Interested parties from around the […]

UPaisa, Pakistani digital financial services provider, now offers rewarding discounts on Ufone 4G bundles exclusively for its users. Both existing and new UPaisa customers can avail discounts on Ufone 4G’s top two bundles, including ‘Sab Se Bari Plus Offer’ and ‘Monthly Social Hero’ to enjoy remarkably large data bundles of 40 GB and 12 GB […]

Plug-and-Play Finance specialist, Weavr, has announced a new collaboration with Visa, a world leader in digital payments. The collaboration aims to accelerate the adoption of embedded finance solutions among B2B Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies. Embedded finance enables B2B software businesses to integrate financial services into their software to augment their existing product offerings or launch entirely new […]

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced a new charge card program for Stripe Issuing, Stripe’s commercial card issuing product. With the addition of charge cards, fintech, and platforms can create and distribute virtual or physical charge cards that allow their customers to spend on credit rather than the funds in their accounts—providing new […]