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Qashio and Visa Partner to invest AE$100 million to transform and digitise payments for Online Travel Agencies and Travel Management Companies

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...

Experion Technologies and Tagit join forces to transform digital banking solutions

Experion Technologies, a global software product engineering and digital transformation company, has entered into a strategic partnership with Tagit, an award-winning digital banking solutions provider based in Singapore. This collaboration aims to...

Duck Creek Technologies partners with Worldpay to enhance payments solutions

Duck Creek Technologies has announced a strategic partnership with Worldpay that sees Worldpay’s global payments capabilities embedded in Duck Creek Payments. The addition of Worldpay’s payments capabilities fortifies Duck Creek’s ability to serve car...

Chime offers literally and truly 100% free in-app tax filing 

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...

Future-proofing banks through progressive modernisation

In today’s rapidly evolving financial services landscape, the need for banks to modernise has become urgent. Iman Ghodosi, Managing Director Australia and New Zealand, Backbase, says modernisation not only ensures a competitive edge but also ensures...

Q&A: Michael Seaman, Co-founder and CEO of Swipesum 

Michael Seaman, Co-founder and CEO of Swipesum, is at the forefront of transforming payment processing and merchant services. Founded in 2016 with his brother, Stephen, Swipesum leverages AI and proprietary software to create transparent, optimised payment...

ASEAN FinTech funding grew more than 10-fold in past decade: GenAI and Quantum Computing to power new era 

Funding for Financial Technology (FinTech) in ASEAN has surged more than 10 times since 2015, growing at an exponential rate compared to global FinTech funding. This fuelled growth in sectors such as payments and alternative lending, and is poised to...

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 ...

How finance teams that modernise with GenAI can lead their business to market dominance 

According to PwC’s analysis unit, Strategy&, the GCC region is set to reap US$23.6 billion in economic impact from generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) by 2030. In what analysts called a “conservative top-down estimate”, Saudi Arabia will see US$12...

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...

Investcorp co-sponsors INJAZ Bahrain Finance Park Programme

Investcorp, a global alternative investment firm, announced that it has co-sponsored the INJAZ Bahrain Finance Park Programme, supporting financial literacy and career development for Bahrain’s next generation. The INJAZ Bahrain Finance Park Programme p...

Zand, UAE’s AI-powered digital bank, announces launch of Digital Asset Custody services

Zand, UAE’s first licensed, AI-powered digital bank, announced the launch of its Digital Asset Custody services. This innovative offering, approved by the Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority, positions Zand as the first UAE bank to provide institutional-grade d...