Best Open Banking Initiative 2025: ADCB
ADCB becomes first bank certified for UAE open finance - earning our Best Open Banking Initiative Award.…
Visa expands its Saudi payments infrastructure with locally hosted acceptance platform
Visa has launched its Acceptance Platform on a local cloud in Saudi Arabia, a world-first deployment that provides Saudi merchants with locally hosted...…
BankDhofar and Mastercard Forge Strategic Collaboration to Transform Payment Solutions in Oman
BankDhofar has entered a strategic partnership with Mastercard to transform its payment solutions across both its conventional and Islamic banking...…
Klarna Rings the NYSE Bell in Landmark Fintech IPO
Klarna has made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange, marking…
South Korean Fintech Toss Expands Into Australia, Stablecoins and Digital Wallets
South Korean fintech giant Toss is executing an ambitious international expansion playbook,…
SAMA Announces the Launch of Google Pay Service in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Central Bank has officially launched Google Pay across the Kingdom through integration with the national payment system mada, enabling users to...…
EasyJet Founder Backs New Venture to Make Bitcoin Accessible
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of budget airline EasyJet, is backing a…
Revolut Secures In-Principle Approval for UAE Payments Licence, Accelerating Gulf Expansion
Revolut has received in-principle approval from the Central Bank of the UAE for Stored Value Facilities and Retail Payment Services licences, clearing a...…
SNB Recognized for AI Avatar Deployment Across Omnichannel Platforms
Saudi National Bank has been recognised for its deployment of a multilingual AI avatar across omnichannel banking platforms, earning a top digital banking...…
ICICI Bank Launches Dedicated Startup Branch in Bengaluru
ICICI Bank has launched a dedicated branch for startups in Bengaluru, offering…
Fireblocks Enters Stablecoin Payments Market
Fireblocks, the digital asset infrastructure platform, has entered the stablecoin payments market…
Stripe and Paradigm Launch Firm Developing 'Payments-First Blockchain'
Stripe and venture capital firm Paradigm have launched Tempo, a new blockchain purpose-built for high-throughput stablecoin payments, designed to create a...…