Digital banking and mobile money accounts now cover three-fourths of global adults, with the gap in account ownership between genders reducing significantly. This surge in digital banking and payments, primarily fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, has led to an impressive expansion of formal financial services worldwide. As a result, new economic avenues have opened up, […]
The financial landscape is experiencing a monumental shift, one that could potentially redefine our approach to transactions. As we move further into the digital age, the era of paper money—a dependency we’ve carried for a millennium—is gradually ending. The harbinger of this transformation is the advent of real-time payments (RTP), a concept that offers a […]
Over the past years regulators worldwide have been dealing with and addressing the increasing size, complexity and resulting risks posed by the crypto industry. It hardly comes as a surprise to anyone who is involved day-to-day with this industry, whether directly as a trader, investor, journalist, or just curious bystander that compliance plays a key […]
Every company is fintech company Today’s financial services have turned pretty much every company into a financial services provider or enabler. Even just a simple payment requires a complex chain of fintech actors to make it happen. More than ever, financial technology infrastructure has become a critical utility that everyone wants to use, everyone wants […]