Tag: Mobile Payments

Cash holds firm despite euro area’s digital payment push

The European Central Bank has published new research showing that cash remains the payment method most widely accepted by businesses across the currency bloc,...

FinTechs dominate customer-facing AI use cases with mobile money gap widest...

Key views on AI use case adoption across traditional FIs and FinTechs: The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance surveyed 203 FinTechs and 149 traditional...

UnionPay deal boosts Azerbaijan’s global payment reach

Bir, the Caucasus’ first fully integrated banking, payments and e-commerce ecosystem, has partnered with UnionPay International to expand acceptance of the global payments network...

Singaporean FinTech funding soared 3.4x QoQ as investors loosened purse strings...

Key Singaporean FinTech investment stats in Q2 2026: Singaporean FinTech funding soared 3.4x QoQ in Q2 Average deal value increased by 82% to $49.5m...

Bir and Paysend bring real-time transfers to Azerbaijan

Bir, the Caucasus' first fully integrated e-commerce, banking and payments ecosystem, has teamed up with UK-based global payments platform Paysend to introduce international money...

India cements status as main Asian FinTech hub securing over a...

Key Asian FinTech investment stats in Q1 2026: Asian FinTech deal activity dropped by 22% QoQ in Q1 Indian companies secured over a third...

Alipay+ launches cross-border payments in Latin America

Ant International's Alipay+, a global payment gateway connecting 150 million merchants and two billion consumer accounts, has announced a rollout of cross-border mobile payment...

LatAm FinTech funding declines in 2025 driven by 42% drop in...

Key LatAm FinTech investment stats in 2025: LatAm FinTech funding dropped by 27% YoY in 2025 Deals over $100m fell by 42% as investors...

Absa and Thunes launch Absa Global Pay for Africa

Absa Group, one of Africa's largest diversified financial services providers, has partnered with Thunes, a global payments network provider, to launch Absa Global Pay,...

Ingenico and Toshiba launch enterprise mobile checkout for UK retail

Ingenico, a global provider of payment acceptance solutions, has partnered with Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, a supplier of retail technology and services, to introduce...

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