3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (658+ words) Egypt’s mobile wallet market continued to expand sharply in the first half of 2026, with the number of transactions rising 62% year-on-year to 2.22 billion, according to the National Telecom Regulatory Authority. The value of transactions increased 56% to EGP 2.96 trillion ($57.6 billion), up from…...

15+ hour, 47+ min ago   (1156+ words) N18.78tn processed in three months as fibre cuts, network disruptions put pressure on digital transactions. Nigeria’s growing dependence on electronic payments is coming under increasing pressure from damage to the telecommunications infrastructure that keeps the country’s cashless economy moving, even as…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (389+ words) The disruption to United Bank for Africa’s (UBA) mobile banking application is the latest reminder of how heavily Nigerian consumers and businesses now rely on digital channels to access and move money. UBA apologised to customers on September 2 after users…...

23+ hour, 23+ min ago   (566+ words) New Delhi: To make Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions easier and faster for customers, the Reserve Bank of India has introduced the ‘Tap and Pay’ feature at the Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai. RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra announced the feature,…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (73+ words) businesstoday.in PhonePe Takes UPI Beyond Smartphones With Feature-Phone Payments At Global FinTech Fest 2026, PhonePe discusses the next phase of UPI adoption in India. The company talks about bringing UPI payments to feature-phone users through a solution that works without…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (196+ words) ATMs could soon evolve beyond cash withdrawals and deposits, with new technology unveiled at the Global Fintech Fest (GFF) 2026 enabling instant issuance of personalised RuPay cards and UPI QR codes for merchants. Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance,…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (169+ words) The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) unveiled two new products at the Global Fintech Fest, UPI Tap & Pay and My UPI, an AI-powered payments assistant, marking a significant expansion of the country's digital payments infrastructure. UPI Tap & Pay allows…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (98+ words) Inbox.lv Offline card payments introduced by some retailers in Latvia As it is common to pay by card in everyday life, not everyone carries cash. Offline card payments mean that, in circumstances where the internet is unavailable, individuals who…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (267+ words) PhonePe and Visa announced three payment services at the Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai on 9 September 2026. The services include Tap to Pay, Cross Border Scan to Pay, and Smart Accept, and PhonePe became the first Indian application to support the…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (142+ words) A money transmitter license gets renewed every year, through examination, and the accounting behind it is what determines whether that renewal happens. Most founders treat bookkeeping as overhead. Regulators treat it as the primary evidence a company can be trusted…...