Paul Holt EMEA Group Vice President at Digicert
Late one evening, I tried to make a routine transfer through my online banking app. Instead of a smooth transaction, I was met with repeated error messages. The following day, it became clear that several banks had been hit by a DNS outage. For me, it was inconvenient. For the institutions involved, it was far more serious. Payments were delayed,
2 hours /security /retail Information Security
Nauman Hassan Director at Paymentology
Last week at Money20/20 Middle East in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s central bank (SAMA) unveiled two headline announcements that could reshape the payments landscape: Google Pay will soon roll out across the Kingdom, integrated with the national mada network. Alipay+ acceptance will arrive by 2026, enabling international visitors to pa
5 hours /payments /inclusion Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Ankit Dash Senior Manager Marketing at Bankai Infotech
Private 5G solutions are redefining enterprise connectivity, offering newer opportunities for businesses to innovate and thrive. Unlike public networks, private 5G networks provide enterprises with exclusive control over their communication infrastructure, ensuring enhanced security, elevating the overall VoIP experience for the end users, ultra-l...
6 hours /markets
Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
Stablecoins are everywhere in the news and not just in crypto circles. Around the world, governments, financial institutions, and fintech innovators are actively exploring their use in payments. Just in the past few weeks, we’ve seen multiple announcements: Stripe & Paradigm launching a new blockchain project for stablecoin payments. Ripple &
6 hours /payments /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
Very good work by https://www.linkedin.com/company/go-eidas-ev/posts/?feedView=all. Emphasis mine and my comments at +++.Go-EIDAS invites you to expand further. “Within the recent launch of the Competitiveness Compass for the EU the European Commission announced its plan to augment the existing legislation around digital identity and t...
10 hours /regulation /identity Innovation in Financial Services
Dmytro Spilka Director and Founder at Solvid, Coinprompter
Agentic AI is already beginning to redefine how payments are made and the ways in which we can manage our money. The infusion of intelligence, automation, and decision-making tools in real time to the financial landscape can bring far greater benefits to support modern working trends in the future. Today, the global payments industry generates mo...
18 hours /payments
Priyanka Naik Fintech Professional
The global energy crisis of 2022 was not just an energy-sector issue — it became a financial shock with direct implications for markets, consumers, and policy. For investors, banks, and Fintech platforms, the crisis raised urgent questions: how do commodity shocks ripple into electricity prices, and how can technology help us model and respond to ...
21 September 2025 /sustainable /markets Financial Risk Management
Raktim Singh Senior Industry Principal at Infosys
Discover how ML, deep learning, and generative AI are transforming fintech UX—driving trust, transparency, and adoption across financial products. Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transitioned from the back-end enabler of financial services to the front end of fintech product interfaces. From robo-advisors to fraud alerts, from conver...
21 September 2025 /ai /retail
Erica Andersen Marketing at smartR AI
In the world of finance, data is the lifeblood. It fuels decision-making, drives innovation, and underpins the trust that customers place in financial institutions. However, with the increasing complexity of regulations, the ever-present threat of cyberattacks, and the rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI), safeguarding this crucial asset ha
21 September 2025 /ai /security Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Sam Boboev Founder at Fintech Wrap Up
Imagine telling your AI assistant to “just buy it for me” and having it actually go through with the purchase – safely, securely, and without you clicking any “Buy Now” button. Google’s new Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) is betting on exactly that future. Announced in September 2025, AP2 is an open standard designed so AI agents can initiate payme...
21 September 2025 /ai /payments
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