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Raktim Singh

Raktim Singh Senior Industry Principal at Infosys

Programmable Money and Smart Contracts on Secure Blockchains: The Future of FinTech

Programmable money and smart contracts are reshaping global finance. By combining cryptography, immutability, tokenization, and CBDCs within the emerging Finternet, the financial system is moving from static transactions to secure, programmable, and interoperable value flows — unlocking trillions in new opportunities by 2030. Introduction: The Shi...

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Nauman Hassan

Nauman Hassan Director at Paymentology

Why SAMA’s Google Pay and Alipay Announcement Is a Smart Move for Saudi Fintech

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

/payments /inclusion Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030

Joris Lochy

Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever

The Rise of Stablecoins: Reinventing Cross-Border Transactions

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 &

/payments /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights

Dmytro Spilka

Dmytro Spilka Director and Founder at Solvid, Coinprompter

How Agentic AI is Accelerating the Autonomous Payment Transition

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...

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Sam Boboev

Sam Boboev Founder at Fintech Wrap Up

Deep Dive: Google’s AP2 Explained - The Rulebook for Agent-Led Payments

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...

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John Bertrand

John Bertrand MD at Tec 8 Limited

Stablecoin - Impact on Financial Services

Under the regulations of the US’s first Stablecoin, Frontier, there are three parties: Commissioner (Wyoming State), Licensed Service Providers (LSP) and buyers. The goal of Frontier is to available to anyone with a digital wallet regardless of location and time of day. The Frontier is backed by high quality and liquid debt to stay at par with the...

/payments /crypto Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services

Gustav Korobov

Gustav Korobov Senior Sales Executive - Core Banking platform at Advapay

Core banking software: what modules move the needle (and what's better left to third-party vendors)?

What's core banking software? On the surface, it's a straightforward question with a straightforward, uncontroversial answer. Core banking software is the technology platform on which you run your fintech company's essential operations. Your fintech's engine room, so to speak. But when you dig deeper, there's a lot more nuance than you might have ...

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Gary Munro

Gary Munro Vice President Payments Consulting at Consult Hyperion, Consulting by Fime

Contactless is evolving. Here's why C-8 matters more than you think.

We all love the convenience of ’Tap to Pay’. It’s fast, intuitive, and is widely accepted as part of everyday life. But behind that simple tap is a surprisingly complex ecosystem that’s starting to show its age. One of the key challenges with the infrastructure supporting contactless payments, is that it’s far more fragmented than it should be. Tod...

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Krik Gunning

Krik Gunning Co-founder & CEO at Fourthline

Unmasking the new face of financial crime

The greatest threat to our online security, be it digital fraud, human trafficking or otherwise, is the failure of human defence systems. Does technology make our lives easier? Absolutely, yes. But will it alter the mindset of an employee that may be misguided to trust a deepfake of their boss or click a spam link (imitating a legitimate hyperlink...

/payments /crime Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services

Chris Holmes

Chris Holmes Managing Director at PayTech Consulting

How confident are you in your data? Is your data quietly sabotaging your business?

In the Big Data era, data has become digitised and we now have access to larger data sets. As technology has advanced, we have moved from an age that focused solely on data volume, velocity and variety to one that is now focused on empowerment; the fusion of big data with AI and machine learning has democratised data access and spearheaded the gro...

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