Cards & Payments

GoCardless, a direct bank payment solutions company, has announced it is officially live in the market with PayTo, an instant account-to-account payment method that has been designed to replace Australia’s traditional Direct Debit network in approximately three to five...

Sezzle, a Buy Now, Pay Later solution in Canada, has announced the expansion of Sezzle Up, a consumer credit product, into the Canadian market. Sezzle notes that many lenders are hesitant to extend credit to consumers without any credit history...

Emirates Development Bank (EDB) and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost the financial inclusion of small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through a joint credit guarantee scheme. The partnership will provide SMEs in the UAE...

Dubai Chamber of Commerce, one of the three chambers operating under Dubai Chambers has announced the launch of a new FinTech and Payments business group aimed at bringing together companies of all sizes within the FinTech and payments sector...

SimpliFi, a Cards as a Service (CaaS) platform in MENAP, empowers organisations to drive new revenue streams, manage costs and streamline business operations, with the introduction of Multi-Currency cards across the region. With businesses moving to digital channels and borders...

Global Financial Technology LLC, a licensed payment service provider and owner of the OM Pay mobile application, has recently signed an agreement with the world leader in digital payments, Visa, to issue Visa-branded physical and virtual cards. OM Pay, the...

Significant progress has been made in recent years to encourage the proliferation of cashless payments in remote and isolated parts of Vietnam, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV). Several policies and programmes implemented by the State Bank of...