The 23rd Edition of the Connected Banking Summit – Innovation & Excellence Awards 2025 brought together the region’s banking powerhouses, fintech innovators, regulators, and digital transformers to shape the future of a digitally inclusive Ethiopia.

Onafriq, Africa's largest digital payments network, today announced a strategic partnership with Visa to launch Visa Pay, a cloud-native Payments-as-a-Service platform designed to expand digital financial access across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

 The ClearScore Group, a global leader in financial marketplaces, has announced record results for its UK business for the year ending 31 December 2024. The combined Group is now producing close to £150m in annual revenue.

Payment leaders in Asia are initiating the Digital Wallet Guardian Partnership, designed to further strengthen the protection of global wallet payments, as digital wallets rapidly become the preferred choice for everyday transactions among consumers in Asia and around the world.

Supermicro, Inc., a Total IT Solution Provider for AI, Cloud, Storage, and 5G/Edge, today announced the broad availability of its NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra solutions. Supermicro is now delivering Plug-and-Play (PnP)-ready NVIDIA HGX B300 systems and GB300 NVL72 racks to customers worldwide.

As more people embrace a digital-first lifestyle and leave their physical wallets and bank cards at home, the need for seamless, secure and smarter ATM experiences is more important than ever before. Now, thanks to Mastercard in collaboration with NCR Atleos and ITCARD, cash can be securely withdrawn – and other services accessed - using your phone—no PIN required.

EBANX, a global technology company specializing in payment solutions for emerging markets, has announced the integration of Capitec Pay, South Africa’s leading open banking-based, real-time paymen

Personetics, the global leader in AI-driven Cognitive Banking, today announced the launch of Personetics MCP Server, which enables banks to develop and deploy Agentic AI applications leveraging Personetics’ sophisticated financial models and actionable insights.

Mastercard has announced the local launch of a new embedded virtual card payment capability, with Westpac becoming the first commercial issuer in Australia to activate the solution for clients using Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).