Mastercard announced that QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, was granted a Mastercard license to extend its issuing and acquiring activities in Syria, enabling it to provide Mastercard payment solutions - accepted locally and internationally- to individuals and businesses.

DailyPay, the leading On-Demand Pay platform and financial wellness solution, today announced the closing on December 30, 2025 of a new $195 million senior secured revolving credit facility, further strengthening the company's capital position and providing greater financial flexibility to support long term growth.

The International Centre for Strategic Alliances (ICSA) proudly announces the 25th Edition Connected Banking Summit – Innovation & Excellence Awards 2026, taking place on 25th February 2026 in Accra, Ghana.

Marking a historic Silver Jubilee milestone, the summit returns to Accra where it all began in 2018 to bring together senior banking leaders, fintech innovators, regulators, and technology strategists to accelerate West Africa's financial sector transformation.

Flutterwave, Africa's leading payments technology company, has acquired Mono, a pioneer in open banking infrastructure across the continent. The transaction deepens Flutterwave's long-term commitment to building a connected, interoperable financial system for Africa and positions open banking as a core pillar in the evolution of alternative payment methods across the region.

Cowbell, a leading provider of adaptive cyber and specialty insurance solutions for global small and mid-market organizations, today announced the next cycle of its organizational journey, focused on sustained growth, operational profitability, and continued global expansion. Following the company's recent expansion to Australia, Cowbell is accelerating its global growth while advancing profitability and scale.

Global data and technology company, Experian, today announces that its market leading commercial data information is now available for the first time via its Ascend platform.

Experian commercial data offers in-depth, granular information on the borrowing and repayment history of more than eight million UK businesses, giving lenders, businesses and other organisations an accurate view of performance and enabling them to make improved, more accurate, and faster lending decisions.

Arab Financial Services (AFS), A premier digital payment and fintech solutions provider in the Middle East and Africa, is pleased to announce that its Egyptian subsidiary has received a SoftPOS license from the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE). This regulatory approval has enabled the company to launch the service nationwide, making AFS Egypt one of the first in the country to bring a fully licensed SoftPOS solution to market.

Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has officially opened its TradFi trading suite to all users, following a private beta that drew overwhelming interest and delivered standout trading activity across gold, forex, and global macro assets.

Fiserv, Inc.  and Mastercard  are extending their partnership to advance agentic commerce for merchants. Fiserv will be one of the first major payment processors to leverage Mastercard’s Agent Pay Acceptance Framework at scale, raising the bar for secure, intelligent and interoperable agentic commerce and empowering merchants to confidently embrace the era of AI-driven payments.

Supporting Merchant Acceptance Through Agent Pay

Convr AI®, the leading modularized artificial intelligence (AI) underwriting, data, and intelligent document automation workbench company serving commercial insurance organizations, is enabling Zurich North America to better serve its customers through the power of Convr’s AI-powered underwriting workbench. Zurich is expanding its relationship with Convr for underwriting efficiency after first collaborating in 2017.