QUBE Events is excited to bring back the 24th NextGen Payments & RegTech Forum - Switzerland, taking place on 5 March 2026 at the Marriott Hotel, Zurich, one of the world's leading financial centres. This prestigious forum offers valuable opportunities and powerful partnerships across all aspects of finance, from banking and payments to fintech, compliance, and regulatory technology.

Bluefin, the global leader in payment and data security infrastructure and PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE), today announced a strategic partnership with Basis Theory, a modern, API-driven tokenization and vaulting platform. Together, the companies enable enterprises to implement a unified token strategy across in-store, call center, online, and backend payment environments without expanding PCI scope or introducing new integration complexity.

Nvidia is close to finalising a roughly $30 billion investment in OpenAI, marking one of the most significant strategic moves yet in the rapidly escalating artificial intelligence arms race, according to a Reuters report citing sources familiar with the matter.  

The proposed investment would form part of OpenAI’s broader fundraising effort, which is expected to exceed $100 billion and could value the ChatGPT developer at as much as $830 billion, placing it among the world’s most valuable private companies.  

Worldline, a European leader in payment services, today announces the launch of One Commerce, a new integrated vision that redefines how merchants connect payments, data, technology and customer experiences.

Synechron, a leading digital transformation consulting firm, and Cognition today announced a strategic partnership to help global financial institutions modernize critical software faster using AI-assisted engineering.

Klarna, the global digital bank and flexible payments provider, today reported fourth quarter 2025 results that demonstrate accelerating momentum in its evolution from payments network to global digital bank. The company delivered its first billion-dollar revenue quarter, with GMV reaching $38.7 billion, above the top end of the guidance range, while revenue grew 38% to $1.082 billion, also beating guidance. 

Zest Equity, a digital transactional infrastructure company backed by Morgan Stanley, Prosus Ventures, Middle East Venture Partners and Dubai Future District Fund, announced the launch of Zest Arrange, its Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) regulated arranging service which supports deal makers in private transactions end-to-end on Zest’s platform through a digital workflow.

In 2025, BLIK users completed a total of 2.9 bn transactions worth PLN 441.5 bn (EUR 104.9 bn). The fourth quarter was a key contributor to the annual result, generating approximately 27% of the total yearly volume. In terms of the number of operations, e-commerce remains the strongest channel, traditionally recording the highest sales peaks at the end of the year. The growing popularity of all services has resulted in a cumulative total of 10 bn transactions worth PLN 1.4 tn (EUR 332.5 bn) since the system’s launch.

Alkami Technology, Inc., a digital sales and service platform provider for financial institutions in the U.S., today announced that State Bank of Texas (SBT) has successfully gone live on Alkami's Digital Banking Platform (Platform), delivering a modern and intuitive experience for both retail and business banking customers.

dLocal, the cross-border payment platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, and Open English, a leading online English-learning platform, today announced the rollout of Bre-B as a new instant payment method for students in Colombia. With Bre-B now live nationwide, this launch reflects both companies’ readiness to activate new local payment rails as they become available.