The Fintech Times

MAY 1, 2025

UAE-based alternative payment method (APM) provider Pay10 has secured an open finance licence from the Central Bank of the UAE , enabling it to provide payment initiation services, including variable recurring payments across the country. The Open Finance licence is the final piece, enabling seamless payment initiation and fund flows.

Finance

Finextra

JULY 7, 2025

Home Announcements Payments Pay10 secures Bank of Bharain licence External This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. Pay10 secures Bank of Bharain licence The Central Bank of Bahrain has officially approved Pay10, which is a big step in its plan to grow in the region.

Security

Fintech News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Developments include cross-border quick response (QR) payment linkages, connectivity between real-time national payment schemes, and the ongoing Singapore Response Code Scheme (SGQR+) project focusing on furthering QR code payment interoperability.

FinTech

Fintech Finance

APRIL 23, 2025

Pay10 , a leading Alternative Payment Method (APM) provider headquartered in the UAE announces that it has become the first fintech company to go live in production on the Central Bank of the UAE’s (CBUAE) Open Finance Framework, authorizing it to provide payment initiation services including variable recurring payment.

Finance

Faster Payments Council

MARCH 15, 2023

Whether we will see these services gain traction is tied to what many believe to be a major hurdle–interoperability. FedNow may not interoperate with RTP, and it doesn't seem to be a priority for either. Some banks may not be able to connect to both. These projects are taking different implementation approaches.

FPC

Fintech Finance

MAY 3, 2024

This includes improving accessibility, affordability, connectivity with both domestic and international payment networks, and interoperability. Once live, the platform will facilitate digital transactions in Namibia, driving financial inclusion and reducing cash dependency by catering to underserved populations.

Underserved

The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

It will provide localised digital banking services to everyone, including the underserved. I am confident that the consortium’s new virtual bank will bring fresh ideas and innovative solutions, to advance financial inclusion for underserved communities and instill diversity to Thailand’s financial landscape.”

Financial Inclusion

Faster Payments Council

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

They will discuss how the recently published white paper on "Faster Payments and Financial Inclusion" illustrates the pain points and barriers to financial inclusion, actions, and solutions to expand, requirements of the underserved, action and solutions for issues, and considerations for faster payment stakeholders.

FPC

Fintech News

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Many nations within the region have recognised the transformative potential of extending financial services to underserved populations. The evolving payment landscape Edward underscored that the payment landscape continually evolves, with innovations such as central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) gaining prominence.

Addressing

Fintech News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

These initiatives also seem to complement ongoing efforts to develop Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), as both digital assets aim to modernise traditional financial systems. Similarly, the Philippine central bank has launched a peso stablecoin pilot to explore its potential for financial inclusion and cross-border remittances.

Stablecoins

The Fintech Times

AUGUST 28, 2024

Bank Indonesia , the country’s central bank, requires digital payment services to use standardised QR codes, ensuring all banks and e-wallets are interoperable. Around half of the country’s population still do not have a bank account, or are underserved by financial services institutions.

FinTech

Fintech News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In line with the global push for inclusive finance, the festival will also address the strategies and tools that will enable equitable access and usage of financial services and products to the underserved.

FinTech

The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

. “Combined, these benefits would substantially improve cross-border payments in particularly underserved corridors, and enable a multitude of sophisticated use cases more generally through native composability or bundling of conditional transactions enabled through tokenisation. BIS Aurum) and interoperability solutions (e.g,

Cross-Border Payments

Finextra

JUNE 30, 2025

MiCA does not cover central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), but it allows regulated financial institutions (e.g. banks) to issue or support stablecoins, including acting as custodians or liquidity providers. The real challenge will be in the interoperability between stablecoins and existing financial systems.

Stablecoins

PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2016

There is a gaggle of innovators who use software to ride on top of existing payments rails that can make real-time use cases like bill payment, real time and interoperable, and distributed ledger software players who are aiming to use software and private networks to move money in real time.

Online and Mobile Banking