The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

LEAP 2025 , held in Riyadh from 9 to 13 February, highlighted Saudi Arabias commitment to financial technology and digital transformation. The event, held at the Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Center in Malham, Saudi Arabia, served as a stage for organisations to showcase their efforts in accelerating financial services in the region. The five-day event saw experts from across the financial market come together to discuss and learn about AI-driven financial services, investment platforms, stra

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Cardfellow

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

At the time, experts were divided on whether businesses actually would implement credit card surcharges and whether such fees would alienate consumers. Lets look at the current state of surcharging and the impact it has had on businesses and consumers. First, a quick refresher. What is Surcharging? Surcharging, defined as adding a fee to purchases made with a credit card, was prohibited by the card brands (Visa and Mastercard) until a class action lawsuit in 2013.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Jazari , a global remit now, pay later platform, has selected Bud Financial ,an AI-powered financial data platform for banks, to enhance its ability to offer seamless access to credit and a more efficient remittance process. Through its remit now, pay later platform, Jazari aims to support migrant workers with limited incomes or access to credit and who regularly need to send remittances to loved ones due to persistent high inflation and rising living costs in their home countries.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

A couple of years after its initial boom, artificial intelligence (AI) still remains a huge buzzword in the fintech industry, as every firm looks at a new way of integrating the tech into its infrastructure to gain a competitive edge. Exploring how they are going about doing this in 2025, The Fintech Times is spotlighting some of the biggest themes in AI this February.

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Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar

Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Businesses’ attitudes towards their relationships with banks and financial institutions are evolving. The days of a single-bank relationship are dwindling as research from the data insights platform, Codat reveals nearly seven in 10 firms (68 per cent) now work with multiple banks. The research from Codat found that of the 500 mid-sized firms surveyed, those earning between $10million and $1billion, 68 per cent now work with more banks than they did three to five years ago.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

While central banks across the globe have begun researching the possibility of introducing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), only three countries have officially launched one, and we still await one from a genuine world leader – aside from China piloting the digital Yuan with questionable levels of adoption. Instead of getting closer to any CBDCs launching anywhere in the world, we are seemingly getting further away – thanks to a plethora of delays and pauses put on CBDC projec

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