Finovate

MARCH 7, 2025

What happens when an ongoing revolution in payment innovation meets a regulatory regime determined to ensure secure and safe transactions for individual consumers, business entities, and even governments? This is the payments landscape in the UK and EU in 2025. And thats a really positive development.

Payments

The Fintech Times

MAY 1, 2025

Now that Pay10’s platform integrates all three of these core regulatory licences, the APM provider says it is ready to support a fully digital, interoperable financial services stack under the direct supervision of the Central Bank of the UAE.

Finance

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. These efforts follow the launch of the Rwanda Imbaraga SME Ecosystem (RISE) program in June.

FinTech

Fintech Finance

APRIL 23, 2025

We recognize the importance of setting a standard – operationally, technically, and in governance – for those who follow. This milestone underscores the UAE’s leadership in building a secure, interoperable financial ecosystem anchored in regulatory clarity and innovation.”

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. 100B/yr US alone – sticky, underserved, corporate/gov't load (no consumer).

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. Mr. Johannes !Gawaxab,

Underserved

Fintech News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

One of the key drivers of this movement is the desire to maintain monetary sovereignty as stablecoins that are pegged to local currencies allow governments to align digital financial systems with their national economic objectives.

Stablecoins

Fintech News

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Many nations within the region have recognised the transformative potential of extending financial services to underserved populations. As the Asia-Pacific region continues to drive innovation and financial inclusion, partnerships between governments, financial institutions, and solution providers like LexisNexis Risk Solutions are essential.

Addressing

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

The Fintech Times

JULY 9, 2024

As part of this collaboration, NOW Money will issue Mastercard payment cards to its customers, aligning with its mission to offer inclusive financial solutions to underserved communities and improve the financial wellbeing of its users across the GCC.

ISO 20022

PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

This time around, the SBA is prioritizing underserved groups such as minority-owned businesses and will only accept applications from community financial institutions during the first two days after its loan portal opens, said Lendio CEO Brock Blake in an article for Forbes. TripActions Adds Integrations for Microsoft, SAP and Others.

B2B

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

MARCH 5, 2024

Yabx has been on this journey to build this credit infrastructure ground up and enable financial access for the underserved. These achievements have impressive real-world implications with individuals in underserved regions. Governments and regulatory bodies are actively supporting initiatives aimed at increasing financial inclusion.

Financial Literacy

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Nor is it now (nor will it ever be) the single digital currency that will democratize the movement of money from anyone to anyone for free — or free from the centralized regimes that bitcoin enthusiasts said only made money more expensive and out of reach for the underserved in developing economies. But only because it has to now.

Bitcoin

PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

The idea is to “promote global interoperability across EMV QR Code payments,” the standards group said in a statement. The QR Code has been enjoying some love and attention over the past few weeks, though the prospects for the digital payment tool remain relatively limited outside of Asia, at least according to one report.

EMV

Finovate

JULY 12, 2024

The technology will enable Affin Bank to process 20%+ more transactions, and enable interoperability among PayNet, RENTAS, and SWIFT using ISO 20022 standards. The offering increased conversion rates, shortened sales cycles, and allowed Okapi’s partners to focus on value-added tasks such as system design.

ISO 20022

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

This means that for every digital token issued, an equivalent amount of fiat currency (or highly liquid, low-risk assets like cash equivalents and short-term government bonds) is held in reserves by the issuer. Governments generally want citizens to transact in their local currencies, and stablecoins challenge that sovereignty.

Stablecoins

PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2016

Now the payments industry knows this as they observe those bad guys hacking their way right and left into health care, employer and government databases, and scrounging around lots of other digital nooks and crannies where data might not be as secure. The big question for innovators is where do they – and should they — play?

Online and Mobile Banking

Open Banking Excellence

JANUARY 29, 2025

While the UKs Open Banking regulations were introduced as a way to boost competition, other countries have been focused on use cases that will actually drive adoptionwhether that is through digital payments or improving financial inclusion and making it easier for the underserved and micro SMEs to access credit.

API

Fintech News

JANUARY 22, 2025

Open banking could drive significant advancements in financial inclusion across underserved markets. All of this can be made possible by lowering barriers to entry for new players and promoting interoperability. Furthermore, regulators across Asia are introducing frameworks to govern the ethical use of AI.

Cross-Border

Fintech Review

MAY 6, 2025

Many also partner with banks, insurers, and governments to provide infrastructure, analytics, and digital capabilities. They make financial products more secure, scalable, and interoperable. Fintech companies that build governance into their model, rather than bolting it on later, are more likely to succeed.

FinTech

The Payments Association

MAY 20, 2025

For providers, the strategic imperative is clear: proactively addressing digital inclusion can meet the needs of underserved communities while offering a competitive edge in inclusive payment innovation. In 2024, the Australian government released a consultation paper that represents one approach to transition management.

Treasury

Fintech Review

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

By leveraging Avalanches high-performance, low fee network, Littio and OpenTrade can offer cross-border banking solutions to users who have historically been underserved. Were excited to continue seeing this next wave of real-world financial products and services being built on Avalanche. Contact Jeff Handler jeff@opentrade.io

IBAN