The following is a fintech and wider digital and economic development overview of Indonesia in 2026. As Southeast Asia’s largest economy and most populous nation, Indonesia is no longer simply an emerging fintech market. It is becoming a system where digital finance, policy and infrastructure converge to drive inclusion across a vast and diverse archipelago. […]
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The British Business Bank has made a £100million cornerstone commitment to Apposite Healthcare Growth I, a new fund aimed at supporting the expansion of UK-based health technology companies. The move represents the Bank’s largest fund commitment to date, as well as its first investment with specialist healthcare and life sciences investor Apposite Capital. The scale-up […]
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With just one month remaining, momentum is building for the upcoming Banking Transformation Summit, scheduled to take place in London on 19 and 20 May. The high-impact event is preparing to host over 1,000 senior leaders from more than 170 banks and building societies. Showcasing its role as a key forum for those driving change […]
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What has been the wider digital and fintech ecosystem like in the African island nation of Madagascar? And its economic development impact? Madagascar’s fintech story in 2026 is not one of rapid disruption, but of gradual, necessity-driven inclusion. In a country where geography, income levels and infrastructure constraints have long limited access to formal financial […]
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Global digital payments Visa is calling on fintech innovators across Africa to apply for Cohort 6 of its Visa Africa Fintech Accelerator. Applications are currently open, with a strict deadline set for 17 May 2026. The launch of the new cohort follows the successful Cohort 5 Demo Day, recently held during the GITEX Africa tech […]
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Hashgraph, the organization driving the development of the Hedera network, has partnered with The Institutes RiskStream Collaborative. The collaboration between the tech firm and the insurance industry’s largest emerging technology consortium aims to develop an interoperable property risk and resilience portal. The new solution is designed to transform how commercial and residential property risk data […]
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ClearBank, the enabler of real-time clearing and embedded banking, has released its financial results and annual report for the year ending 31 December 2025. Marking its 10th year since launching, the fintech reported its third consecutive year of profitability in the UK, alongside significant growth in payment volumes, deposits, and fee-based revenue. At the Group […]
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NatWest Group is expanding the scope of its free Financial Foundations education programme to help demystify investing for the UK public. The banking group has announced plans to extend the initiative to reach 50,000 individuals across workplaces, charities, and community groups throughout 2026. To support this ambitious scale-up, NatWest Group is training an additional 300 […]
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Trading and investing platform eToro has officially entered into an agreement to acquire Zengo, a self-custodial crypto wallet provider. The acquisition brings together eToro’s global, multi-asset distribution platform with Zengo’s advanced non-custodial wallet technology. According to eToro, the transaction is designed to accelerate its broader strategy of connecting traditional finance with on-chain infrastructure. It will […]
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ClearBank Europe has officially become the first Dutch credit institution to complete a notification under the EU Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). The bank has received confirmation from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) to legally operate as a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP). This critical regulatory milestone enables the bank to begin […]
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