The following is a fintech and wider digital economic development view of Pacific Island nation of Samoa. In Samoa, the most economically important digital payment may originate thousands of kilometres away. It might be sent by a nurse in Auckland, a construction worker in Sydney or a family member living in California. Within minutes, that […]
Explore MoreSnap Finance UK has published results from its partnership with sleep-technology retailer Simba Sleep, reporting a tenfold increase in second-line finance approval rates and a 50% lift in average order value (AOV) in the six months following the integration, which went live in late 2025. The headline figure: Simba is now approving 17% of customers […]
Explore MoreCircle‘s share price fell 17% in the days following the 30 June launch of OpenUSD, a consortium-backed US dollar stablecoin supported by more than 140 payments companies and banks, including Stripe, BlackRock and Coinbase. But new analysis from institutional digital-asset technology firm Talos argues the equity market’s reaction may be overstating the immediate structural threat […]
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves formally launched the Financial Services Skills Commission’s Skills Compact on 14 July 2026, securing commitments from 22 financial services organisations to develop rolling three-year workforce plans centred on AI readiness and other emerging technology skills. The initiative, unveiled at Mansion House, marks a shift in the sector’s approach to AI adoption: from […]
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Across financial services software, vendors and their customers are chasing the same goal: how fast they can add AI to everything that moves. Speed alone is not what will separate the winners from the losers. The firms that come through will be those that apply AI in ways that strengthen durable value, trust and duty […]
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The following is an in-depth analysis of the fintech and wider digital economic development of Tanzania in 2026. Tanzania has already achieved what many countries are still attempting: making digital finance part of everyday life. Across cities, rural communities and the islands of Zanzibar, mobile phones are routinely used to transfer money, settle bills and […]
Explore MoreRAKBANK (Ras Al Khaimah National Bank) has reported what it described as record first-half profitability for 2026, driven by a sector-leading net interest margin, a strengthening deposit base and a one-off AED 473 million gain from the disposal of its merchant payment acceptance business. The bank did not disclose an absolute net profit figure in […]
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The American Fintech Council (AFC) has submitted a formal comment letter to Oregon’s Division of Financial Regulation, pushing back against a proposed bulletin that would bring buy-now-pay-later products under the state’s existing payday lending and consumer finance licensing framework. The AFC argues the approach conflates two fundamentally different credit structures and calls for a bespoke […]
Explore MoreStripe and the private equity firm Advent International have offered 60.50 dollars a share for PayPal, valuing it at more than 53bn dollars. PayPal’s board is reported to consider the price inadequate. The payments specialists who submitted comment were largely drawn to what a combined business could build, and each of them stopped at the […]
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The UK has plenty of free financial information at one end and regulated advice for the wealthy at the other, with a large gap in between where most households sit. That gap is where a wave of financial-guidance apps is trying to build. Syd Lawrence founded Delphina Syd Lawrence founded Delphina, a personal financial clarity […]
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