The following is a fintech and wider digital economic development view of the South Asian nation of Pakistan in 2026. Pakistan’s fintech story cannot be separated from the country’s wider economic challenges. For years, Pakistan has faced recurring balance-of-payments pressures, high inflation, currency volatility, fiscal constraints and the difficult task of expanding formal economic participation […]
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VIVA Finance partnered with DRB, the trade name of DR Bank, under which DRB will originate loans on VIVA’s platform. The arrangement is designed to give VIVA the banking infrastructure it needs to operate across all 50 US states, extending an employment-based lending model that the Atlanta company has been building since its founding in […]
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Tap Global Group PLC (AIM: TAP) has launched inbound third-party payment capabilities, allowing customers to receive salaries, employer payments and transfers from individuals directly into their Tap EUR accounts via the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) network. Each account carries an individual IBAN. GBP receipt via the UK Faster Payments network is described as forthcoming, […]
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The following is an analysis of the fintech, digital and wider economic development of the Netherlands in 2026. The Netherlands does not feel like a fintech market trying to prove itself. It feels like a country where much of fintech has already integrated into everyday life. A Dutch consumer buying groceries, paying a friend, ordering […]
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The following is an in-depth analysis of the fintech and wider digital economic development of African nation Sao Tome and Principe. When people think about Africa’s digital economy, countries such as Nigeria, Kenya or South Africa usually dominate the conversation. São Tomé and Príncipe rarely does. With a population of just over 230,000 people spread […]
Explore MoreTS Imagine has extended its TradeSmart Fixed Income execution management system to include leveraged loans, syndicated loans and distressed debt, giving institutional trading desks the ability to manage those instruments within the same platform they use for bonds, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps and listed securities. The expansion was announced on 15 June 2026. […]
Explore MoreThe Financial Conduct Authority has published its final rules for cryptoasset firms and, with the Bank of England, a joint approach to supervising systemic stablecoin issuers. It has eased several of its earlier proposals, most notably halving the capital requirement for stablecoin issuance. Among the commentators who responded, the reaction was broadly positive, though several […]
Explore MoreThe International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) has signed a new US$250million framework agreement with the Republic of The Gambia, providing a three-year facility to support trade finance, energy imports, food security and private sector development. The agreement was executed on the sidelines of the 2026 Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group Annual Meetings in Baku, […]
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Anchorage Digital has added custody support for CETES, a tokenized form of Mexican Federal Treasury Certificates issued by Etherfuse on the Stellar network. The move extends the federally chartered crypto bank’s product range into Latin American sovereign debt and adds a new asset class to the suite of tokenized real-world assets it holds on behalf […]
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Melio, the New York-based accounts payable and receivable platform owned by Xero, launched an AI agent-powered B2B payment network on 17 June, enabling buyers to execute payments directly into supplier accounts receivable systems without requiring those suppliers to register on a new portal or payment network. The company says the network has already processed more […]
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