Wise, the global technology firm focused on international money movement, has appointed Scott Hill to its board as an independent non-executive director. Hill brings decades of high-level experience leading and serving on the boards of major global technology and consumer businesses. Scott Hill, board member and non-executive director at Wise Hill’s extensive background includes a […]
Explore MoreIn a pioneering collaboration, payment processing specialist Littlepay has joined forces with Google and the Go-Ahead Group to introduce a new alternative to physical transit passes. Passengers travelling on Go-Ahead’s Brighton & Hove Buses can now purchase and utilise prepaid travel passes directly within their Google Wallet interface. The system operates much like standard pay-as-you-go […]
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Giving evidence to the House of Lords, Adam Jackson, chief strategy officer at Innovate Finance, outlined the critical growth opportunities and severe risks currently facing the UK stablecoin sector. In its formal submission, the industry body warned that under the current regulatory proposals put forward by the Bank of England, the UK will completely fail […]
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Fintech ecosystems rarely emerge overnight. More often, they develop gradually – through a combination of regulatory experimentation, digital infrastructure expansion and the steady rise of entrepreneurial innovation. Botswana’s fintech sector reflects precisely this type of trajectory. For much of the past two decades, Botswana’s financial system has been characterized by stability and strong institutional governance. […]
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International investors are now allocating funds to emerging market (EM) assets at the fastest pace seen in years. The primary drivers behind this major financial momentum are a weaker United States dollar alongside a growing desire among global investors to diversify their portfolios away from the US market. Unsurprisingly, this broad shift has caused emerging […]
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Despite the rapid global rise of real-time account-to-account transfers, traditional cards continue to heavily dominate the commerce landscape. Fuelled by the widespread adoption of contactless technology, persistent e-commerce growth, and the ongoing digitisation of business-to-business transactions, global card transactions totalled 776 billion in 2024. According to the Nilson Report, this figure is projected to reach […]
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ANNA Money, the AI-powered business account and tax app, has officially been approved by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) as a certified software provider for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax. The newly granted approval enables the fintech’s customers to submit their required quarterly tax filings directly to HMRC through ANNA’s intuitive and automated […]
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The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) has formed a strategic partnership with FinTech West aimed at drawing on specialist industry expertise to create stronger graduate pathways. Driven by UWE Bristol’s Business School, the newly formalised partnership follows several years of close collaboration between the two organisations. It is fundamentally built around enhancing […]
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With a population exceeding 100 million people and one of the continent’s largest economies by geographic scale, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or commonly known as the DRC, represents a vast but largely untapped fintech frontier. Historically, the country’s financial sector has been characterised by limited banking penetration and a heavy reliance on cash […]
Explore MoreFinTech Australia has officially launched the inaugural Fintech Data Horizons Summit. Scheduled as a one-day event on Friday, 8 May 2026, at the Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour, the summit will bring together key leaders across the banking, energy, housing, and payments sectors. The new summit builds directly upon the foundational success of FinTech Australia’s previous […]
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