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Expanding Payments Choice - March/April 2022

Payments Orchestration - April 2022

2022 Global Digital Shopping Index - February 2022

The ConnectedEconomy 100 Index - February 2022

Europe/UK

*Monthly startup investor funding by country

Monzo Set to Expand to Ireland After Securing Full European Banking License

Digital Banking ● December 22, 2025

Regulation ● December 19, 2025
UK Allows Firms to Set Their Own Limits for Contactless Payments
Cryptocurrency ● December 17, 2025
Nuvei Gets OK to Offer Crypto Services in EU
artificial intelligence ● December 17, 2025
UK Plans Steep Increases in Funding for AI Research
Regulation ● December 16, 2025
US Considers Fining EU Companies in Response to Bloc’s Regulatory Actions
Technology ● December 16, 2025
US Puts Tech Deal With UK on Hold

Middle East/MENA

*Monthly startup investor funding by country

Digital Payments Rebuild Financial Systems in the Middle East

Digital Payments ● December 12, 2025

artificial intelligence ● October 20, 2025
1001 AI Raises $9 Million For Critical Industry AI Projects
Investments ● September 24, 2025
PayPal Makes $100 Million Bet on Middle East/Africa Digital Commerce
Mastercard ● September 17, 2025
Mastercard and HyperPay Partner on Commercial Cards in Saudi Arabia
Artificial Intelligence ● June 11, 2025
Nvidia and Perplexity to Facilitate Sovereign AI Models in Europe and Middle East
artificial intelligence ● June 9, 2025
Saudi Arabia and UAE Vie for Middle East AI Supremacy

Sub-Saharan Africa

*Monthly startup investor funding by country

Yellow Card CEO Sees Africa Boosting Global Stablecoin Adoption

Cryptocurrency ● November 18, 2025

Digital Identity ● September 26, 2025
Mastercard and Smile ID to Offer Digital Identity Solutions Across Africa
Investments ● September 24, 2025
PayPal Makes $100 Million Bet on Middle East/Africa Digital Commerce
Mobile Wallets ● September 11, 2025
Visa and Onafriq Expand Digital Wallet Capabilities in Democratic Republic of Congo
Partnerships ● June 18, 2025
Visa and Yellow Card to Explore Stablecoin Opportunities in Africa
Cross-border Payments ● May 29, 2025
TerraPay and Wave to Promote Cross-Border Remittances in West Africa

Reports

AP Automation - February/March 2022

Cross-Border Retail Payments - December 2021/January 2022

Tackling the Chargeback Surge - February 2022

Cryptocurrency, Blockchain And Cross-Border Payments - February 2022

The New Singularity - December 2021

What U.K. Consumers Expect From Their Grocery Shopping Experiences

FinTech

Fintech Investments
Ex-FTX President Brett Harrison Raises $35M for New Futures Exchange Startup
Updated 21 hours ago

Legal
Synapse Victims to Get $46 Million Repayment From CFPB
Updated 3 days ago

Banking
FinTech Company Mercury Submits Applications to Become National Bank
Updated 5 days ago

Cross-border Payments
How AI and Orchestration Rewired Cross-Border Payments in 2025
Updated 5 days ago

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Payments Innovation
Payments Leaders Get Candid: The Boundaries That Defined 2025
Updated 9 hours ago

Cryptocurrency
Crypto Loses the Hype but Wins the Banks
Updated 9 hours ago

Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI Forces Copyright and Antitrust to Collide
Updated 1 day ago

Digital Banking
Monzo Set to Expand to Ireland After Securing Full European Banking License
Updated 2 days ago

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