In 2026, tokenized bank deposits overtake stablecoins as the preferred on-chain dollar for institutional and wholesale money, not because stablecoins disappear, but because banks turn...
Mastercard has granted a license to QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, to extend its issuing and acquiring activities...
Latin America has captured an outsized share of global attention in recent weeks as geopolitics, elections and monetary pressures sharpen focus on emerging markets. Despite...
Healthcare is not typically filed under “payments innovation.” But across 2025, PYMNTS’ reporting treated the sector less like a purely clinical domain and more like...
Digital wallets did not suddenly transform money movement in 2025. They did it quietly, one use case at a time. At the start of the...
The story of digital transformation across the Connected Economy™ is becoming inextricably tied to expectations around uptime. Whether the system in question is a cloud...
Predictions of a cashless world have circulated for decades, yet physical money continues to anchor daily commerce across much of the globe. Visa’s 2026 outlook...
Google Pay launched a digital credit card designed for everyday transactional use in India. The new Flex by Google Pay is built on India’s RuPay...
Mastercard partnered with regional FinTech Ottu to expand access to local and global payment methods across four Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, including Kuwait, Qatar,...