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UPI Charges Explained: ইউপিআই এখন আর শুধু মোবাইল থেকে টাকা পাঠানোর একটি ব্যবস্থা নয়। বাজার করা থেকে রেস্তোরাঁয় বিল মেটানো, অনলাইন কেনাকাটা থেকে ছোট ব্যবসার পেমেন্ট প্রায় সব ক্ষেত্রেই QR কোড স্ক্যান করে টাকা দেওয়া অনেকের প্রতিদিন অভ্যাস হয়ে গিয়েছে। NPCI-র পরিসংখ্যানও দেখাচ্ছে, অনলাইন পেমেন্ট বা…
MENA/Israel: Wamda / Times of Israel
Press release: Universal Payment Network (UPN), owned by FinTra Holding, has launched the UPN Consortium, an open global platform bringing together payment networks, banks, financial institutions, digital wallets, remittance companies and open finance providers to help shape the network’s strategy…
MENA/Israel: Wamda / Times of Israel
Saudi fintech Lendo has partnered with Austria-based Quantic Financial Solutions on an institutional capital programme of up to SAR750 million ($200 million) to finance small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Saudi Arabia. Under the agreement, Quantic will invest up to SAR750 million through…
MENA/Israel: Wamda / Times of Israel
Saudi fintech startup TalMal has closed an undisclosed Pre-Seed funding round with participation from MM Partners, as it moves from product development and business-model validation towards commercial expansion in Saudi Arabia. Founded in 2023 by Thamer Faisal Al-Qu’ayshish, TalMal is developing a…
MENA/Israel: Wamda / Times of Israel
Egypt-founded payments infrastructure provider Paymob has raised $35 million in a pre-Series C round, co-led by Mubadala Investment Company and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), with participation from British International Investment (BII), Global Ventures and DPI…
MENA/Israel: Wamda / Times of Israel
Bahrain-founded fintech infrastructure company Tarabut has secured $50 million (SAR187 million) in strategic financing from Riyad Bank, X-Tech Fund managed by SAB Invest, GIB Saudi Arabia, Zamil Group and Kanoo Ventures, alongside other regional institutions. The transaction remains subject to…
MENA/Israel: Wamda / Times of Israel
Saudi fintech barq has closed a $329.5 million Series A round at a $1.85 billion valuation, with participation from Noon Investments, Sohar International Bank, and M20 Fund. Founded in 2023 by Ahmed Alenazi, barq is a Saudi Central Bank (SAMA)-licensed financial technology company offering digital…
Fierce Biotech / Fierce Healthcare / MedCity / GEN
Health tech company Cotiviti is building out its payment accuracy platform for payers with two new additions that will allow plans to see all inpatient claims in one place.
Fierce Biotech / Fierce Healthcare / MedCity / GEN
Eli Lilly has committed $100 million in upfront and near-term payments to InnoCare Pharma to form a five-target drug discovery pact. The deal features up to $3.25 billion in milestones.
Fierce Biotech / Fierce Healthcare / MedCity / GEN
Lexeo Therapeutics has agreed to acquire Mantle Therapeutics via an upfront payment of $8.3 million, aiming to expand its Friedreich ataxia (FA) portfolio while locking in three strategic collaborations to support its lead asset.
Cointelegraph
HIFI CEO Zach Walsh told Cointelegraph the $37 million Series A is the company’s first priced funding round, though HIFI did not disclose its valuation.
Android Authority / Android Police / Android Central / Droid-Life / SamMobile / XDA
Samsung has announced that it has brought biometric authentication to Samsung Wallet for UPI payments in India. With this addition, you can use the fingerprint sensor on your compatible Galaxy phone to authenticate mobile payments. Once enabled, you can authorize UPI transactions using just your…
Tearsheet
Affirm is looking inward at its customer base for the next leg of its lending business. Last week, the BNPL firm deployed a new transformer-based underwriting model across its U.S. checkout. The model is designed to identify patterns in a consumer’s credit history that conventional models can miss…
American Banker (headlines)
Crypto is entering its "institutional era" as tokenized assets and stablecoins gain wider adoptions. The trade-off is that only companies that offer real utility to established institutions in the market are likely to survive.
Digit.in
Apple Pay may finally be getting closer to its India launch. Apple has posted a new job opening for a ‘Business Development Manager – Wallet, Payments and Commerce’ in the country. Apple is expected to launch Apple Pay in India in October. However, the iPhone maker has not officially confirmed the…
Hindustan Times — Technology
Flipkart Big Billion Days 2026 Early Bird Deals are live from September 24. Check sale dates, bank offers, payment benefits and best deals.
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Techmeme (feed as signal)
Bloomberg: Tencent launches TenPayGo, a payment app for foreign visitors to China that lets them pay tens of millions of merchants via Visa, Mastercard, and Apple Pay — Tencent Holdings Ltd. launched a standalone payment app for foreign visitors to China, stepping up competition against rival Ant…
YourStory
PhonePe plans to deploy 50 lakh payment devices with 50% of them in rural India.
Africa: TechCabal / Techpoint Africa / TechCentral / WeeTracker / Ventureburn
The launch expands Kenswitch’s role beyond switching, connecting banks and other financial institutions to route payments.
Entrackr
Amazon Pay India, the digital payments arm of e-commerce giant Amazon, continued to face profitability challenges in FY26, with its losses widening 33% despite a return to double-digit revenue growth after a decline in FY25. The company also witnessed intensifying competition in the UPI ecosystem…
American Banker (headlines)
Gas prices are rising as a large swath of consumers are already under pressure, which could eventually affect demand for credit.
American Banker (headlines)
The share of American households considered "financially vulnerable" rose to 17%, the highest level since at least 2018, according to the nonprofit Financial Health Network.
Economic Times — Tech / Technology / Startups / ETTelecom
In an ambitious move to bolster India's digital payment landscape, PhonePe is set to hire more than 20,000 sales professionals aimed at expanding its merchant network nationwide. The company plans to roll out over 50 lakh payment devices by next year, with a strong focus on Tier 6 towns and rural…
Africa: TechCabal / Techpoint Africa / TechCentral / WeeTracker / Ventureburn
Uber’s exit from Nigeria is a warning about unsustainable unit economics and the real cost of infrastructure. However, local rails and fintech solutions are shaping the next phase of African mobility.
Entrackr
The shares of PB Fintech, the parent company of Policybazaar, fell over 30% in Thursday’s trade after the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) proposed changes to insurance distribution and commission structures. On the stock exchange, PB Fintech's stock fell from its…
PYMNTS
Watch more: The Agentic Experience With Gaurang Shah of Mastercard Agentic commerce is approaching an awkward transition point in its adoption cycle. The artificial intelligence (AI) foundation is getting good enough to shop for consumers faster than the commercial system responding to it is…
PYMNTS
The shopping basket has always held the answer. Brands just haven’t had a clear way to read it at the moment a customer pays. Smart checkout technology could change that by matching products in the basket with eligible offers and applying the savings automatically. “The Smart Checkout Opportunity…
PYMNTS
The World Cup gave small businesses in host cities a sales bump. That, at least, was a relatively predictable outcome. But findings shared in the September 2026 edition of the SMB Growth Report from PYMNTS Intelligence reveal that the bigger surprise is who delivered that sales dump. And it wasn’t…
PYMNTS
Small businesses could give credit unions their next opening for growth, with demand for artificial intelligence financial tools running ahead of consumer interest. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “The Practical AI Opportunity: Why SMBs Want Guidance Before Automation” revealed in June that 75% of…