Temenos and Interswitch Partner to Scale Digital Banking Services Across Africa

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Temeno

Temenos, a global leader in banking technology, and Interswitch Group, a leading integrated payments and digital commerce company in Africa, today announced a collaboration, wherein Interswitch will adopt Temenos technology to enhance its digital banking capabilities, supporting its growth and expanding access to modern financial services across the continent. Interswitch will use Temenos solutions –

How the World’s Fastest Growing Economies Offer Strategic Payments Opportunities in 2026

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Stanchion

This article was originally published on Stanchion Payment Solutions website here. According to a Euromonitor article, Egypt, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia are all emerging markets that will rank among the world’s fastest-growing economies this year. What’s driving them? Demographics, structural reforms, rising consumption and accelerating digital adoption. While the familiar developed economies are navigating

UBX Tanzania Deepens Partnership with ACI Worldwide to Power the Next Phase of the Nation’s Digital Economy

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UBX

UBX Tanzania Limited has extended its long-standing partnership with ACI Worldwide, marking a significant milestone in a relationship that spans nearly two decades and focuses on strengthening infrastructure resilience, enhancing scalability, and enabling innovation to support Tanzania’s rapidly evolving digital economy. UBX currently powers the core payments infrastructure for 18 banks in Tanzania, supporting a

Yuno Partners with Flutterwave to Simplify African Expansion for Global Merchants

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Yuno

Yuno, the global financial infrastructure platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Flutterwave Inc, Africa’s leading payment technology company, to streamline payments for businesses expanding into Africa. Through a single API integration, Yuno merchants can now activate Flutterwave’s comprehensive local payment methods, including cards, mobile money, and bank transfers across key African markets instantly, eliminating

Absa and Thunes Launch Absa Global Pay for Cross-Border Remittances

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Abs

Absa Group and Thunes have announced the launch of Absa Global Pay, a digital remittance solution enabling Absa customers to send money internationally via the Absa Banking App or Absa Online platform. According to the official press release, the service launched on 3 March 2026, with an initial release covering six countries, including the UK,

Paymentology and Chikwama Pay Power Africa’s First WhatsApp-Based Borderless Neo-Bank

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Paymento

Paymentology, the leading global issuer-processor, today announces a partnership with Chikwama Pay, a pan-African neobank providing accessible financial services through WhatsApp. Together, they are powering Africa’s first WhatsApp-enabled neo-bank with fully integrated borderless payment processing, bringing secure, seamless, and affordable financial services to millions of underserved people across the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Chikwama

Why Card Payments Are Not Dead: The Rise of Modern Card Issuing Platforms

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modern card issuing platform architecture supporting digital cards and tokenised payments

In May 1897, The New York Journal mistakenly reported that American writer, Mark Twain, was gravely ill or near death. Twain’s humorous reply, “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated,” has made it into modern speak. It’s the refrain that people or things have prematurely been pronounced dead. For years, the payments industry has been flirting

Pesalink and Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) Unlock Cross-Border Payments in Local Currencies in Kenya

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Pesalink

Pesalink, Kenya’s de facto instant payment network, has partnered with the Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) to ease cross-border payment and speed up regional financial integration. The partnership enables instant 24/7 cross-border payments from PAPSS participants into banks and mobile money operators within the Pesalink network in Kenya, all settled in local currencies. This

Cross Switch Promotes Engineering Head Jacob Yermalitski to Chief Technology Officer

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Jacob Yermalitski appointed Chief Technology Officer at Cross Switch

Cross Switch, a payment technology company powering digital transactions across emerging markets, today announced the promotion of Jacob Yermalitski to Chief Technology Officer (CTO). A co-founder of the company, Jacob has helped shape Cross Switch’s technology strategy since its onset, most recently serving as Director of Engineering. Jacob assumes the CTO role from Mike Kenrich,

Traderoot Announces Strategic Partnership with Halo Dot to Accelerate SoftPOS Adoption

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SoftPOS

Traderoot has formed a strategic partnership with Halo Dot, who provides certified, secure and modular SoftPOS software that enables merchants to accept contactless payments directly on mobile devices. Together, the companies aim to make secure, mobile-first SoftPOS payments more widely available. Android smartphones become secure payment terminals The partnership integrates Halo Dot’s PCI MPoC-certified SDK