digital payments
Digital Economy
Algeria’s E-Commerce Crossroads: COD Culture, Digital Payments, and Yassir’s Hybrid Commerce Bet
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s e-commerce market grew at a 92% compound annual rate between 2020 and 2024 and is projected...
Cybersecurity & Risk
Algeria Digital Banking Security: Threats and Defences in a $7B e-Commerce Market
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s 30–35 fintech startups, including Banxy (Algeria’s first fully mobile bank) and digital payment platforms, face industry-wide...
Digital Economy
Algeria’s 46% Payment Surge: How SMEs Can Capture the Digital Revenue Wave
⚡ Key Takeaways Electronic payments in Algeria surged 46% in 2025 to 939 billion DZD total value; online payments grew...
Digital Economy
Algeria’s Fintech Sandbox: What the Coming PSP Licences Will Mean for the Digital Economy
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s Bank of Algeria Instruction 06-2025 (August 2025) creates the country’s first formal PSP licensing framework: three-tier...
Cybersecurity & Risk
Algeria Fintech Security Playbook: Hardening PSPs Under Instruction 06-2025
⚡ Key Takeaways Bank of Algeria’s Instruction 06-2025 establishes three KYC tiers (DZD 100K/500K/1M), mandatory customer fund escrow, strong SCA,...
Digital Economy
Africa’s $900 Billion Mobile Money Market: The B2B Supply-Chain Payments Shift
⚡ Key Takeaways Africa processes ~$1.43T in annual mobile money, but 80%+ of B2B supply-chain transactions remain cash. BCG projects...
Digital Economy
Algeria’s Telecoms Enter Fintech: What MNO-Led Mobile Money Means for Digital Payments
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria has 54.8 million mobile connections but only 16% of adults use digital payments, with 57% of...
Digital Economy
Africa’s $75B Digital Commerce Ecosystem: Lessons from Converge Africa 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways Africa’s digital commerce market is projected to reach $72 billion by 2026 with 25% annual growth, but...
Digital Economy
Algeria’s Payment Terminal Gap: 100,000 TPEs for 1.2 Million Merchants
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria crossed 100,000 active payment terminals in March 2026 — a 33% jump in three months —...
Digital Economy
From 644 to 859: Algeria’s Web Merchant Surge and the Fintech Sandbox Window
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s certified web merchant count grew 33% in Q1 2026 — from 644 to 859 in three...
Digital Economy
Loop Files Algeria’s First PSP Agrément Application: What It Means for Fintech Founders
⚡ Key Takeaways Loop, a payments startup, has filed the first application for a payment-service-provider (PSP) agrément under Instruction 06-2025...
