digital payments
Digital Economy
Algeria’s PSP Wave: Virtual USD Mastercards Open the Global Digital Economy to Algerians
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s Bank of Algeria Instruction 06-2025 (August 17, 2025) created the country’s first PSP licensing framework with...
Digital Economy
Algeria’s Digital Payment Infrastructure: 78K Terminals, 644 Online Merchants, and a 46% Surge
⚡ Key Takeaways Algeria’s electronic payments hit 939 billion DZD in 2025 (+46% YoY). POS terminals reached 78,774 (+15.6%) and...
Digital Economy
UPI Goes Global: How India’s 698M Daily Transactions Are Rewriting the Payment Rulebook
⚡ Key Takeaways India’s UPI processed 698 million daily transactions in December 2025 — surpassing Visa’s ~640 million daily volume...
Digital Economy
UK FinTech Week 2026: The Scale-Up Unit and the Digital Payments Reform Package
⚡ Key Takeaways On 21 April 2026, during UK FinTech Week, HM Treasury and the FCA unveiled four interlocking moves:...
Digital Economy
Digital Payments: The New Credit Infrastructure for Firms
⚡ Key Takeaways A March 2026 World Bank study covering nearly 50,000 firms across 101 economies finds that businesses receiving...
Digital Economy
Western Union’s USDPT and PayPal’s Africa Wallet: The Stablecoin Remittance War of 2026
⚡ Key Takeaways Western Union’s USDPT (Solana-based, 1.5-1.8% fees, 8 African markets) and PayPal’s Africa Wallet (PYUSD-based, 1.0-1.5% fees) are...
Digital Economy
Algeria’s 20 Million Payment Cards: Milestone or Mirage?
Algeria crossed 21.9 million interbank cards by end-2025. Edahabia leads 81%, internet payments up 179% — but only 80,000 TPE serve 1M+ merchants.
Digital Economy
Algeria Fintech Strategy 2024-2030: Midpoint Progress Review
Algeria's fintech strategy is halfway done. Cashless target 50%, sandbox live, financial inclusion still 43% — here's the real scorecard.
Digital Economy
PayPal’s 85% Crash: How the Pioneer of Digital Payments Lost Its Edge
⚡ Key Takeaways PayPal’s stock has crashed 85% from its July 2021 peak of $308.53, and the company fired its...
Digital Economy
Cards Hit 50% of Global Payments: The Tipping Point for Cash’s Decline
2026 marks the first year card credentials account for half of all global consumer payments. Cash fell from 44% of in-store spend to 15% in a decade.
Digital Economy
Global E-Commerce Surges Past .8 Trillion as Latin America Leads Regional Growth
Global e-commerce reaches .88 trillion with 21.1% retail share in 2026. Latin America leads growth at 12%+ YoY as B2B explodes across the region.
