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20 JUL 2026 · 3 MIN READ

Sav’s Entire Card Portfolio Goes Exclusively Visa in Five-Year UAE-Saudi Deal

A five-year, multimillion-dollar deal makes Visa the sole card network behind Sav's UAE and Saudi Arabia business, with credit cards still pending regulatory approval.

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U.S. Payment Rails Aren’t Ready For The Stablecoin Surge

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Five Minutes With… Kieran Watts at Digital Workforce

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Payments as the Growth Engine of Digital Commerce: Why a Robust Payments Strategy Will Define Subscription Success in 2026

KYM LUKINS · COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR DIGITAL SERVICES · WORLDLINE GLOBAL

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Everyone’s building crypto exchanges. Khaled Guerbouz is building the rails institutions won’t move without.

KHALED GUERBOUZ · GROUP CEO

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Tribe’s Ruta Kairyte: Why the Baltics Are Becoming a Payments Powerhouse

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The forty-seven private fintechs most worth knowing about right now.

The annual editorial list of 47 private fintech companies worth knowing right now. Recognising companies building something original, useful and likely to shape the future of fintech. Judged on what a company is building, how well it is executing and the impact it could have on the market.

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