Stablecoins are undergoing a major shift from niche crypto instruments to regulated components of modern payment infrastructure. Over the past two years, they have captured the attention of fintechs, issuers, card networks, banks, and large ecommerce players. This evolution is not driven by hype, but by the growing pressure to modernize global money movement and […]

FinTech’s Threat Landscape Has Grown Faster Than Its Defenses The last decade of FinTech innovation was defined by acceleration. Instant payments, seamless onboarding, split-second risk scoring, frictionless commerce — everything revolved around reducing time. Yet while the sector streamlined user experience, another process was unfolding behind the scenes at a pace even faster than the […]

Why Mastercard’s UAE launch marks the beginning of a structural shift in payments, governance, and market competition. A New Economic Actor Enters the Payments System The introduction of Mastercard’s Agent Pay in the UAE represents more than a milestone in payments innovation — it may be the first real example of autonomous machine actors participating […]

The payment industry enters 2026 in a phase of accelerated transformation. Consumer expectations are changing quickly, regulatory pressure is intensifying, and geopolitical tensions are reshaping global commerce. At the same time, AI, tokenisation, and embedded finance are moving from emerging concepts to industry standards. In this environment, payments are no longer a technical function in […]