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Shehryar Ali, senior vice-president and country manager for East Africa and Indian Ocean Islands at Mastercard (left), and Saad Latif, director of commercial operations at Flowcart. (Image: supplied.)

Expanding into markets, domestic or international, demands strategic focus on multiple aspects including customers, distribution, regulation, competition, and more, which enterprises have at the top of their mind, and rightly so.

Subscription e-commerce continues to transform how people buy goods and services, from groceries and beauty items to streaming and digital platforms. Behind the scenes, streamlined recurring payments make these flexible models both scalable and reliable for businesses and consumers. Understanding the technical foundations, operational advantages, and challenges of recurring billing clarifies why it has become…

Almost 1.8 billion cashless transactions in the first half of the year – Online and mobile payments show particularly strong growth

Across Africa, a significant economic transformation is taking place through ordinary transactions. It happens when a market trader receives a digital payment for the first time. It happens when a small business sells to a customer outside its immediate community. It happens when an entrepreneur begins to build a reliable record of revenue and cash…

A total of approximately $361m was raised across 16 FinTech funding and investment deals this week, with Ingenico’s €150m investment emerging as the biggest disclosed equity deal.

Currencies38606 Market Cap$ 2.48T+8.93% 24h Spot Volume$ 53.97B+11.3% DominanceBTC56.12%-0.83%ETH10.91%+7.84% ETH Gas0.05 Gwei Nigeria-focused payments startup Pouchers has raised $500,000 in pre-seed funding led by Dubai-based Stack Directory LLC, with participation from strategic angels. The company is exiting beta as it scales its stablecoin-powered payment and virtual dollar card platform. FundraisingAug 19, 2026 1min read byCryptoRank

New features expand Xero’s AI-native platform to simplify end-to-end financial management for small businesses and accountants

Adyen has partnered with Tod’s to unify the luxury brand’s global payments operations. The rollout covered more than 115 stores in 14 countries and Tod’s eCommerce business in 35 markets.

AI agents are starting to execute more sophisticated tasks, such as identifying vendors that can deliver freight, comparing prices, and messaging the vendor to organizing a delivery. But when it comes to making a payment for the shipment, they still need to involve a human.