
Africa
Gen Alpha leading the push for digital payments: report
A Mastercard study reveals that one in two Gen Alpha have a digital wallet, while nearly 50% of respondents have...
Digital ID revolution: Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, PNG make strides
The Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea has announced a draft policy with a clear vision for implementing its...
VPS, Mastercard team up to advance digital payments in Morocco
In other news, a new report has highlighted the growth of digital asset-based remittances to Latin America in a trend...
Ethiopia, Namibia, São Tomé and Príncipe step up digitalization
Elsewhere, Africa’s second-smallest nation, São Tomé and Príncipe, is piloting a national digital ID system based on the World Bank-backed...
Spain tracks digital asset holdings for taxes under proposed law
The proposed law will also enable coordination with the tax authorities in other EU states and allow Spanish authorities to...
1 in 3 Kenyan banks ready to venture to digital assets: report
Kenya’s central bank survey notes the country’s lenders said that digital assets provide alternative investment and payment channels and can...