Africa
Yellow Card teams up with Visa for stablecoin payments
The two will launch stablecoin payment services in at least one African country and expand the service next year as...
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...

