Marcel van Oost

Hey Payments Fanatic! UAE-born, Riyadh-based BNPL giant Tabby is gearing up for a public listing that could happen as soon as 12 months from now, according to CEO Hosam Arab. While the official IPO window is 12–18 months, Arab notes the faster track depends on whether global markets bounce

Hey Payments Fanatic! PayPal is rolling out its first-ever contactless mobile wallet in Germany this summer. Through the latest PayPal app, users can tap to pay in-store wherever Mastercard contactless is accepted, blending PayPal’s online power with offline shopping. Another first for Europe, PayPal is launching “Ratenzahlung To Go”

Hey Payments Fanatic! Eight of the biggest banks in the Middle East and North Africa are now using JP Morgan’s Kinexys Digital Payments platform. This week, Qatar National Bank and Saudi National Bank joined the group, adding to a list that already includes banks like First Abu Dhabi Bank,

Hey Payments Fanatic! An interesting and decisive shift is unfolding in commerce this week, as payments giants move in the same direction simultaneously. Following the recent agentic payment launches by Mastercard and PayPal, Visa has introduced Intelligent Commerce, a suite of tools that enables AI agents to make secure and

Hey Payments Fanatic! After attending Money20/20 in Bangkok, I flew straight to Dubai for Token2049 — and it was worth it. One highlight: catching up with Christina Smedley, co-founder of Lightspark, to talk about their latest big news — the new collaboration with Coinbase. Plenty more is coming from Lightspark, and