Cash, not credit: the enduring power of paper

Ramadan is a time of self-reflection, generosity, community and family, but it is also a period of intense consumer spending. Even as people fast from morning until dusk, spending rises across food and retail. In 2026, how people spend is shifting, with more people staying home, ...  Show more

A new phrase is quietly reshaping how governments, businesses and even militaries think about the future of power: Sovereign AI. The term is appearing in policy papers, billion-dollar infrastructure deals, and national strategies from Washington to Beijing and increasingly across ...  Show more

Whether your wallet is tucked into your pocket, thrown in your purse, or a swipe away on your smartphone, the way you handle your money has an effect on your actions - whether intentional or not. Today, Pankaj Sharma, Global Lead, Wallets, Product & Commercialization, Visa ...

The death of cash has been predicted many times over the years. But in the last decade a future without coins and notes has become a real possibility thanks to the global development and adoption of cashless systems. Some banks in Scandinavia are already refusing to accept or han ...  Show more

Despite an interconnected and increasingly digitalised world, a historical black cloud has been hanging over an area of finance relied upon by institutions, retail and a billion people associated with migrant work: Cross-border payments.Domestic money transfer has seen a dramatic ...  Show more

Prateek Roongta, Partner and Managing Director, and Karthik Raghupathy, Head of Strategy and Investor Relations at PhonePe, discuss at length the key drivers of the rapid growth of India’s digital payments ecosystem—one that will nearly triple to $10 trillion by 2026 from the cur ...  Show more