Section
Fintech
Payments, lending, super-apps and the rails underneath them.
Fintech
Uzbekistan's first unicorn is just getting started
Uzum crossed a $2.3bn valuation in 2026 — the high-velocity second pillar after Kazakhstan.
Fintech
Georgia's sandbox and the open-banking race
Tbilisi's central bank has become the region's most legible fintech regulator. Founders are noticing.
Fintech
Open banking, Caucasus edition
Three central banks, three timelines, one shared idea: that the rails belong to whoever serves the consumer best.
Fintech
Inside Uzum's super-app playbook
A walkthrough of every product line, ranked by contribution margin — and the one nobody outside Tashkent is paying enough attention to.
Fintech
Why Tbilisi is the only city building real fintech infrastructure
Georgia's regulator is not the loudest in the region. It is, by a wide margin, the most useful.