As fintech leaders, global payment networks, banks, and policymakers gathered at Money20/20 Europe 2026 -that was held in Amsterdam- to shape the future of financial services, Iraq had a different story to tell. While the conversation elsewhere centred on artificial intelligence, payments, and digital identity, Qi arrived with an Iraqi story that shows digital transformation is not built on technology alone, it is built on national infrastructure capable of connecting citizens, merchants, government, and the financial sector within a single digital ecosystem. This was more than attendance at a global ...