VEON's Chief Payments & Digital Assets Officer @AhmetKayhan will be joining a panel at the Banking Innovation and Technology Summit 2026 on "Mobile Money in Emerging Markets: How Telcos Became the Bank for the Next Billion." This year's Summit theme is "Reimagining Financial Services in a New Global Order: Capital, Currency & AI-Driven Intelligent Growth." Hosted by Mehdi Letaief and featuring Roberto Mancone and Erwan Gelebart, the panel explores the distribution advantage telcos bring to financial inclusion, the evolving role of regulators, and how telcos and banks can work together as mobile money moves beyond wallets and transfers into credit, savings and digital banking. Don't miss the session on 6 October! Register here: #BIT26# @khaleejtimes

VEON's subsidiary Jazz, Pakistan's leading connectivity provider under JazzWorld, has become the first operator in the country to reach 1,000 live 5G sites, the fastest 5G rollout in Pakistan and the largest 5G network footprint in the market. The milestone spans 10 cities and builds directly on the 190 MHz of spectrum Jazz secured in Pakistan's 2026 auction, the largest allocation of any operator in that auction. "Reaching 1,000 5G sites at this pace reflects our determination to bring the benefits of 5G to more Pakistanis, faster," said Kazim Mujtaba, President, Jazz GSM. "As we aim to scale to 2,500 5G sites by the end of the year, our focus is on delivering a better digital experience through greater capacity, faster speeds and more reliable connectivity, while enabling new services and use cases as 5G adoption grows." JazzWorld serves more than 100 million users across connectivity and digital services, including 75.9 million mobile connectivity customers as of July 2026. @jazzpk @jazz_worldpk @kazimmujtaba

VEON hosted a Global Public Company Training in Istanbul this week, together with colleagues from Kyivstar and led by our auditors at UHY. High standards of financial reporting, internal controls, transparency, and corporate governance are fundamental to how VEON and Kyivstar operate and create long-term value for our stakeholders. The session brought colleagues from across VEON Group together to share best practices on disclosure and reporting, and to explore the responsibilities that come with being a @Nasdaq-listed digital operator. Thank you to everyone who took part 👏 @TwiyKyivstar @UHYHackerYoung

The latest from the VEON News desk: We hosted our “Invest in Bangladesh NOW!” Symposium, together with @Banglalinkmela, bringing together global investors, development finance institutions and government officials to spotlight the country’s incredible growth potential.

Marking a milestone in VEON's entry into full-scale digital banking in Bangladesh  VEON Digital Financial Group and Square Group have received approval from Bangladesh Bank for a Digital Bank license, marking VEON's entry into full-scale digital banking in Bangladesh. By combining VEON's global technology expertise with Square Group's deep domestic manufacturing, distribution and retail networks, the new digital bank is expected to extend accessible, end-to-end financial tools to mobile users across the country. VEON Digital Financial Group currently serves 59 million active financial services customers across Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Bangladesh is now set to join this growing footprint, advancing VEON's strategy of building digital financial services ecosystems across its markets.

Save the date for VEON's Capital Markets Day 🗓️ At 11:00 ET on November 16, 2026, we will be holding our Capital Markets Day at the @Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City, featuring presentations from senior management on VEON's strategic priorities, business performance, outlook and approach to long-term value creation. You can join us in person or virtually via a webcast. Find out how at

5 minutes with VEON's Chief Payments & Digital Assets Officer, Ahmet Kayhan ⏱️ Ahmet sat down with Fintechly to talk about what's driving VEON's growth across our markets, why digital assets are a natural extension of the financial infrastructure we already run at scale, and how the lessons learned building payments businesses in Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are shaping the upcoming launch of Mukto Pay in Bangladesh. 🗞️ Read more from Ahmet’s interview at

Former NFL star Le’Veon Bell opens up about going to jail for 10 days for “not paying” child support, explaining that he was making the payments as a gift instead of through the child support portal & had NO CLUE his Baby Mama reported him to the police 😳👀 “I finished the signing, next thing you know, cops right there waiting for me… She got greedy taking the gifts and reporting me to the police so they ended up picking me up at my signing. I had no idea I had a warrant. If I knew I had a warrant for my arrest, I wouldn’t be doing public appearances.”