Digital financial services are a key enabler of VEON's digital operator strategy, and a powerful way to help lift people out of poverty. Today at the @GSMA Connected Fintech & Commerce Forum, @AhmetKayhan, VEON Group Chief Payments & Digital Assets Officer, shared the JazzCash growth journey and what it shows about the power of understanding customer needs. In Pakistan, JazzCash processed USD 70 billion in gross transaction value over the last twelve months, as of Q2 2026. By staying close to customer needs, it has grown from payments into lending, insurance and savings. VEON Digital Finance Group serves 59 million financial services customers in Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and Bangladesh is set to join our growing footprint following recent regulatory progress. Our focus remains on expanding access to financial services as a foundation for a better life, and on using AI to take financial inclusion further. Thank you to GSMA for hosting, and to the @JazzCash and @MobilinkBank teams behind this story. @TPL_Insurance @fikrfreepk @Simply_Kaz