With one million displaced, Lebanon turns to digital wallets for aid (wired.com)

As Israel’s attacks and the resulting displacement push more than one million people into temporary shelters in Lebanon, humanitarian funding is increasingly flowing through digital wallet and fintech platforms rather than traditional aid channels. The article describes how remittances and peer-to-peer transfers are being routed via wallets to vetted intermediaries and recipients for fast, on-the-ground spending, citing Lebanon’s historically large informal donation flows and declining public institutional trust. It also notes that while payments are subject to anti-money-laundering monitoring, Lebanon’s regulatory framework leaves a looser gray area compared with places like the UAE.