Our digital financial services platform in Pakistan, JazzCash, has won Silver in the Banking – InsurTech category at Money20/20 USA 2026 🏆 This marks JazzCash’s second consecutive year of recognition at @money2020, a leading global platform for the financial services ecosystem, following its 2025 win in Banking for its ReadyCash lending platform. This year, the award recognizes Sehat+, JazzCash’s health-protection platform. Sehat+, built with insurance partners, brings affordable protection to underserved communities across Pakistan, reaching 2.38 million active unique customers, from daily-wage earners to small traders. We believe technology should help build a Better Life For All, and this recognition validates how our digital ecosystem can deliver meaningful impact across our markets. Congratulations to the @JazzCash team! 👏

We are accelerating our telecom market consolidation in Uzbekistan and have agreed to acquire mobile network operator Perfectum through Beeline Uzbekistan 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan, a market of nearly 40 million people,  is one of our core growth markets, and the fastest-growing digital markets in Central Asia. The addition of Perfectum’s valuable spectrum portfolio strengthens Beeline Uzbekistan’s infrastructure and accelerates our roadmap for 5G and fixed wireless access. It means we can serve more customers, on better networks, with the next generation of connectivity across Uzbekistan, and demonstrate our long-term commitment to the future digital growth of the country. Building the digital infrastructure of tomorrow, today 🤝 Read more at veon.com/newsroom/press-rele… @beeline_uz

Transforming how the world connects, with @Starlink 🌐 VEON is the first operator group globally to launch Starlink Mobile across three markets: Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Bangladesh. Through Starlink’s direct-to-device technology, 11 million unique VEON customers have stayed connected where cell signal can’t reach – using satellite-ready apps, sharing their location, and sending messages via apps and SMS on their existing LTE-compatible phones. The impact goes well beyond staying in touch. We work with leading U.S. technology companies, like Starlink, to extend the American tech ecosystem, digital access, and resilient infrastructure to our high-growth markets – and ultimately, change customers’ lives in every corner of our footprint. Read more about how we’re maximizing the service’s potential for millions at veon.com/newsroom/press-rele…

We’ve reached 11 million VEON customers using @Starlink direct-to-device technology 🛰️ Since 2025, we’ve been introducing Starlink’s satellite technology across our markets — from Kyiv to the steppes of Kazakhstan, and most recently to the Bay of Bengal. But for us, expansion across our markets isn’t just a tick box – as Starlink’s largest global partner, we’re helping communities stay connected in areas where expanding terrestrial infrastructure can be challenging, and creating new opportunities for people to connect, communicate and participate in the digital economy. We believe connectivity is a basic human need, not a privilege. From Ukraine to Central and South Asia, the direct-to-device service has the potential to reach 40+ million people across our footprint – and by combining our networks, customer relationships and market expertise with Starlink’s technology, we’re creating a future where geography is less of a barrier to staying connected 🤝 Read more at veon.com/newsroom/press-rele…

A new era of connectivity for South Asia – as we bring Starlink’s satellite connectivity to Bangladesh 🇧🇩🛰️ Banglalink has launched @Starlink's Satellite-to-Mobile service, bringing connectivity to 37.5 million customers, and making Bangladesh the first country in South Asia to offer this technology. In the emerging markets we serve, connectivity is not a luxury. It is a lifeline — during natural disasters, emergencies, and when traditional networks go dark. With a standard 4G handset and a Banglalink SIM, customers can now access essential services and location tools beyond the reach of any conventional mobile network. Market by market, we’re expanding access to connectivity and helping to ensure that distance doesn’t mean disconnection for millions of customers. Read more at veon.com/newsroom/press-rele… @Banglalink_

Across our markets, we look for opportunities to augment our customers’ capabilities and create new possibilities. Banglalink’s youth-focused digital lifestyle platform, RYZE, brings this commitment to life. Already serving more than 150,000 customers, RYZE AI Hub offers access to leading AI models, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and DeepSeek. The latest app update also introduces auto-routing, local model fallback, prompt compression and prompt caching, making RYZE AI Hub more reliable and efficient. Banglalink is the first operator in Bangladesh to implement these technologies. Customers now get 5x more AI tokens at the same price and can pay through their digital wallets for what they use. This is what augmented intelligence looks like in practice: technology that helps people get more from the tools they already use, turning access into opportunity. @Banglalink_

In many emerging markets, mobile money has become people’s entry point into the formal financial system, often before a bank branch ever reaches them. In 2025 alone, mobile money services processed over $2 trillion in transactions across 2.3 billion registered accounts, a scale that can’t be matched through branch banking alone. That’s the backdrop VEON’s Chief Payments & Digital Assets Officer, @AhmetKayhan, brought to this week’s panel at the Banking Innovation and Technology Summit 2026, on “Mobile Money in Emerging Markets: How Telcos Became the Bank for the Next Billion.” The growth in digital financial services is increasingly coming from adjacent services like credit, savings and insurance, with the number of mobile money providers offering insurance rising by a third in 2025 alone. The conversation reflected that shift: how digital operators and banks are each bringing different strengths to the same goal, operators with reach, data and daily engagement, banks with deep financial infrastructure and trust built over decades, and where the two are increasingly built to work together rather than compete. Thanks to Mehdi Letaief (Arthur D. Little) for moderating, and to fellow panelist Roberto Mancone (duPay) for the discussion. #BIT26 #DigitalFinancialServices #FinancialInclusion #DigitalOperators @adlittle @dupay_ae

Today VEON Group announced that it will release its financial and operating results for the third quarter at 9:00 GST / 0:00 ET on November 6, 2026. VEON senior management will host a results presentation and earnings call at 16:00 GST / 7:00 ET the same day. You can participate virtually by: 💻 Registering to watch via webcast ▶️ Following the livestream on YouTube 💭 Submitting questions via Say Technologies We look forward to welcoming you. Find out more details about joining us at veon.com/newsroom/press-rele…

At VEON, we're committed to building digital services that create meaningful value for the millions of people who rely on our platforms every day. Today, we're pleased to announce a new 10-year strategic agreement with @Amdocs that will help accelerate our evolution as a digital operator and advance AI-enabled innovation across our markets. By combining the technology expertise developed by QazCode with Amdocs' AI-powered aOS platform, this partnership will modernize our core technology operations, strengthen our digital capabilities, and create a foundation for continuous innovation over the next decade. Digital and AI services already account for more than a quarter of VEON's Group revenue, and this agreement reflects our continued investment in the technologies, talent and partnerships that will help deliver better digital experiences and greater impact for our customers. Read more: veon.com/newsroom/press-rele… $VEON

Turning confidence into action 🇧🇩 At our recent “Invest in Bangladesh NOW!” Symposium in New York, we brought global investors, development finance institutions and Bangladeshi government officials together to discuss how we can continue to unlock the country’s digital potential. The event came at a pivotal moment, as Bangladesh accelerates its transformation across connectivity, financial services and AI. From enabling satellite-to-mobile connectivity through Starlink Direct-to-Cell, to advancing digital banking and launching new payment services, VEON and Banglalink are helping build the infrastructure and services that can support Bangladesh’s next phase of growth. Now, we’re bringing international capital and local ambition together to turn that potential into investment, opportunity and a better life for all. Thank you to everyone who joined us in New York! @banglalinkmela @Starlink

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: bit.khaleejtimesevents.com/#… #BIT26 @khaleejtimes

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.

“Bangladesh continues to demonstrate so much resilience. And the world is waking up to that” Hear what Sylvana Quader Sinha, Founder and Chair of the Board at Praava Health, had to say at our inaugural “Invest in Bangladesh NOW!” Symposium in New York

The “Invest in Bangladesh NOW!” Symposium brought together government representatives and global investors to explore Bangladesh’s growing potential for long-term investment. Hear more from Kamal Quadir, CEO of bKash:

Bangladesh's growth story is creating opportunities, from digital infrastructure and financial services to technology. Peter John Alexander, President and Chief Business Officer, @meetkaiinc shared his perspective on what makes the country a compelling investment destination.

A young population, accelerating digital adoption and a fast-growing economy. Bangladesh is a country of opportunity. Tanvir Ghani, Investment Advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, shares how digital innovation is unlocking potential.