Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat has partnered with ARP Group to establish an AI-native wholesale bank. Based in…

Mashreq has launched generative AI tools within its fraud platform in partnership with Clari5, a Perfios company. The…

Wahda Bank has tapped Backbase to bring its digital banking services under one roof as it expands online…

Aramco has closed a deal to take a 49% stake in HUMAIN, the AI firm owned by Saudi…

Tencent Cloud has formed a partnership with OmniOps to support enterprise AI development and deployment in Saudi Arabia.…

CB Insights has released its annual selection of the top 100 fintech startups, highlighting the leading private fintech…

Animoca Brands has received approval to manage collective investment funds in Abu Dhabi. The approval covers its subsidiary,…

The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has fined a branch of a foreign bank AED 200 million.…

Google Wallet, including its Pay feature, is now available in Nigeria for Android and Wear OS users. The…

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has published a paper on how frontier and agentic AI could change…

Absa Group has opened an office in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The move aims to support trade…

Apollo will take a minority stake in Mubadala Capital, the alternative asset management arm of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign…

Dubai AI Campus aims to attract more than 1,000 AI firms by 2030. It also plans to create…

By 2028, the most competitive lenders in the Middle East will operate from unified data, make decisions in…

The Registration Authority (RA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has published guidance on crypto mining. Under the…

Mastercard and First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) have run a football rewards campaign for cardholders in the UAE.…

Doha Investment is expanding Qatar’s Active Asset Management Initiative from QAR2.6 billion to QAR5 billion (about US$1.4 billion).…

Alpaca has received in-principle approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM, Abu Dhabi’s international financial…

Mukuru has launched its new Account and Card in South Africa, building on a longstanding partnership with Paymentology.…

PayTabs Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to acquire full ownership of SeaPay from Arab Sea…

Telr has partnered with CreditPool to introduce Telr Multi-Card Payments, allowing customers to split a single purchase across…

Checkout.com has partnered with PRYPCO, a Dubai-based real estate investment and ownership platform, to power its payment infrastructure.…

Ziina has received a Retail Payment Services Category III licence from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE),…

Raya Financing has selected Temenos Core as its core banking platform to support the next phase of its…