The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has just issued draft rules on insurance aggregators; intermediaries with an insurance broker’s license…
Year: 2019
Smart Crowd, an investment platform for buying and selling shares in property, is now working with the Department of Urban…
Although the Pakistani government has managed to bring 21% of the adult population in the financial ambit in the past…
Ranked by Forbes as one of the top ten 10 accelerators in the world, Startupbootcamp is a famed accelerator which…
Entrepreneurship is booming across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with startups in the region raising an astonishing US$900…
It’s perhaps no coincidence that two high-profile multi-currency travel cards we announced at Seamless Middle East this year. Middle Easterners…
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a special economic zone in Dubai and a financial hub in the Middle East,…
Emirates NBD customers can now chat bank via WhatsApp as the bank introduces customised services via the WhatsApp Business Solution.…
du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company, EITC, has announced that the Smart Dubai has endorsed the telco’s Blockchain Platform as…
Here are a few facts about Egypt. The country is home to 100 million people, making it the most populous…
Organised by BII World the Financial Innovation Summit launched yesterday at the Hilton Doha. The two-day event covered over 20…
Startupbootcamp alongside Pride Capital announced its maiden venture into Egypt with its accelerator programme ” Startupbootcamp-Pride Fintech Cairo”. The accelerator…
Plug and Play, with Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) have kicked off their second fintech accelerator and innovation program geared…
Israel has long been the Middle East’s most prominent startup hub with the area around Tel Aviv having earned the…
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) will establish an EGP 1 billion innovations support fund to finance Egypt’s fintech startups—called…
The Central Bank of Bahrain has today issued the Directives on “Digital Financial Advice”, better known as robo-advisors to most.…
On April 10 and 11, 2019, Seamless Middle East 2019 will bring together over 10,000 visitors, 400 speakers and 350+…
The Abu Dhabi Executive Office just launched Hub71—a tech ecosystem bringing together the world’s tech investors and companies to achieve…
Experts are optimistic about the outlook for fintech development in Saudi Arabia, which they claim will be driven by the…
E-commerce is set for strong growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The market was worth US$8.3…