The Bank of Israel, Norges Bank, Sveriges Riksbank and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) are launching Project Icebreaker to…
Month: September 2022
Five fintech companies made LinkedIn’s second annual top startups list featuring 10 companies in the UAE that it says is…
BNPL shopping app Tabby and payments company Paymob have partnered to enable in-store and online retailers in Egypt to benefit…
The Dubai Sustainable Finance Working Group (DSFWG) has introduced a self-assessment tool for companies to measure the maturity of their…
Open banking platform Fintech Galaxy announced the addition of executive team members as it looks to ramp up its product…
Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ has launched a new venture capital firm called Further Ventures, serving as the anchor…
The Dubai International Financial Centre’s (DIFC) Fintech Hive has launched Sprint B of its 2022 Fintech Accelerator Programme featuring 21…
Tel Aviv-based fintech Noble, the no-code platform for credit products, has raised US$18 million in Series A funding led by…
Dubai-based payments company noqodi has partnered with Mastercard to allow consumers and businesses to make and accept contactless payments. The…
Israeli social investing platform eToro has added environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores for over 2,700 stocks on its platform,…
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) will start piloting the use of the “crypto-rial” — its central bank digital currency…
Crypto platform Binance has received the Minimal Viable Product (MVP) license from Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA), after receiving…
Israeli social investing platform eToro has received an in-principle approval from the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) to operate as…
Verity has launched its family banking and financial literacy app, with a prepaid Visa card to enable children from the…
The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has granted e-commerce payment licenses to Arab Sea Financial Company and Fatoraah, bringing the total…
Wio Bank has officially launched in the UAE with its first digital banking app Wio Business that aims to serve…
Dubai-based identity proofing solutions provider IDnow announced its participation in the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Accelerate@IATA 2022 accelerator programme.…
UAE banking group Emirates NBD has launched Emirates NBD API Souq, a financial Application Programming Interface (API) developer portal to…
UAE fintech Direct Debit Marketplace has launched a platform to allow merchants to accept direct debits for recurring payments such…
Klickl is the latest cryptocurrency platform to receive the in-principle approval (IPA) of the Financial Services Permission (FSP) from Abu…