Corporate venture capital (CVC) deals declined on the whole in terms of number and volume in the first half of…
Year: 2022
Dubai-based financial services platform Five FS has launched in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and raised US$3.5 million in seed…
Amazon has launched an Intellectual Property (IP) Accelerator programme in the UAE to connect small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with…
Dubai-based money app Mamo has been granted a license by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) to operate within the…
Crypto giant Binance says that it has seen a 49% increase in user sign-ups year-to-date across the Middle East and…
Chinese financial technology company OneConnect has launched a regional operations hub in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) to introduce…
P2P payments company MoneyGram International and Dubai-based Jingle Pay have entered a partnership to enable consumers in the UAE to…
Six fintech startups from the Middle East made this year’s Fintech 250, CB Insights’ annual list of the 250 most…
The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has added four open banking startups to its regulatory sandbox, bringing the number of companies…
Saudi-based point of sale startup NearPay has closed a US$3.6 million pre-series A funding round led by Vision Ventures, with participation…
Digital bank Wio has partnered with Meydan Free Zone to provide digital banking services to startups, freelancers, and small and…
Emirates Post Group announced that it will launch its new fintech arm FINTX later this month during the annual Gulf…
The Bank of Israel, Norges Bank, Sveriges Riksbank and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) are launching Project Icebreaker to…
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…