Dubai-based payments company noqodi has partnered with Mastercard to allow consumers and businesses to make and accept contactless payments. The…
Year: 2022
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…
Amman-based lending fintech liwwa has secured US$18.5 million in its Pre-Series B fundraising round. The company lends to small and…
In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), rapid digital adoption brought about the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the continued interest in…
UAE-based payments start-up Ziina has announced plans to expand to Jordan. The company previously launched their digital wallet in February 2022…
Emirates Development Bank (EDB) announced a new lending feature offered in partnership with peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Beehive that allows SMEs…
Account-to-account payments platform Vyne entered a new partnership with web development platform Wix that gives Wix’s UK-based merchants access to…
Israel is home to a dynamic fintech ecosystem with global reach and traction. In 2021, Israeli-founded fintech startups raised a…
Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has issued the country’s first digital payment licenses to Ooredoo Money and iPay by Vodafone Qatar.…
The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) announced that it has updated its Regulatory Sandbox framework as part of its efforts to…