Arab Bank Egypt has concluded the first edition of its fintech bootcamp for Egyptian startups, with cash funding provided to…
Dubai’s DIFC FinTech Hive saw its largest cohort graduate from its accelerator since the launch of the free zone in…
The new year brings a host of exciting new fintech events to attend. While some of these Middle East fintech…
Fintech funding is at an all-time high in the MENA region. This year, investors have ploughed much needed investment monies…
Saudi Arabia’s fintech sector has broadened, with licenses issued to 16 new fintech companies during the third quarter of this…
Pakistan-based ecommerce fintech company PostEx has closed a US$8.6 million seed funding round, one of the largest early-stage funding deals…
Saudi-based SME-focused fintech startup Lamaa has raised SAR19 million (about US$5 million) in a pre-Series A round. The round was…
Coinbase has acquired Israel-based cryptographic security technology company Unbound Security. The deal is expected to close in the next few…
The sudden surge in e-commerce activities has brought with it a rapid rise of card-not-present (CNP) fraud, costing e-commerce merchants…
India-based payments and API banking solutions company Cashfree has picked up a majority stake in UAE and Saudi Arabia-based payment…
Abu Dhabi Global Market guides the virtual asset industry with the world’s first fully comprehensive regulatory framework, ushering in a…
Banking solutions that go beyond traditional services are going to be an “important battlefield” for banking in the UAE. A…
Financial Institutions (FI’s) can detect and prevent account takeover attacks using continuous monitoring and adaptive multi-factor authentication. Account takeover (ATO)…
Nigeria’s startup funding reached approximately US$417.5 million in nine months, and a lion’s share of this came from fintech (Punch).…
The year has seen a flurry of activity across the tech landscape in the Middle East, but especially so for…
The National Bank of Kuwait has launched Weyay, Kuwait’s first fully digital bank for youth, according to a statement. The app…
Technology has transformed the financial industry, and regulators need to buy in. That’s the message from the Abu Dhabi Global…
US-Israeli supply chain fintech company 8fig has closed a US$50 million Series A round, the company said in a statement. …
Venture capital firm OurCrowd has become the first Israeli venture firm to have gained approval and licensing by the Abu…
In a tech solutions crossover last week, Enel X and Mastercard have launched a ‘FinSec Innovation Lab’ — a lab…