GCC-based early stage venture capital firm VentureSouq has officially launched a US$50 million MENA FinTech Fund I. The MENA FinTech…
Last month marked 13 years since Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin white paper was first released. In these 13 years, concerns around…
Over 80% of consumers in the UAE and Saudi Arabia reported that they would be willing to use crypto and…
Rasan, an insurtech startup based in Saudi Arabia, has secured SAR 90 million (US$24 million) in a growth stage deal,…
Israeli fintech unicorns (those based in Israel as well as US-Israeli companies) have made a splash this year amidst soaring…
Nomod, a UK-based payments fintech company with a focus on the MENA region, has raised US$3.4 million in seed funding.…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Abu Dhabi’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) have completed a first-of-its-kind digital cross-border…
Financial inclusion is on the developmental agenda in Egypt, and fintech startups in Egypt are one of the key driving…
We sat down with Mr. Ahmad Alsharqatli, CEO of AYM, to find out more about this revolutionary smart Bitcoin solution…
There’s a lot of buzz doing the rounds for fintech startups in the Middle East, but not too much is…
Bahrain-headquartered crypto trading platform CoinMENA has fetched US$9.5 million in seed funding, according to a statement. This is the first…
Personal finance and investment platform Sarwa has officially launched Sarwa Trade. The platform allows users to trade stocks and Exchange…
South Africa-headquartered AI-based banking-as-a-service platform Jumo announced in a statement that it has raised US$120 million from new and existing…
Pakistan-based MSME-focused cash flow management platform Udhaar Book has raised US$6 million in seed funding to digitise credit in retail…
Fintech companies in the UAE have bagged a number of wins this year, with local fintechs accelerating growth. Competition is…
MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa had a substantial win in Nigeria last week, after the two mobile money players won…
India-based fintech SaaS company ClearTax has raised US$75 million in a Series C round, according to a statement from the…
The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) is drafting the so-called Open Banking API Strategy as part of a broader push…
Illegal data collection and financial data theft have become major concerns amongst GCC consumers, according to a new report. The…
Dubai-headquartered open banking startup Tarabut Gateway has raised US$12 million in a pre-Series A fundraise, the company announced in a…