Last year, global financial markets saw retail investors flood financial markets through online trading and investing platforms. A wave of…
Israel’s booming fintech landscape continues to stay in the global eye. Home to over 500 Israeli fintech startups, the country’s…
Singaporean fintech Thunes has announced a partnership with one of Pakistan’s largest banks, Bank Alfalah. The partnership will enable the…
Islamic banking and financial services are picking up pace worldwide. Greater awareness, and improved legal and regulatory structures have helped…
In the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, demand for digital wallets is on the rise. This trend is fueled…
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) has launched Amwali, the world’s first Islamic digital bank for young people, according to an…
The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) has recently issued guidelines regarding distributed ledger technology (DLT) and blockchain in the Middle East…
US-based fintech company Brex has acquired Israeli Application Programming Interface (API) developer Weav for US$50 million, according to a recent…
Jordan’s Arab Bank has launched a corporate fintech accelerator in Egypt, according to a recent announcement by the bank. The…
The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has launched the fifth edition of its flagship initiative Fintech Abu Dhabi Innovation Challenge.…
European fintech ecosystem builder finleap entered into a strategic partnership with Bahraini telecoms company Batelco, according to an announcement earlier…
Rental collection platform Ajar has expanded its operations to Bahrain, according to a recent announcement. With a presence in Kuwait…
The National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) has partnered with Bahrain Fintech Bay to launch a Digital Banking Challenge, according to…
It has been a year of wins so far for MENA-based fintechs, with a handful of top funded fintechs in…
Payments fintech dopay has secured a banking agent licence from Bank ABC Egypt for a virtual banking platform, a statement…
Cash usage is declining amongst growing Saudi fintech adoption, according to the findings of Fintech Saudi’s National Fintech Adoption Survey.…
In August last year, Fawry made headlines as Egypt’s first tech company to lay claim to unicorn status. The financial…
Airome Technologies, a Singapore-based developer of cybersecurity solutions for digital banking and e-document management systems, was announced as a representative…
Record levels of VC funding made their way to fintechs in the MENA region, amidst a global fintech investment boom.…
Dubai-based personal finance and investment platform Sarwa has gathered US$15 million in a Series B round of funding, the company…