Amazon is aggressively expanding its e-commerce business in the Middle East, multiplying product launches with the introduction of home services…
UAE’s e-commerce retailer LetsTango.com and Aramex, a global provider of comprehensive logistics and transportation solutions, have partnered to fuel cross-border…
Global Shares, an Irish equity compensation management solutions provider, announce that it has opened an office in Saudi Arabia’s capital,…
Fintech funding in Africa jumped 49.3% in 2020 to US$160 million. The amount was raised by 99 fintech startups, making…
Abu Dhabi-based Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider NymCard announced that they have raised US$ 7.6 million during a Series A funding round…
Hakbah platform, a Saudi-based fintech startup that specialises in alternative savings and savings groups, announced the closure of its seed…
Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB) announced that Verofax, a Malaysian-based asset digitisation and traceability services provider, as the winner of its…
Tamara, a Saudi-based buy now pay later platform, announced the closure of its seed funding round with an investment of…
A new digital treasury services management provider SH Capital Ltd (SHC), launches in Dubai today with a mission to empower…
SaaS banking platform Mambu and Ta3meed, an Islamic fintech in trade finance in Saudi Arabia, announced a strategic partnership to…
COVID-19 has created a sea change across the financial services sector with respect to remote work and a push for…
The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) has established eight new offices in Tel Aviv, New York, San Francisco, Frankfurt, London,…
South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya have historically been the fintech hubs of Africa, but the next chapter for the industry…
Rain Financial Inc, a licensed cryptocurrency platform and custodian, announced that it had raised $6 million during a Series A…
Visa’s third edition of its global research study, “Visa Back to Business Study – 2021 Outlook”, found that both the…
Telecom provider Virgin Mobile was awarded a banking agent license through the Saudi Investment Bank, allowing it to offer electronic…
In Tanzania, the fintech sector is still nascent with less than 50 companies, among which 68% in their early stages…
The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has issued its open banking policy which outlines its objective for implementation in Saudi and…
Emirates NBD has rolled out the digital onboarding option for new customers to have their identity documents verified using contactless…
Sarwa, a Dubai-based investment advisory platform, was granted a fintech experimental permit by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) of Saudi…