Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) and Securitize Corp. (NYSE: SECZ) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing a…
Standard Chartered has launched institutional Bitcoin and Ether spot trading in the UAE. The DFSA-regulated offering runs through Standard Chartered…
XTransfer has secured in-principle approval for a retail payment services licence from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE). The…
Capitec has added recurring subscription payments to Capitec Pay, its account-to-account payment method, through an integration with EBANX. EBANX, a…
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has completed a live USD transaction with Citi using tokenised deposits on Swift’s blockchain-based ledger.…
Qatar Central Bank partners with Samsung Gulf Electronics to bring Himyan, the country’s national payment scheme into Samsung Wallet. Eligible…
Amazon Web Services (AWS) confirmed at LEAP in Riyadh that its first Cloud Infrastructure Region in Saudi Arabia remains on…
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi and co-investors hold the largest stake in the holding company behind…
Airwallex is investing $43 million in the UAE over the next five years, according to a statement carried by PRLog.…
Oro, a Dubai-based financial AI platform, has closed a US$3 million strategic funding round, bringing its total capital raised to…
Mashreq has appointed Jayant Bhatia as Global Head of NEO, its digital banking segment within the Retail Banking Group, according…
BNP Paribas has received a regional headquarters licence in Saudi Arabia, Saudi state news agency SPA reported, as France’s biggest…
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) has appointed Pedro Uria-Recio as Chief AI Officer, strengthening its leadership as it advances its…
Saudi Arabia is emerging as a fintech leader in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), nurturing a significant number…
Binance has introduced Agent OS, a developer platform connecting AI applications to its trading, market data, wallet, payment and on-chain…
Commercial International Bank – Egypt (CIB) has received preliminary approval from the Central Bank of Egypt to establish yomo, a…
TerraPay has entered a collaboration with Deutsche Bank to strengthen TerraPay and its settlement infrastructure and improve the efficiency, speed…
First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has launched Send Now Pay Later (SNPL) through its digital financial platform Payit, giving eligible…
Arbeat Group FZE has received a Full Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) Licence from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA).…
National Bank of Fujairah (NBF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Numou, a UAE-based digital financing marketplace and subsidiary…