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…
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.…