The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has granted e-commerce payment licenses to Arab Sea Financial Company and Fatoraah, bringing the total…
Wio Bank has officially launched in the UAE with its first digital banking app Wio Business that aims to serve…
Dubai-based identity proofing solutions provider IDnow announced its participation in the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Accelerate@IATA 2022 accelerator programme.…
UAE banking group Emirates NBD has launched Emirates NBD API Souq, a financial Application Programming Interface (API) developer portal to…
UAE fintech Direct Debit Marketplace has launched a platform to allow merchants to accept direct debits for recurring payments such…
Klickl is the latest cryptocurrency platform to receive the in-principle approval (IPA) of the Financial Services Permission (FSP) from Abu…
Amman-based lending fintech liwwa has secured US$18.5 million in its Pre-Series B fundraising round. The company lends to small and…
In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), rapid digital adoption brought about the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the continued interest in…
UAE-based payments start-up Ziina has announced plans to expand to Jordan. The company previously launched their digital wallet in February 2022…
Emirates Development Bank (EDB) announced a new lending feature offered in partnership with peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Beehive that allows SMEs…
Account-to-account payments platform Vyne entered a new partnership with web development platform Wix that gives Wix’s UK-based merchants access to…
Israel is home to a dynamic fintech ecosystem with global reach and traction. In 2021, Israeli-founded fintech startups raised a…
Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has issued the country’s first digital payment licenses to Ooredoo Money and iPay by Vodafone Qatar.…
The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) announced that it has updated its Regulatory Sandbox framework as part of its efforts to…
Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of its AWS Middle East (UAE) Region, the second of its kind following…
Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, has selected six fintechs to be a part of its latest cohort of tech…
In H1 2022, fintech was the preferred industry for startup investors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), accounting for 34%…
Dubai-based digital real estate investment platform, Stake, secured over US$8 million in an oversubscribed pre-series A funding round. This follows…
Keen to enable the new FinTech and support the Open Banking to help bring about innovative business models in the…
Zywa, a teen-focused fintech startup aiming to re-imagine banking for Gen Z in the Middle East and North Africa, has…