Wio Bank customers in the UAE can now pay online without typing in their card details. The bank…

Ant International has extended its tokenised deposit work with HSBC to the Middle East. It has completed pilot…

Qatar Central Bank (QCB) and Euroclear will set up an international settlement link for Qatari government bonds and…

The UAE Financial Intelligence Unit (UAE FIU) and the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) have signed an MoU…

NEOPAY has signed a definitive agreement to buy a 65% controlling stake in noon payments, the payments arm…

Emirates NBD has introduced an AI travel assistant in the UAE, developed in collaboration with Visa and Tripadvisor.…

The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) and the Central Bank of Syria have signed a memorandum of…

The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) and Bank Al-Maghrib, Morocco’s central bank, have signed two memoranda of…

Microsoft has released its 2026 Digital Defense Report. Its data shows the UAE ranked sixth globally among countries…

LexisNexis has launched Lexis+ with Protégé, its legal AI platform, in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).…

Absa Group has selected Thunes as a strategic Multicurrency Clearing (MCC) partner. The move expands the Absa and…

Eligible firms in the Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone (RAKEZ) can now open a Rakbank Business Current Account…

ADI Foundation has announced that Securitize is integrating with ADI Chain, the blockchain network the foundation developed. The…

Microsoft, the UAE Cyber Security Council (CSC) and Core42, a G42 company, plan to deploy MDASH across UAE…

AI adoption among UAE businesses has climbed to 72% from 53% a year ago, according to research from…

Fasset and KOSDAQ-listed NEXUS have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore stablecoin-based financial infrastructure. The partnership…

Temasek will deepen its Middle East presence with planned offices in Riyadh and Abu Dhabi. The Singapore-based investment…

Mashreq has completed a live transaction with Citi on Swift’s blockchain ledger. It used bank-issued tokenised deposits as…

Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) has joined the Commercial Bank Money Token (CBMT) network. The bank says it…

Abhi and NymCard have partnered to help UAE financial institutions offer credit to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)…

National Bank of Fujairah (NBF) has launched a bonus interest offer for new-to-bank customers. The offer covers individual…

Mambu will connect Mastercard to its Intelligent Core. This will give banks in the Middle East using its…

Citi has expanded its blockchain-based liquidity product, Citi Token Services, into Japan and the UAE, extending its 24/7…

erad, a Riyadh-based financing platform for SMEs, has raised US$22 million (SAR 78.75 million) in Series A funding…