2025 was the year of AI experimentation in Middle East banking. Banks ran pilots, tested chatbots, and explored…

Cairo-based fintech NowPay has entered the Saudi market through NowAccess, a joint venture with Tas’heel, the consumer finance…

Snowflake has made its AI Data Cloud generally available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Middle East (UAE)…

Deloitte has expanded its Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE) in Saudi Arabia as cloud adoption across the Kingdom…

Kaspersky has signed a MoU with Codebase Technologies, a UAE-based provider of digital banking platforms and fintech solutions…

Digital payments are increasingly shaping how people pay in Saudi Arabia, with more consumers opting for faster, more…

As the first major milestone of the global financial calendar, the 19th Asian Financial Forum AFF returns to…

WRISE Group, a Singapore-based independent wealth management firm, has formed a strategic alliance with The Continental Group, one…

Ignyte, a regional digital startup ecosystem, has concluded a series of programmes with a Demo Day held at…

NEO PAY, a UAE-based payment solutions provider, has partnered with Wio Bank PJSC to introduce a Point-of-Sale (PoS)…

Network International has entered a strategic processing agreement with Saudi Sudanese Bank. The partnership will provide the bank…

Emirates NBD has issued AED 1 billion in three-year fixed-rate Digitally Native Notes (DNNs), marking the first AED-denominated…

Thawani Pay has entered a strategic partnership with Network International to enhance digital payment services and credit card…

Mastercard, Tappy Technologies, Thales, and First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) have launched the Fitness Payment Ring in the…

Sultan Haitham bin Tarik has issued a Royal Decree establishing the International Financial Centre of Oman (IFC Oman)…

Lean Technologies, a financial infrastructure provider in the MENA region, and Ziina, a UAE-based payments platform, have launched…

Hashgraph Ventures Manager, a licensed venture capital fund regulated by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ADGM,…

In 2025, the regtech industry in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continued to grow and mature, fuel by growing demand…

Abacus Group, an IT Managed Services Provider (MSP) and Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) for highly regulated industries,…

Mal, the Abu Dhabi-based fintech founded by Abdallah Abu-Sheikh, has secured US$230 million in a Seed funding round,…

Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait – Egypt (ABK-Egypt) and Mastercard have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at expanding…

botim money has partnered with Mastercard to enhance its global remittance capabilities via Mastercard Move. The integration allows…

MoneyHash has partnered with Spare, a regional open banking infrastructure provider in the GCC, to enable merchants in the…

Zand has completed the integration of XDC Network, an enterprise-grade blockchain platform. This integration allows corporate and institutional…