Global payments firm Nium and Emirates NBD are stepping up their cross-border payments push in the MENAT region, widening access…

Global financial platform Airwallex is fast-tracking its expansion in the Middle East, securing key licences, setting up new operations and…

Saudi Arabia’s fintech sector is maintaining its growth momentum, marked by an expanding startup ecosystem, a rising talent pool, and…

TerraPay, a global money movement company, has announced a strategic partnership with D360 Bank, a Saudi Sharia-compliant digital bank, to…

Saudi National Bank (SNB) has announced plans to launch a Point-of-Sale (POS) lending solution for SMEs. The solution will be…

Bwatech, a Saudi fintech firm focused on corporate financial solutions, has secured US$16 million (SAR 60 million) in a funding…

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) and Ant International, a global digital payments and financial technology provider, plan to introduce cross-border…

Visa has announced that the Visa Acceptance Platform is now hosted on local cloud infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, marking the…

Tarabut, a Dubai-based open banking and embedded finance platform, has received in-principle approval from the Central Bank of the United…

Jeel, the digital innovation arm of Riyad Bank, has signed a MoU with Dubai-based zypl.ai, a specialist in synthetic data…

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has announced an overhaul of the Kingdom’s credit card regulations, aimed at improving transparency, reducing…

The Central Bank of Kuwait has published a draft of its Open Banking Framework (OBF), outlining the country’s early steps…

MoneyGram, a US-based global payments network, has announced a partnership with tiqmo, a financial technology firm headquartered in Saudi Arabia.…

Saudi Arabia’s digital bank D360, backed by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), is in preliminary discussions with potential global investors…

Telr, a digital payments company based in Dubai, has secured a Retail Payment Services (RPS) license from the Central Bank…

Finastra has announced the successful implementation of its Kondor treasury trading system, supported by DXC Technology’s cloud-based managed services, at…

Riyad Bank’s digital innovation branch, Jeel, has announced a collaboration with Google Cloud to enhance digital services in Saudi Arabia.…

IBM and Alinma Bank have announced that Alinma Bank, a financial institution in Saudi Arabia, has adopted IBM’s hybrid cloud…

Ant International has opened an office in Al-Olaya, Riyadh, after receiving certification as a Payment Technical Service Provider (PTSP) from…

Saudi Arabia’s banking sector is undergoing to profound transformation, driven by the rise of new digital players. In recent months,…