In Q1 2025, fintech startups dominated venture capital (VC) activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA),…

Thndr, a Cairo-based digital investment platform, has raised US$15.7 million in new funding to support its regional expansion…

Klickl, a regulated Web3 financial services provider, has signed a tripartite MoU with WeBank, a digital bank from…

Ripple has announced two new partnerships in the UAE for its Ripple Payments service. The cross-border payments platform,…

Emirates Development Bank has launched the Emirates Growth Fund (EGF), a AED 1 billion growth equity platform aimed…

Mashreq has launched its next-generation API Marketplace, a platform aimed at providing corporate clients, developers, and fintechs with…

Lalamove, the Hong Kong-based on-demand delivery platform, has officially commenced operations in the UAE, marking its entry into…

Tuum, a core banking provider based in Estonia, will unveil its Islamic Banking suite at Seamless Middle East,…

Checkout.com has entered into a partnership with du Pay, one of the UAE’s rapidly growing fintech platforms focused…

A new 5GW UAE–US AI campus was unveiled on May 15 at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi,…

Deloitte Middle East and Google Cloud have announced an expansion of their regional partnership. Under the new agreement,…

Wio Bank PJSC, UAE’s digital-first bank, has announced the appointment of Mansour AlMulla as Chairman of the Board,…

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and the Securities and Futures…

Nawy, a proptech platform based in Egypt, has raised US$52 million in Series A equity funding to scale…

Saudi Arabia has launched HUMAIN, a new company owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), which will operate…

BitOasis, a virtual assets trading platform based in Dubai, has officially launched its operations in Bahrain. BitOasis Bahrain…

Backbase, a global provider of AI-driven banking technology, has announced the launch of Banque Saudi Fransi’s (BSF) new…

Infobip has announced an expanded partnership with Oracle aimed at supporting the delivery of conversational experiences for businesses…

HashKey Group, a digital asset financial services provider based in Hong Kong, has been granted a Virtual Asset…

Four of Dubai’s industry leaders have been named as investor judges on the upcoming business reality television show…

Astra Tech’s flagship platform Botim has partnered with Mbank, a digital bank in the UAE, to introduce the…

Emirates NBD has signed a MoU with Nasscom, India’s premier trade association for the technology sector. The agreement,…

On the opening day of the Dubai Fintech Summit, Finastra shared insights into how advanced banking technology is…

NymCard, an embedded finance platform based in Dubai, has been officially licensed to provide Open Finance services under…