The Dubai Sustainable Finance Working Group (DSFWG) has introduced a self-assessment tool for companies to measure the maturity…

Open banking platform Fintech Galaxy announced the addition of executive team members as it looks to ramp up…

Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ has launched a new venture capital firm called Further Ventures, serving as…

The Dubai International Financial Centre’s (DIFC) Fintech Hive has launched Sprint B of its 2022 Fintech Accelerator Programme…

Tel Aviv-based fintech Noble, the no-code platform for credit products, has raised US$18 million in Series A funding…

Dubai-based payments company noqodi has partnered with Mastercard to allow consumers and businesses to make and accept contactless…

Israeli social investing platform eToro has added environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores for over 2,700 stocks on…

The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) will start piloting the use of the “crypto-rial” — its central bank…

Crypto platform Binance has received the Minimal Viable Product (MVP) license from Dubai’s Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA),…

Israeli social investing platform eToro has received an in-principle approval from the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) to…

Verity has launched its family banking and financial literacy app, with a prepaid Visa card to enable children…

The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has granted e-commerce payment licenses to Arab Sea Financial Company and Fatoraah, bringing…

Wio Bank has officially launched in the UAE with its first digital banking app Wio Business that aims…

Dubai-based identity proofing solutions provider IDnow announced its participation in the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Accelerate@IATA 2022…

UAE banking group Emirates NBD has launched Emirates NBD API Souq, a financial Application Programming Interface (API) developer…

UAE fintech Direct Debit Marketplace has launched a platform to allow merchants to accept direct debits for recurring…

Klickl is the latest cryptocurrency platform to receive the in-principle approval (IPA) of the Financial Services Permission (FSP)…

Amman-based lending fintech liwwa has secured US$18.5 million in its Pre-Series B fundraising round. The company lends to…

In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), rapid digital adoption brought about the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the continued…

UAE-based payments start-up Ziina has announced plans to expand to Jordan. The company previously launched their digital wallet in…

Emirates Development Bank (EDB) announced a new lending feature offered in partnership with peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform Beehive that…

Account-to-account payments platform Vyne entered a new partnership with web development platform Wix that gives Wix’s UK-based merchants…

Israel is home to a dynamic fintech ecosystem with global reach and traction. In 2021, Israeli-founded fintech startups…

Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has issued the country’s first digital payment licenses to Ooredoo Money and iPay by…