Technology has transformed the financial industry, and regulators need to buy in. That’s the message from the Abu…

US-Israeli supply chain fintech company 8fig has closed a US$50 million Series A round, the company said in…

Venture capital firm OurCrowd has become the first Israeli venture firm to have gained approval and licensing by…

In a tech solutions crossover last week, Enel X and Mastercard have launched a ‘FinSec Innovation Lab’ —…

GCC-based early stage venture capital firm VentureSouq has officially launched a US$50 million MENA FinTech Fund I. The…

Last month marked 13 years since Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin white paper was first released. In these 13 years,…

Over 80% of consumers in the UAE and Saudi Arabia reported that they would be willing to use…

Rasan, an insurtech startup based in Saudi Arabia, has secured SAR 90 million (US$24 million) in a growth…

Israeli fintech unicorns (those based in Israel as well as US-Israeli companies) have made a splash this year…

Nomod, a UK-based payments fintech company with a focus on the MENA region, has raised US$3.4 million in…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Abu Dhabi’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) have completed a first-of-its-kind…

Financial inclusion is on the developmental agenda in Egypt, and fintech startups in Egypt are one of the…

We sat down with Mr. Ahmad Alsharqatli, CEO of AYM, to find out more about this revolutionary smart…

There’s a lot of buzz doing the rounds for fintech startups in the Middle East, but not too…

Bahrain-headquartered crypto trading platform CoinMENA has fetched US$9.5 million in seed funding, according to a statement. This is…

Personal finance and investment platform Sarwa has officially launched Sarwa Trade. The platform allows users to trade stocks…

South Africa-headquartered AI-based banking-as-a-service platform Jumo announced in a statement that it has raised US$120 million from new…

Pakistan-based MSME-focused cash flow management platform Udhaar Book has raised US$6 million in seed funding to digitise credit…

Fintech companies in the UAE have bagged a number of wins this year, with local fintechs accelerating growth.…

MTN Nigeria and Airtel Africa had a substantial win in Nigeria last week, after the two mobile money…

India-based fintech SaaS company ClearTax has raised US$75 million in a Series C round, according to a statement…

The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) is drafting the so-called Open Banking API Strategy as part of a…

Illegal data collection and financial data theft have become major concerns amongst GCC consumers, according to a new…

Dubai-headquartered open banking startup Tarabut Gateway has raised US$12 million in a pre-Series A fundraise, the company announced…