UAE-based social commerce and payments platform Zbooni has closed its Series A round with a second tranche of…

The Middle East fintech sector is undergoing a period of incredible transformation. From fintech funding upsurges, to rising…

In last week’s MEA fintech news, it’s all eyes on crypto trading in the UAE – approvals for…

Pakistani digital banking startup Tag has secured over US$12 million in the largest seed funding round to have…

Colendi, a Turkey-based micro lending and credit scoring fintech company, has picked up US$30 million in a Series…

Velmie, a fintech and banking software provider, has introduced an FX and cross-border transfers module connected to market-leading…

The MENA payments sector is continuing its accelerated growth curve sparked last year. Driven by booming ecommerce adoption…

In last week’s MEA fintech news, we saw US-Israeli fintech startup Melio raise a quarter billion dollars at…

Egypt-focused B2B2C payments platform dopay has secured US$18 million in a Series A funding round, the company announced…

Saudi Arabia-based digital payment and POS solutions startup CashIn has raised SAR 6 million, or US$1.6 million, in…

New York-based Israeli B2B payments platform Melio has tripled its valuation to US$4 billion with its latest fundraise…

Fintech sandboxes are a popular way for regulatory authorities in the Middle East to play their part in…

The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) recently held a webinar on the “New ways of VC Financing in…

US-Israeli AI fintech company Pagaya is going public via a SPAC merger with EJF Acquisition Corp (EJFA), according…

Open banking in the Middle East has become one of the latest buzzwords to come out of the…

In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the COVID-19 pandemic has been a catalyst of change in the payment…

Last week in Middle East fintech news, the DIFC announced that it had reached its 2024 target of…

Kashat, an Egyptian micro loan solutions provider, has raised US$1.75 million in a new bridge funding round, Magnitt…

UAE-based healthcare financing solution Klaim has fetched US$1.6 million in a pre-Series A funding round, according to an…

Financial institutions have been moving towards expanding digitisation for years, offering remote banking services, and prioritising the customer…

Egyptian financial and logistics super app MNT-Halan has secured US$120 million from private equity and venture capital investors,…

Cashless payments in Bahrain jumped to US$3.62 billion in H1 2021, according to the latest figures from the…

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has achieved its ‘2024 Strategy’ growth targets three years ahead of schedule.…

Paytech in the UAE is one of the top emerging opportunities being eyed by startups, financial institutions and…