Ant International has extended its tokenised deposit work with HSBC to the Middle East. It has completed pilot…
Payments
NEOPAY has signed a definitive agreement to buy a 65% controlling stake in noon payments, the payments arm…
The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) and the Central Bank of Syria have signed a memorandum of…
The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) and Bank Al-Maghrib, Morocco’s central bank, have signed two memoranda of…
Absa Group has selected Thunes as a strategic Multicurrency Clearing (MCC) partner. The move expands the Absa and…
Fasset and KOSDAQ-listed NEXUS have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore stablecoin-based financial infrastructure. The partnership…
Mashreq has completed a live transaction with Citi on Swift’s blockchain ledger. It used bank-issued tokenised deposits as…
Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) has joined the Commercial Bank Money Token (CBMT) network. The bank says it…
Abhi and NymCard have partnered to help UAE financial institutions offer credit to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)…
Mambu will connect Mastercard to its Intelligent Core. This will give banks in the Middle East using its…
Citi has expanded its blockchain-based liquidity product, Citi Token Services, into Japan and the UAE, extending its 24/7…
Aljazira Bank has signed an agreement with Thunes to modernise and expand its international remittance services. The Saudi…
FinTra Holding’s Universal Payment Network (UPN) has launched a consortium that lets banks, wallets and other payment firms…
PhonePe has received in-principle approval from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) for two payment licences. The…
Citi has partnered with Mastercard to launch a subscription management tool in the UAE. The feature lets cardholders…
The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) has announced that Tap to Pay on iPhone will soon be available in…
The Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) and Ant International have signed an agreement to let merchants in Saudi Arabia…
Telr has partnered with payment orchestration platform MoneyHash to make its regional payment infrastructure available through the MoneyHash…
Mastercard and Trip.com are piloting an AI agent that can search, book and pay for travel. The two…
Fasset will list DDSC, the UAE’s dirham-backed stablecoin, once it receives approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority…