Ruya and Ignyte have formalised their strategic partnership, bringing together ruya’s digital‑first Islamic banking expertise and Ignyte’s government‑backed, all‑in‑one start-up…

Altery, a UK-based fintech company, has confirmed that its MENA subsidiary, Altery MENA, has been granted a regulatory license by…

Emirates NBD Group, Dubai’s government-owned bank and one of the largest banking groups in the Middle East in terms of…

Mawarid Finance, in partnership with Arab Financial Services (AFS), a digital payments solutions provider and fintech enabler in the Middle…

StashAway, a digital investment platform operating across Asia and the Middle East, has named Raaed Sheibani as its new Country…

Emirates NBD has launched the fourth cohort of its National Digital Talent Incubator (NDTI) programme. The initiative is supported by…

Deutsche Bank has announced that it has obtained a financial services permission from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) within…

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

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

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

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

RockawayX, a Prague-based global venture capital firm supporting Web3 founders, has announced the launch of its UAE headquarters. The firm…

Pay10, a Dubai-based Alternative Payment Method (APM) provider, has become the first fintech firm to go live in production under…

Fuze, a financial infrastructure provider based in Abu Dhabi, has secured approval from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE)…

PayPal has announced a partnership with Ignyte, a Dubai-based digital platform supporting startups and small businesses. As a founding partner,…

RAKBANK, based in UAE, has entered a strategic partnership with Türkiye-based Faturalab, a provider of smart supply chain solutions. This…

Mashreq, a financial institution in the MENA region, has partnered with NEO PAY, a digital payments provider in the UAE,…

Arab Financial Services (AFS), a digital payment solutions company in the Middle East and Africa, has announced its expansion into…

Paymob, a financial services enabler in MENA, has been granted the Retail Payment Services License by the Central Bank of…

Despite economic uncertainties and global fundraising challenges, fintech in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continued its robust growth in 2024,…