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Zeta and Mastercard announce a 5-year global partnership
Zeta, a banking tech unicorn and provider of next-gen credit card processing to banks and fintechs, and Mastercard today announced a 5-year global partnership. As part of the agreement, the firms will...
Arab Financial Services and Aafaq Islamic Finance to support fintech startups
Arab Financial Services (AFS), the leading digital payment solutions provider and fintech enabler in the Middle East and Africa, and Aafaq Islamic Finance a regional Islamic financial products and ser...
Emirates Development Bank to attract innovators and startups into UAE
The Emirates Development Bank (EDB) has reaffirmed its commitment to attract innovators and startups from across the globe, in line with its continuous efforts to reinforce the UAE’s position as...
Meydan Free Zone business owners exclusively to benefit from Meydan Pay app
Meydan Free Zone business owners can exclusively benefit from the digital application Meydan Pay. It is the first and only digital solution in the UAE that enables businesses to obtain an instant and ...
Cashee joins Visa’s Fintech Fast Track program
Cashee, the MENA region’s teen banking and ed-tech platform, today announced that it has joined Visa’s Fintech Fast Track program to roll out the Cashee teen digital payment solution to youth in...
tabby raises $54m in its series B funding round
tabby has announced that it has extended its series B capital raise by $54m in a round led by Sequoia Capital India and STV, with additional participation from existing investors Arbor Ventures, Mubad...
MBRIF provides a guarantee for a loan worth AED 5 million to Quiqup
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund [MBRIF], an initiative launched by UAE Ministry of Finance to support innovation in the UAE, today announced it has provided a guarantee for a loan worth AED 5 ...
IDEMIA and Soft Space to deliver digital-first payment acceptance capabilities worldwide
IDEMIA, the global leader in Augmented Identity, partners with Soft Space, the world’s leading Fintech player in SoftPOS to enable contactless payment acceptance. Through this collaboration, merchants...
Aqarito raises 2.88 million SAR in its latest funding round
Aqarito, a Saudi-based real estate technology platform raised 2.88 million SAR which accounts for almost $767,000 in its latest funding round with the support of 691 investors through the Scooper crow...