FinTech
Preparing FinTech companies for tomorrow
Phillip Liu, General Manager of the Middle East and Africa, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence discusses how technology is shaping the financial world of tomorrow.
UK fintech major Paymentology enters Middle East
UK based financial technology (Fintech) solutions provider, Paymentology, has entered the Middle East’s US$200 billion digital payments market by setting up its regional office in Dubai recently.
Salaryo raises $5.8 million in funding to support COVID effected SMEs
Salaryo, has raised a total of $5.8 million in funding from Dubai-based private equity fund KEN Investments, Variant Investments, Techstars Ventures and Michael Ullmann’s investment group, bringing it...
Over 600 start-ups apply for DIFC FinTech Hive’s latest accelerator programme
DIFC FinTech Hive, the first and largest financial technology accelerator in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, has attracted an unprecedented 620 global, regional and local applic...
Digital transformation through collaboration
Nicholas Wright, Sales Director, MENA Region, Saxo Bank, explains how in the post-Covid era, institutions reluctant to collaborate on digital transformation will find themselves sinking to the bottom.
Startupbootcamp establishes headquarters at DIFC
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has today announced that one of the world’s most active global industry-focused startup accelerators and investors, Startupbootcamp has established its regi...
Dubai-China signs an FinTech agreement
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has signed a MOU with Jiaozi Fintech Dreamworks, one of China’s first Fintech innovation and entrepreneurship platforms that will enable the DIFC to further...
Six fintech innovations to boost the financial health of poor
MetLife Foundation released a report, ‘The State of Financial Health Startups,’ conducted by Village Capital, identifies six innovations in the fintech space, that will improve the financi...
MENA’s FinTech market to touch USD 2.5 billion by 2022
The UAE is leading the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)’s fintech market reaching a record-high of USD 2.5 billion by 2022, industry experts announced today ahead of the Middle East Financial...