FinTech
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...
Wissam Khoury leads Finastra
Finastra has appointed Wissam Khoury to lead its Asia Pacific (APAC) business. In this new expanded role as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Middle East and Africa (MEA) and APAC, Wissam ...
Emirates NBD and DIFC FinTech Hive certify five FinTech startups
Emirates NBD together with the DIFC FinTech Hive are the first in the region to certify FinTech startups who have successfully used the Emirates NBD’s API (Application Programming Interface) Sandbox t...
DFSA accepts four FinTech firms into its 2019 Summer Cohort
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) accepted four FinTech firms into its 2019 Summer Innovation Testing Licence (ITL) Cohort following the evaluation of a number of applications. These four ...
Dubai and France to develop FinTech ecosystem
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) announced that it has signed an MoU with Finance Innovation, the official financial tech innovation centre for France to collaborate on the development of t...
Fintech startup Zoto witnesses massive growth
Nigeria based startup, Zoto today announced that its transacting user base and order volume grew by 56% and 200% respectively in the last financial year and it is set to replicate an even higher growt...
Pawame Selected as Finalist for SXSW Accelerator Pitch Event
Pawame, the UAE- and Kenya-based off-grid solar company focusing on Africa, has been selected as a finalist in the Payment and Fintech Technologies category for the 10th annual SXSW Accelerator Pitch ...