FinTech
Winners of first Visa Everywhere Initiative Levant edition announced
Visa and the Central Bank of Jordan have announced the winners of the first Levant edition of the Visa Everywhere Initiative, a global open innovation program and competition for fintech startups to p...
Oman fintech finalists unveiled Visa Everywhere Initiative 2024
Visa has announced the Oman finalists that will compete at the Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Bahrain edition of the 2024 Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI), a global open innovation program and competition in...
Riyad Capital launches 1957 Ventures fund
Riyad Capital has announced the launch of the 1957 Ventures fund, a closed-end investment fund backed by Riyad Bank to drive transformative growth in Saudi Arabia’s fintech sector, in line with ...
Urban Ledger debuts at Seamless Middle East 2024
Vernost announced the official launch of its new fintech company, Urban Ledger, at the Seamless Middle East 2024 event in Dubai. Urban Ledger provides businesses with a seamless solution to simplify c...
Egyptian fintech startup MNZL raises $3.5 million
Egyptian fintech startup MNZL has raised $3.5 million to enhance its technology and scale up its operations to transform the lending landscape in Egypt and across the MEA region.
Turkish fintech startup, Midas raises $45 million in Series A
Midas, the fintech startup that brought retail investing to millions of people in Turkey has raised $45 million in equity funding. The new capital will allow Midas to expand and roll out three new pro...
Egyptian fintech startup Bokra raises $4.6 million in pre-seed funding round
Egyptian fintech startup Bokra raised $4.6 million in a pre-seed funding round led by DisrupTech Ventures, SS Capital, and other investors. The funds will be used to expand investment products and dev...
Applications open in UAE for Visa Everywhere Initiative
Applications are now open in UAE for the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) edition of the 2024 Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI), a global open innovation program and competiti...
Bahraini fintech Receiptable secures pre-seed round from HP Spring Studios
Receiptable, a fintech firm that innovatively bridges the data gap between banks and retailers through digital receipts, has announced its first institutional investor as part of a wider pre-seed fund...