FinTech
Hub71 startup Zywa partners with Mastercard to empower youth go cashless
UAE-based fintech, Zywa provides 10-to-25-year olds with a community-based app and a card to manage their money that has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Mastercard. Through this partners...
Lean Node Startup Studio and Mjalis Investment establishes new venture builder Lean Fintech
Lean Node Startup Studio and Mjalis Investment announced the establishment of Lean Fintech, a venture builder dedicated to building disruptive Fintech startups.
The Step Conference 2023 is back yet again
The highly-anticipated Step Conference 2023 is returning to Dubai Internet City for its 11th edition on February 22-23, 2023. The conference promises to bring together the brightest minds in the indus...
Pine Labs enters UAE market
Pine Labs has announced that it has entered the United Arab Emirates (UAE) market. Pine Labs will partner with local banks and financial institutions in the region to help them serve their merchant pa...
Al Fardan Ventures partners with Japanese FinTech startup Canaan Advisors
Al Fardan Ventures and Canaan Advisors have decided to strike a partnership to launch a blockchain-based real estate investment platform in the Middle East and Africa market.
BPC extends collaboration with IPS
BPC has extended its collaboration with Bahrain-based International Payment Services. As part of the agreement, BPC will allow IPS to extend the use of its open system e-payment platform ‘SmartVista’.
PayBy continues to disrupt fintech landscape
PayBy has been licensed by the Central Bank of the UAE to conduct Stored Value Facility (SVF) and Retail Payment Services (RPS) operations. The license represents one of the country’s highest le...
PwC identifies top trends driving the banking ecosystem in the Middle East
PwC Middle East hosted its inaugural Financial Services Horizons – Annual GCC Leadership Meet featuring guest speaker Brett King, an Australian futurist, best-selling author and co-founder of Mo...
Saudi fintech company Manafa secures SAR 106 million in Series A round
Leading Saudi fintech company Manafa has announced the closing of its Series A round of SAR 106 million (US$28 million) led by STV and Wa’ed Ventures, the venture capital arm of Saudi Aramco.