FinTech
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.
Fintech Galaxy acquires Egyptian Open Banking platform, Underlie
UAE-based Fintech Galaxy, the first Central Bank-regulated Open Finance platform in the Middle East, announced the acquisition of Underlie, an Egypt-based Open Banking platform offering APIs to banks ...
Geidea partners with Magnati to provide customer experiences in the metaverse
Saudi Arabia-based fintech firm Geidea has partnered with Magnati, a payment solutions industry leader, to enable merchants to provide seamless customer experiences in Magnati MetaV – the first metave...