Wamda

Regional

The issue of open banking [part one]

Following DAPI’s open letter to the UAE Bank Federation Advisory Council penned by co-founder Mohammed Aziz over a month ago, open...

Fintech Open banking DAPI

Regional

Techne Summit Alexandria 2020

Techne Summit is coming to you this year on November 7-8-9 as a Hybrid Event! So, if you can't attend in person, you can...

Regional

Providing a purpose in remittances

There are about a billion migrant workers around the world who send money to their families in remittances. This source of income is vital...

Fintech remittance now money

Regional

The slow rise of neobanking in the Middle East

This week’s biggest financial news came from Abu Dhabi after investment firm ADQ, the holding company for some of the biggest assets...

Fintech Open banking neo banking

Bahrain

FinHub 973 launches to boost fintech sector in Mena

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) launched today FinHub 973, the first of its kind virtual fintech platform in the region, in collaboration...

Fintech digital transformation Regulations

Regional

Yalla Fintech 2020 - Arab Hackathon for Financial Inclusion

Fintech Galaxy and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have launched the virtual hackathon for...

Iraq

The angel network looking to support Iraq's startup ecosystem

Early-stage funding has long remained an issue facing startups in the Middle East. The pandemic has further exacerbated the issue with some...

KAPITA Angel Investment

Global

The rise and risk of private digital currencies

Monica Singer is the South Africa lead at ConsenSys, a US-based blockchain software technology company I am concerned that central banks...

digital currency ConsenSys

Turkey

Tarfin closes Series A round with participation from Wamda

Tarfin, the agriculture fintech startup based in Turkey, has raised $5 million in its Series A investment round with participation from...

agritech Tarfin

Global

Arab Bank invests in US-based Veem

Source: The fintech times Veem, the fast-growing global payments network built for businesses, recently announced the closing of a $31...

Ab Ventures Arab Bank Veem

Egypt

Contributing to Egypt's growth journey

Dina H. Sherif, Mohamed Okasha and Malek Sultan are managing partners at Egypt-based VC firm Disruptech. This article was originally...

Disruptech fawry Fintech

U.A.E

Open banking: DAPI's open letter to the UAE Bank Federation Advisory Council

An open letter on open banking, a framework for responsible innovation for banks and the fintech community in the UAE Members of the...

Fintech Open banking DAPI

Global

Fintech investments in EMEA rise to $4.6 billion in H1 2020

Investments in financial technology (fntech) in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) recorded $4.6 billion in the first half of 2020,...

Fintech EMEA

U.A.E

O1ex invests in India's Cashaa

Source: Economic Times Crypto banking services platform Cashaa said it has raised $5 million from Dubai based O1ex, a blockchain...

cryptocurrency

Global

Migrant labour and the true price of remittances

Mark Roden is the founder and chief executive of Ding The GCC is a part of the world that commands sheer amazement at the pace with...

Fintech remittances

Egypt

Fawry market capitalisation at $1 billion

Source: Waya Mohamed Okasha, Fawry’s former Managing Director announced Fawry’s valuation in a LinkedIn post. Fawry,...

fawry ipo

Egypt

Paymob raises $3.5 million

Egypt-based financial technology (fintech) startup Paymob, has raised $3.5 million from Global Ventures and the Dutch Entrepreneurial...

Paymob smes Fintech

Egypt

ElGameya raises pre-seed investment

Egypt-based financial technology (fintech) startup ElGameya, has raised a six-figure investment in a pre-seed round led by AUC Angels, with...

elGameya AUC Angels CairoAngles

U.A.E

Spotii raises investment from Daman Investments

UAE-based “shop now, pay later” startup Spotii has raised investment from Daman Investments. Founded by Anuscha Iqbal and...

Fintech Spotii

Global

Fintech has come into its own

Rupert Shaw is the chief commercial officer at Ireland-based Ding, a mobile top-up transfer company As we adjust to a new-normal -...

Fintech remittance

U.A.E

Tabby raises $7 million and expands to Saudi Arabia

UAE-based Tabby, a buy now, pay later financial technology (fintech) startup, has raised $7 million to fund its growth and launch its...

Tabby Fintech

U.A.E

Ziina secures $850,000 in pre-seed round

Ziina, the UAE-based social peer-to-peer (P2P) payment application, has raised $850,000 in a pre-seed funding round. The investment was led...

Fintech Ziina

Regional

The rise of contactless payments

In a part of the world more comfortable with cash on delivery (COD) rather than online or even card payments, the notion of contactless...

MasterCard contactless

Regional

yallacompare secures $4.25 million funding

yallacompare, the UAE-based insurance aggregator, has secured new funding of $4.25 million from Gulf Insurance Group (GIG). The investment...

Insurance Investment yallacompare

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