Wamda

Global

Ways to improve your financial health

The rate of unemployment is increasing daily across the world, particularly among startups that have gone into “survival mode”....

Fintech wally

U.A.E

Hubpay raises seed investment

UAE-based Hubpay, a digital wallet for remittances has announced its seed round led by US venture capital firm, Signal Peak Ventures,...

Fintech financial inclusion hubpay

Regional

Fintech boom threatened by slowing economy

As retail businesses scramble to get online and banks and exchange houses shutter their doors for the foreseeable future, the one solution...

Fintech now money FlexxPay

Egypt

Fawry’s founder launches fintech fund

Egypt-based financial technology (fintech) company Fawry has played a pivotal role in providing digital payment capabilities to businesses...

Fintech fawry

U.A.E

Mamo Pay raises $1.5 million

UAE-based Mamo Pay, a peer-to-peer payments app has raised $1.5 million in a round led by Global Founders Capital (GFC) with participation...

mamo pay Fintech

Regional

The Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the entrepreneurship ecosystem [Survey]

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to impact the way we live, work and operate, very few startups in the region have managed to escape...

U.A.E

Rise raises investment from MEVP

Dubai-based financial technology (fintech) startup Rise, has raised an investment round led by Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) in...

Rise MEVP Fintech

Regional

Take employee wellbeing seriously or watch your business suffer

Michael Trüschler is the co-founder and chief executive officer at FlexxPay a UAE-based financial technology company providing...

Fintech

Bahrain

How did Bahrain become a fintech hub?

Bahrain’s government has made vital steps to encourage entrepreneurship to stimulate its economy. In doing so, it has created a...

Fintech Bahrain Fintech Bay

Egypt

Fintech Retreat 2020

Fintech Galaxy is launching the region’s first Fintech Retreat 2020, bringing the ecosystem together for a more...

Egypt

Wamda invests in fintech startup Liwwa

Wamda has participated in Amman-based Liwwa's $6 million investment round. The investment was led by FMO, the Dutch Entrepreneurial...

wamda liwwa Fintech

U.A.E

Sarwa raises $8.4 million in Series A

Source: The National Sarwa, a Dubai-based low-cost robo-advisory platform, will open a second office in Abu Dhabi as part of a wider GCC...

Investment Series A Financial

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi invests in fintech blockchain start-up

Source: Zawya The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) has invested in Securrency, a US-based developer of blockchain-based financial and...

Fintech Blockchain Investment

U.A.E

Telr secures funding from existing investors

UAE-based Telr, an online payment gateway startup, has closed an undisclosed institutional round of funding led by its three largest...

payment gateway Telr iMENA

U.A.E

Wamda invests in UAE-based fintech startup FlexxPay

Wamda has invested in UAE-based financial technology (fintech) startup FlexxPay (flexxpay.com). The social impact company provides...

Fintech Wamda Capital

Regional

Global Ventures and BECO Capital invest in Tribal Credit

Source: Digital Boom US-based Tribal Credit closed a $5.5 million Seed round led by BECO Capital and Global Ventures to bank startups in...

Fintech BECO Capital

U.A.E

Statys closes pre-seed round

UAE-based financial technology (fintech) startup Statys, has closed its pre-seed funding round led by Dtec Ventures, the venture capital...

Fintech pre-Seed

Jordan

Solfeh raises $400,000 in seed funding

Source: MenaBytes Amman-based micro-lending platform Solfeh has raised seed funding, the startup announced in a statement...

Micro lending seed

U.A.E

Addenda closes seed round

UAE-based Addenda, an insurance blockchain consortium, has announced that it has closed its fundraising seed round for an undisclosed...

Fintech Fintech Hive Blockchain

U.A.E

A case for Dubai as a fintech hub

Salmaan Jaffery is the chief business development officer at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Authority This is an...

DIFC Fintech Hive Fintech

Palestine

THE FINTECH BOOTCAMP 2019

Arab Bank is launching the first Fintech Bootcamp for Palestinian entrepreneurs with ideas within the Fintech industry. The bootcamp...

Regional

Regulatory environment biggest hurdle facing fintech startups

The Middle East’s financial technology (fintech) sector has become one of the fastest growing over the past five years, attracting...

Fintech ADGM abu dhabi

Iraq

Iraq Finance Expo: The future of financial technologies in Iraq

Officially cohosted with Central Bank of Iraq, the 3rd Annual Iraq Finance Expo (IFEX) is dedicated to unlocking the latest...

Regional

Fintech Abu Dhabi

This October 21-23, MENA’s leading FinTech festival will be held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. FinTech Abu Dhabi...

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