Wamda

Bahrain

Bahrain’s FinTech Bay, a new accelerator for startups

In February 2018, a new accelerator is set to officially kick off in Bahrain. The new facility will be focused on fintech startups in the...

Fintech accelerator Bahrain

U.A.E

DIFC launches $100M fund to boost fintech

HE Essa Kazim, governor of The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) announced today during the inaugural of the Global Financial...

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U.A.E

Mastercard and Abu Dhabi Global Market collaborate to accelerate fintech ecosystem development

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an international financial center, and Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte Ltd, a leading technology company in the...

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Global

5 things you should know to be blockchain-ready

Blockchain is an invaluable tool that will be a growth and productivity driver for governments and industries in the MENA region. The...

Blockchain Bitcoin Grant Niven

Regional

Middle East NXT Banking Summit: Fintech will boost the banking sector in the region

With the urge of knowing and sharing fintech capabilities and the way they impact the economy, The Middle East NXT Banking Summit,...

banking Fintech startups

U.A.E

First class of Ethereum blockchain developers to graduate from Dubai’s ConsenSys Academy

ConsenSys Academy has announced its first developer program class of 150+ blockchain developers, including 25 participants from the United...

Smart Dubai ethereum Blockchain

U.A.E

This after school activities marketplace is using bitcoins to go global

Unlike loaded school days, which fall heavy and stressful on little ones’ shoulders, extracurricular activities, will help them...

Afterschool.ae Kids activities Bitcoin

U.A.E

What I know about running a profitable company: NOW Money’s Ian Dillon

Ian Dillon and Katherine Budd were university mates before cofounding NOW Money, a fintech platform that delivers banking services to the...

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Global

Genesis of a cryptoeconomy [Opinion]

This article does not cover any of the technical aspects of the blockchain or cryptocurrencies. The objective of this introductory article...

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Tunisia

Tunisian online finance news platform raises $400K

The Tunisian startup Ilboursa.com, which a French online finance news platform, announced on Tuesday (September 12) the closing of its...

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Regional

What I Know about blockchain in the MENA: Ernst & Young’s Grant Niven

The global blockchain technology market was valued at $316 million in 2015 and is expected to reach $20 billion by the end of 2024. The...

Ernst & Young Grant Niven Bitcoin

U.A.E

UAE sees first sharia compliant cryptocurrency

Ibrahim Mohammed moved from London to Dubai 10 years ago. In those years he launched and developed a series of successful financial...

Bitcoin Fintech uae

Jordan

Digitizing financial transactions in the region: go startups!

The rise of the fintech industry in the region throughout the years, proves that this sector has a big impact on emerging markets despite...

Fintech online payment Oasis 500

U.A.E

Opportunities behind challenges of fintech in the Middle East [Podcast]

Fintech is hot. Globally, investments in fintech have been rising since 2012, and while they might drop slightly in 2017, according to CB...

Fintech podcast Wamda Capital

U.A.E

Sending money home with ease, Now Money [Wamda TV]

Expatriates in the UAE send a lot of money home. A lot. According to the World Bank’s migration and remittances factbook for 2016,...

Fintech now money uae

Regional

$100M invested in MENA fintech [WRL report]

Fintech startups in MENA have raised over $100 million in funding in the last 10 years, and a new report indicates the number of startups...

WRL State of Fintech Payfort

U.A.E

Talking about fintech in MENA [Wamda TV]

Everything starts with a payment. Payfort’s Omar Soudodi, talking to Wamda, said that the wealth transfer is the foundation of...

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Iran

Turkish payments startup Iyzico closes $13M Series C

On July 15, Barbaros Ozbugutu and Tahsin Isin were celebrating in Istanbul. After years of bureaucracy, their online payment company...

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U.A.E

Watch as the UAE fintech community grows

The UAE is steadily growing as a home to fintech startups creating a transformation in various areas of the region’s finance...

Fintech Startup Weekend uae

Egypt

Egypt loosens rules on mobile money

In what will be welcome news to Egypt’s burgeoning fintech startups, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is starting a bid to formalize...

Fintech Central Bank of Egypt mobile money

Regional

Fintech is the spur MENA startups need [Know your VC]

Fintech is cool. It must be cool if Hollywood celebrities such as Snoop Dogg and Jared Leto, between attending an exclusive pool party and...

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U.A.E

Bayzat closes $3.6M Series A, seeks to reform UAE health insurance

Bayzat, a Dubai based technology company offering health insurance and HR solutions, has closed a $3.6 million Series A round led by BECO...

Bayzat BECO Capital Series A

Iraq

Fertile ground for mobile wallets: Iraq

Hussein Kanber agha says his company has built a user friendly mobile wallet that will allow Iraqis to make payments using their...

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Egypt

Going cashless in Egypt with Paymob

It is no secret that cash and informal transactions are still the norm in Egypt. Cash transactions account for 40 percent of the...

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