Category: FINTECH

You guessed it; there’s another brilliant weekend packed full of great things to do in Dubai coming right up. This weekend, we are getting dressed up to the nines and heading to the races; the Dubai …

MANTRA ($OM), the Layer 1 blockchain for Real World Assets (RWA), has announced the completion of a new funding round. Top venture and technology investor in the MENA region, Shorooq Partners, led the …

Zoom in: Funding to African fintechs first rose above $1 billion in 2021, and has stayed at that watermark. The rapid rise of mobile payments in the market has drawn giants like Visa and Mastercard to …

MANTRA ($OM) aims to make investing more accessible in the Middle East and Asia by boosting market liquidity and fostering growth …

This aligns with the goals of both regions to lead in financial innovation, driving economic growth and prosperity in the region …

Dante Alighieri Disparte urges policymakers to take decisive action and set new rules for the industry in 2024.

With Federal Reserve officials all but guaranteed to hold interest rates steady today, Wall Street’s attention will be laser-focused instead on whether Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues are …

This week’s TechTides Africa column gets a shake-up courtesy of Nicole Dunn. Dunn, co-founder and chief operating officer at South African fintech start-up Revio, spearheads go-to-market strategies, …

CASHIN KSA, and Fils have forged a transformative partnership aimed at enhancing the financial landscape with sustainability at its core. Is a prominent POS and digital payments fintech in the region …

The collaboration reinforces Dubai FinTech Summit and CBD’s shared commitment to strengthen the global financial ecosystem through innovation and …

Fintech firm PhonePe App users travelling to the UAE can now make payments using UPI at Mashreq’s NEOPAY Terminals, the Walmart group digital payments firm said on Thursday.

Dubai is an ever-changing landscape of skyscrapers, huge shopping malls and five-star hotels. And 2024 is no exception to this rule, as there are a number of new hotels that we’re excited about …

Klarna, the Swedish fintech bank, used artificial intelligence to slash costs last year and is in talks with investment banks about going public. The fintech saw its valuation fluctuate from $46 …

The buffet brunch is a Dubai institution, so the weight on our shoulders when choosing the city’s best buffet brunches is a heavy one. Every year, the standard gets higher and higher. 2024 is no …

The UAE’s Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) has issued a warning to investors regarding an unlicensed company allegedly impersonating the licensed UAE-based global broker, Equiti. Investors, …

It was thus to address this issue of customer onboarding at banks in the UAE that fintech startup Appro was created. “Typically, customer onboarding at banks is a very long complicated process with a …

Mumbai: Self-regulation will go a long way in avoiding conflicts with the Reserve Bank of India, and foster trust between the regulator and fintech firms, said experts, amid escalating tensions …