Digital Banking

Fawry and CDS Launch Direct Integration Between Tap N Pay App and Odoo Business Management System

Fawry, Egypt’s leading fintech company, in collaboration with Creative Digital Solutions (CDS), an Odoo Gold Certified Partner, has announced the launch of a direct...

Building Sinder: Chris Hughes on Creating an AI-Native Fintech for the UAE’s Global Residents

After holding senior roles at Revolut and Tamara, Chris Hughes founded Sinder with former Revolut engineer Artem Kuchumov. The Dubai-built fintech has launched an...

Hadron by Tether Launches Strategic Collaboration with FirstData and BKN301 to Advance Institutional Tokenization in Saudi Arabia

Tether, the largest company in the digital asset industry, today announced a strategic collaboration with First Advanced Data for Artificial Intelligence LLC (FirstData) and BKN301. The collaboration...

UAE’s Islamic Bank ruya Goes Live with Agentic AI in Production, Partners with Magure to Build an AI-Native Bank

Dubai and Ajman, UAE. ruya, the UAE's digital-first Islamic community bank, and Magure, a UAE-headquartered enterprise AI company, today announced a long-term strategic partnership...

UAE-born fintech KamelPay Secures SVF and RPS Licenses from the Central Bank of the UAE

KamelPay, a UAE-born fintech offering payroll and business payment solutions, has received Stored Value Facilities (SVF) and Retail Payment Services (RPS) licenses from the...

Edenred UAE receives in-principle approval from the Central Bank of the UAE for Stored Value Facility license

Edenred UAE, part of the global Edenred Group and a long-standing provider of payroll solutions in the UAE, today announced it has received in-principle...

Mastercard collaborates with AFS to launch corporate credit and prepaid cards in UAE and Egypt

Mastercard and Arab Financial Services (AFS), the Middle East and Africa’s leading digital payment solutions provider and fintech enabler, have joined forces to introduce...

Dubai Duty Free Becomes First Airport Retailer in the Middle East to Introduce Crypto.com Pay™ as a Regulated Digital Payment Option

Dubai Duty Free has officially launched Crypto.com Pay™, becoming the first airport retailer in the Middle East to introduce a regulated digital payment solution....

MoneyHash and Azm Fintech Partner to Simplify Digital Payment for Saudi Businesses

MoneyHash, the leading payment orchestration platform in emerging and global markets, today announced its partnership with Azm Fintech, expanding access to Saudi Arabia's digital...

stc pay Partners with PayPal to Launch Seamless Cross-Border Fund Transfers in Bahrain

stc pay Bahrain, Bahrain's most innovative and accessible mobile wallet for digital financial transactions, has partnered with PayPal, a global leader in digital payments,...

Revolut partners with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT Go to millions of customers

Revolut has partnered with OpenAI to offer ChatGPT Go access to its 75 million customers. Depending on their subscription tier, users receive between three and 12 months of the...

Emirates and Crypto.com Give Customers a New Way to Pay for Flights

Emirates has officially launched Crypto.com Pay™, allowing its customers to use the digital payment solution on the airline’s website and app platforms. Customers with a...

Etihad Credit Bureau Expands UAE Credit Reporting Ecosystem with Buy Now Pay Later Data

Etihad Credit Bureau, the UAE's federal entity for credit information and data-driven insights, has expanded the scope of information available within UAE credit reports...

Yango Group invests in Egypt’s Fincart in $2.8mln seed round

Yango Group, a UAE based tech company, has invested through its corporate venture fund, Yango Ventures, in Egypt-based Fincart as part of the e-commerce...

Pemo Receives In-Principle Approval for a Stored Value Facilities (SVF) Licence from the Central Bank of the UAE to Expand Financial Services Offering

Pemo, the UAE's leading all-in-one spend management platform built for small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), today announced that it has received in-principle approval from...

Yalla Strengthens Its UAE Presence with CBUAE In-Principle Approval for a Retail Payment Services Category II License

Yalla Financial Solutions, a leading financial technology company operating across the Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, today announced that it has...

Fina Secures US$75 Million (SAR 282M) Shariah-Compliant Facility from Fasanara Capital to Scale Embedded Financing for Saudi SMEs

Fina, the fintech arm of Saudi-based company SILQ, has secured a US$75 million (SAR 282M) Shariah-compliant facility from Fasanara Capital Ltd ("Fasanara"), a London-based...

Blackstone to Open Kuwait Office

Blackstone (NYSE: BX), the world’s largest alternative asset manager, today announced plans to open an office in Kuwait through the Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion...

Birchford Technologies launches ProLink AI Translator to boost digital payments in MENA

Birchford Technologies, a leading provider of payment system modernization and SWIFT integration solutions in the Middle East and North Africa, announced the launch of its new platform,...

ADIB Becomes First Bank Globally to Deploy Visa Threat Intelligence Platform

Visa, a global leader in digital payments, and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), a leading Islamic financial institution, announced the bank’s early adoption of...

KamelPay & Paymentology partner to scale corporate payments in the UAE

Paymentology, the leading global issuer-processor, and KamelPay, a UAE fintech helping businesses modernise corporate payments, announced a new collaboration. Under the agreement, Paymentology powers KamelPay's...

Syrian app Labby raises $10 million

Syrian super app Labby has raised $10 million from a group of investors based in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, marking what Syrian officials...

Fawry Signs Strategic Partnership with Crystal Mind to Deliver Integrated Digital Payment Solutions Across Their Point-of-Sale Systems

Fawry, Egypt’s leading fintech company, and Crystal Mind, a specialist in enterprise software development and business management solutions, have announced the signing of a...

Riyadh Air Launches RX Pay: Its New Branded Card That Rewards Guests Everywhere They Go

Riyadh Air today launched RX Pay, its suite of branded cards issued with leading Saudi Banks, giving guests a simpler, more rewarding way to...

SkipCash secures strategic investment from QIIB to accelerate future growth and expansion plans

SkipCash, one of Qatar's leading digital payments companies, today announced that it has secured a strategic investment from Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB), marking...

Al Etihad Payments, Mastercard announce first co-badged credit card

Al Etihad Payments (AEP), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), in its capacity as the owner and operator of...

Sinder Launches UAE Beta for 0% FX Travel Debit Card and AED Account

Dubai-built fintech attracts more than 170 account registrations organically, with early customers completing over 100 card transactions before a formal public launch DUBAI, United Arab...

FAB Launches the Emirati Jaywan Debit Card, Reinforcing the UAE’s ‎National Payments Ecosystem

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the UAE’s global bank and one of the world’s largest and safest ‎financial institutions, is launching the Jaywan Debit...

Sav And Visa Announce Strategic Partnership To Enhance Digital Payment Experiences Across The UAE And Saudi Arabia

Sav, the region's rapidly growing consumer fintech platform, and Visa, a world leader in digital payments, have signed an exclusive five-year, multimillion-dollar strategic partnership...

Mashreq Launches NEO On Arrival to Provide Instant Digital Banking for UAE International Visitors

Mashreq, one of the leading financial institutions in the MENA region, has announced the launch of the NEO On Arrival account, a fully digital bank...

Revolut Receives In-Principle Approval to Provide Crypto Services in UAE

Revolut has secured in-principle approval for its Virtual Assets Service Provider (VASP) Licence from the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) in Dubai Revolut, the global...

Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) launches “UP by CBD,” a new mobile bank redefining banking for micro and small businesses

CBD today announced the launch of UP by CBD, a mobile bank designed to help micro and small businesses set up their bank account...

Emirates NBD enables the region’s first real-time blockchain-based cross-border USD payments on Partior network

Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye (MENAT) region, is live on the Partior network, a multi-currency,...

Tabby launches fee-free spending account with cashback in UAE

Tabby announced Tabby Cash, a fee-free alternative to a debit account with a cashback card and free money transfers. Over 150,000 people are already...

stc pay Bahrain unveils comprehensive Business solutions, a powerful one-stop financial hub for growth and efficiency

stc pay Bahrain, Bahrain's most innovative and accessible mobile wallet for digital financial transactions, announced the launch of stc pay Business Solutions, a powerful...

Valu launches Egypt’s first instant cashback loyalty program, redefining rewards for everyday spending

Valu, a leading universal financial technology powerhouse in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has announced the launch of its new loyalty program,...

Equiti launches Bangalore technology hub to power global fintech innovation

Equiti Group, a global fintech leader, has announced the launch of its India Technology Hub in Bangalore, marking a major investment in the group’s...

Perk opens in Abu Dhabi as GCC demand for AI-native travel and spend management accelerates

Perk (formerly TravelPerk), the intelligent AI-native platform for travel and spend management, announced the opening of its Middle East office in ADGM, the international...

stc pay Among the First in Bahrain to add Mastercard Click to Pay as a Core Feature To Eliminate Manual Card Entry

stc pay Bahrain, Bahrain's most innovative and accessible mobile wallet for digital financial transactions, has joined forces with Mastercard to launch Click to Pay...

Deutsche Bank receives Regional Headquarters licence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Deutsche Bank announced that it has been granted a Regional Headquarters (RHQ) license by the Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia (MISA), marking a...

Keyper raises US$11mln Series A to scale monthly rent payments and digital real estate infrastructure across the UAE

Keyper, the UAE-based proptech company transforming how people rent, manage and own residential property, has raised US$11 million in a Series A funding round...

Taptap Send expands in the UAE with three Central Bank of UAE licenses

Taptap Send, a leading cross-border payments platform, today becomes one of the first companies to be granted all three licenses by the Central Bank of the...

GatetoPay joins Mastercard’s Product Express Program for Fintech Enablement in Jordan

GatetoPay is joining the Mastercard Product Express platform, reinforcing its role as a key fintech enabler supporting the delivery of secure, seamless and scalable...

Tabby secures finance licences from the Saudi Central Bank

Tabby, the financial services app, announced it has received a consumer finance licence and SME finance licence from the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA). The...