Digital Banking

TotalPay obtains technical certification from the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) as an E-commerce Payment Technical Service Provider

TotalPay has obtained technical certification from the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) as an E-commerce Payment Technical Service Provider (PTSP). This milestone marks an important step...

UAE Central Bank licenses Adyen for expanded operational capabilities

Adyen, the global financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, announced that it has obtained its Retail Payment Services Category II license from...

American Express Middle East and Network International enter into a first-of-its-kind strategic partnership to significantly expand merchant acceptance in the UAE

American Express Middle East (AEME) further expands its strategic partnership with Network International (Network), a leading fintech company in the Middle East and Africa,...

Trescon Unveils ‘Finance 2045’ in Jakarta: Setting the Blueprint for Southeast Asia’s Financial Transformation

With a population of 270 million, over 65 million MSMEs, and a staggering 77 million unbanked adults, Indonesia stands as the ultimate frontier for...

Rentify raises $2mln seed round to launch Earn AI

Rentify, the UAE-born company at the intersection of fintech and proptech, building the infrastructure layer for renting, today announced USD 2 million in seed...

Visa Outlines AI, Token, and Stablecoin Capabilities Shaping the Future of Commerce

Visa today outlined a series of AI, stablecoin, and token capabilities designed to help clients across the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and...

BENEFIT Brings QR Codes to BenefitPay Homepage for Faster, Easier Transactions

BENEFIT, the Kingdom’s innovator and leading company in Fintech and electronic financial transactions service, has rolled out a new enhancement to BenefitPay app, in...

ADIB, in Collaboration with Abu Dhabi Housing Authority, Becomes First Bank to Provide Instant Digital Pre-approval for Home Financing to Support UAE Nationals in...

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), a leading Islamic financial institution, has partnered with the Abu Dhabi Housing Authority (ADHA) to provide eligible UAE nationals with...

Lean and Ziina Debut UAE’s First One-Tap Pay by Bank via Open Finance

Lean Technologies and Ziina have launched the UAE's first One-Tap Pay by Bank experience under the Open Finance framework, marking a significant step in...

Emirates NBD launches first-of-its-kind Visa personalised card art experience in the UAE

Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye (MENAT) region, announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind Visa personalised...

Oxyfinz Offers Free Access to Institutional-Grade Technology for SME Wealth and Asset Managers

Oxyfinz, a UAE-based wealthtech and data intelligence platform for wealth and asset management firms, has launched its SME growth initiative aimed at supporting boutique...

HSBC and Mastercard accelerate growth of digital B2B payments with launch of mobile virtual card solution

Dubai, UAE; 23 June 2026: HSBC and Mastercard today jointly announced the launch of a mobile virtual card solution in the UAE that enhances...

HSBC launches tokenised deposit service in the UAE

HSBC has launched its Tokenised Deposit Service (TDS) in the UAE, expanding its digital money capabilities in the region and enabling eligible corporate and...

Botim launches Virtual IBAN wallets in UAE

Botim Money, the UAE's leading fintech platform, has launched IBAN-enabled wallets, expanding access to regulated financial services across one of the country's most widely...

VaultsPay and SalisPay Unveil New Payments Platform in UAE

VaultsPay, a CBUAE-licensed Retail Payment Services Provider, announced its strategic partnership with SalisPay Technology Services, a payments infrastructure and technology enabler in the MENA...

Sohar Islamic launches the Infinite Credit Card to strengthen its high-net-worth banking proposition

Muscat: Building on its commitment to delivering sophisticated, value-driven financial solutions for discerning clients, Sohar Islamic recently announced the launch of its Infinite Credit Card,...

AI Financial Corporation Integrates USDU Stablecoin to Expand Regulated Digital Asset Settlement Capabilities in the UAE

AI Financial Corporation expands access to regulated digital asset settlement capabilities in the UAE through the integration of USDU, the first U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin...

SBI Remit and Fasset Partner to Build AI-Powered Global Money Movement Infrastructure

SBI Remit Co., Ltd. (SBIR), Japan’s leading international transfer arm of SBI Group, announced a strategic partnership with Fasset, the global stablecoin-powered neobanking and...

CoinMENA FZE selects Standard Chartered as Banking Partner in the UAE

CoinMENA FZE, a VARA-licensed broker-dealer providing virtual asset services in the MENA region, announced a strategic relationship with Standard Chartered, marking a significant step...

Revolut Obtains Approval for Stored Value Facilities and Retail Payment Services Licences from the Central Bank of the UAE

Revolut has received its Stored Value Facilities and Retail Payment Services (Category II) licences from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), following in-principle...

CBUAE Achieves a New Milestone in Financial Innovation Through “Aperta,” a Secure Cross-Border Open Finance Project

The breakthrough prototype enables secure, real-time cross-border financial data exchange, strengthening global connectivity and facilitating more efficient access to international markets. The Central Bank...

CBUAE and CBK Sign Strategic MoU to Strengthen Supervisory, Financial and FinTech Cooperation

His Excellency Khaled Mohamed Balama, Governor of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), and His Excellency Dr. Ahmet Ismaili, Governor of the Central...

Alaan launches UAE’s first AI-native business bank account, powered by ruya

Alaan, the UAE's leading spend management platform, launched a business bank account with built-in intelligence, powered by ruya. With this launch, Alaan becomes the...

Sovra Raises $2M+ Pre-Seed

Sovra, the fintech platform that provides people with a global dollar account, has raised more than $2 million in pre-seed funding. The round was...

Redpin receives DFSA in-principle approval for property transactions in the UAE

Blackstone-backed Redpin has received in-principle approval from the Dubai Financial Services Authority to process payments in the UAE. Redpin, the global property payments platform backed...

Almana Group sign partnership with Liabify

The agreement was formally signed at Almana Group headquarters in Doha, Qatar, marking the start of a strategic collaboration to develop payroll-linked Earned Wage...

QIC Expands Its Digital Ecosystem with New Travel Solutions

Qatar Insurance (QIC), the leading insurer in Qatar and the MENA region, has announced the launch of new travel-related features on its QIC App,...

CBUAE Strengthens Its Leadership in Financial Inclusion through a Strategic Partnership with the World Bank Group

The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) and the World Bank Group signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation in the areas of financial inclusion,...

Espeo Software and Cardinal Partner to Accelerate Corporate Digital Banking in the Gulf

Polish consulting firm and Hungary’s leading electronic banking software provider join forces to bring three decades of corporate banking IP to Gulf banks navigating...

Visa Partners with OpenAI to Power the Next Generation of AI Commerce

Visa announced a strategic collaboration with OpenAI to enable secure Visa payments within agentic commerce, enabling seamless and trusted payments across OpenAI. The companies...

Telda and Mastercard introduce Egypt’s unified financial experience, connecting everyday payments with investment access

Telda and Mastercard have joined forces to introduce a new integrated solution in Egypt, seamlessly connecting everyday payments and investment wallets within the Telda...

MNT-Halan hits USD 1.4 bn valuation following Al Ahly Capital-led funding round

MNT-Halan, Egypt and MENA’s first fintech unicorn, announced the successful first closing of an investment round led by Al Ahly Capital, the investment subsidiary...

Banco Santander and G42 sign Memorandum of Understanding to explore strategic cooperation in Artificial Intelligence

G42, the Abu Dhabi-based technology group and Banco Santander, S.A. (“Santander”), the Madrid-based global banking group, have signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a...

Blnk Raises $37M to Expand Consumer Credit Access in Egypt

Blnk, a fintech company on a mission to enable financial inclusion through rapid point-of-sale financing, has raised $12.5 million in equity funding and $24.6...

KPMG and Anthropic sign global alliance and launch Digital Gateway Powered by Claude

KPMG and Anthropic announced KPMG Digital Gateway Powered by Claude, bringing Anthropic’s frontier AI directly into KPMG’s client delivery platform. The launch is part of...

Sber sees the UAE as a strategic platform for AI dialogue and tech partnership

At SPIEF, Sberbank’s First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Alexander Vedyakhin told Gulf Today that the UAE is a key partner for Sber in...

Wio Bank Partners with Geidea to Bring Business Banking and Financing Directly to UAE SMEs

Wio Bank PJSC, the Middle East's leading digital banking platform, has signed a partnership agreement with Geidea, one of the MENA region's leading fintech...

QFC and Ahli Bank Partner to Advance Fintech and Digital Assets in Qatar

Qatar Financial Centre has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ahli Bank Q.P.S.C. to support fintech innovation, digital transformation and the continued development of...

Mastercard Lighthouse launches in the UAE in collaboration with UAE AI Office to accelerate fintech innovation

As the financial services industry accelerates the adoption of artificial intelligence, resilience and trust have become essential to ensuring innovation delivers meaningful, secure outcomes...

Qatar sets one of region’s most robust BNPL consumer protection regimes, says fintech CEO

Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has established one of the region’s most comprehensive buy now, pay later (BNPL) regulatory frameworks, with mandatory affordability checks, credit...

Zand Partners With DWTC Free Zone to Expand AI-Driven Digital Banking for UAE Businesses

Zand has partnered with Dubai World Trade Centre Free Zone to provide AI-powered digital banking services for companies operating within the DWTC Free Zone ecosystem. Under the partnership,...

Bitexen Secures ADGM Regulatory Approval for MTF and Custody Operations

Bitexen MENA has been granted a Financial Services Permission (FSP) to operate a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) in relation to virtual assets and fiat-referenced...

SOLOWIN HOLDINGS (AXG)’s AX Coin and the BENEFIT Company sign MOU to explore stablecoin applications

MANAMA, Bahrain, SOLOWIN HOLDINGS (Nasdaq: AXG) ("AXG" or the "Company") today announced that AX Coin Bahrain B.S.C. (C) ("AX Coin"), the Company's stablecoin issuance entity...

KIB Group, represented by KIB Invest, acts as Joint Lead Manager in Islamic Development Bank’s $1bln sukuk issuance

Kuwait International Bank (KIB) Group, through its investment arm KIB Invest, announced its participation as Joint Lead Manager in the successful issuance of a...