Tag: Middle East

Saudi Arabia-based FinTech company Lamaa has closed one of the country’s largest seed rounds, pulling in $5.5m.

Banking as a service startup NymCard Banking has bagged $7.6m in a Series A funding round.

The Covid-19 crisis may have kicked off a surge in online shopping in the Middle East and North Africa, but e-commerce and digital payments are here to stay an in for a massive boost in 2021, according to new research.

Having successfully weathered the pandemic, DIFC is now gearing up to support FinTech companies in Dubai even more.

Muniy is the latest challenger bank to come out of the UK, but it promises to offer something new and exciting as part of its new crowdfunding campaign.

Dubai-based Jingle Pay is a new challenger bank that has announced plans to change the banking world for millennials in the Middle East.

yallacompare.com, a comparison platform for finance products, has collected $4.25m in a new funding round.

Hubpay, a digital wallet platform for the Middle East market, has closed its seed funding round on an undisclosed amount.

Hot on the heels of signing a new partnership with Klarna in March, Wirecard has now inked a new deal with Visa to help the payment giant bolster the Visa Fintech Fast Track programme in the Middle East.

US-based DriveWealth will give access to its digital trading technology to UAE-based WealthTech company Wealthface.