Tag: UAE
The hidden compliance gap threatening crypto expansion
Picture a crypto business that, within two years of launch, is serving customers in the UAE, the UK, the EU and Singapore. Its product,...
Alpaca moves closer to UAE brokerage licence with ADGM approval
Alpaca, an agent-first brokerage and clearing infrastructure provider, has moved closer to establishing a regulated presence in the UAE after its Middle East entity...
Ajman Bank overhauls compliance to keep pace with CBUAE
Ajman Bank, a UAE lender, has rolled out a new RegTech platform built with consultancy 4most and regulatory technology specialist Reporting Center, overhauling how...
Tabby raises $233m at $6.5bn valuation
Tabby, the Saudi Arabia- and UAE-based buy now, pay later and financial services provider, has raised $233m in a new equity round.
The financing was...
UAE’s gratuity overhaul exposes a data problem, Kidbrooke warns
The UAE's end-of-service gratuity system is being reshaped, turning a lump sum paid on an employee's exit into money that grows while they are...
FOO and BENEFIT expand Bahrain’s digital wallet
FOO, a UAE-based B2B FinTech solutions provider, and BENEFIT, a Bahrain-based electronic financial transactions provider, have marked 100 Change Requests through their long-running partnership...
Sumsub expands UAE compliance through Innovation City partnership
Sumsub, a RegTech company providing identity verification and compliance technology, has partnered with Innovation City, a UAE free zone for AI, Web3 and digital...
Why sanctions screening alone is no longer enough
Sanctions compliance has never been a single, unified discipline, yet much of the technology built to support it has treated it as if it...
Middle East retail investing: the WealthTech opportunity
Retail investment and preparing for retirement is gaining traction in the Middle East. For Fredrik Davéus, CEO and co-founder of Kidbrooke, this isn’t just...
How the Middle East crisis is reshaping inflation outlook
Global inflation dynamics are undergoing a significant shift, with fresh CPI data, central bank decisions, and energy market turbulence collectively redrawing the economic outlook...










