Tag: UAE
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...
Money laundering: Who spends most to fight back?
Money laundering is costing the global economy trillions, yet the nations bearing the heaviest burden are not always those spending the most to stop...
UAE group pensions: designing digital-first savings
Insurers, employers and technology providers across the UAE are moving quickly from discussing workplace savings to building real programmes that can compete for talent...
AI-native Islamic digital bank Mal raises $230m round
Mal, an AI-native Islamic digital bank in development, has announced plans to launch as a mobile-first financial platform headquartered in Abu Dhabi, following a...










