Tag: UAE

Tabby lands $160m funding to accelerate financial services growth in MENA

Tabby, a leading financial services and shopping app in the MENA region, has secured $160m in a Series E funding round, pushing its valuation to $3.3bn.

What are the WealthTech markets to watch in 2025?

The WealthTech sector continues to have strong growth opportunities across major markets, like the US and Europe, but it is also gaining significant attraction in other markets around the world.

The future of UAE group pensions: opportunities after gratuity reform

The UAE’s recent End of Service Gratuity Reform represents a significant step towards modernising employee benefits and retirement planning for private sector and free zone employees.

Bank Alfalah invests in UAE FinTech Jingle Pay to drive digital...

Bank Alfalah, one of Pakistan's leading commercial banks, has acquired a 9.9% equity stake in UAE-based FinTech Jingle Pay.

Paxos and Standard Chartered team up to revolutionise stablecoin reserve management

Paxos, a leading regulated blockchain and tokenisation infrastructure provider, has partnered with Standard Chartered, a global banking and financial services giant, to enhance the reserve management for stablecoins Global Dollar (USDG) and Lift Dollar (USDL).

InvoiceQ secures $1.2m pre-Series A funding to expand GCC presence

InvoiceQ, a Jordan-based SaaS company specialising in e-invoicing and integration solutions, has successfully raised $1.2m in its pre-Series A funding round.

Telr integrates Samsung Pay to revolutionise UAE e-commerce

Telr, an award-winning online payment gateway, has announced it is set to integrate Samsung Pay into its suite of payment solutions. The collaboration is set...

Mastercard and Fundbot partner to streamline B2B payments in the UAE...

Mastercard, a global payment solutions leader, and Fundbot, a UAE-based FinTech specialising in supply chain financing, have partnered to accelerate B2B payment flows across various industries.

ACI Worldwide forecasts large $7.6bn rise in APP scam losses by...

ACI Worldwide has published its 2024 Scamscope report in collaboration with GlobalData, a foremost data and analytics firm. The report predicts a significant rise...

UAE’s Pemo secures $7m to innovate spend management in GCC

Pemo, a leading Dubai-based spend management platform, recently announced securing $7m in Pre-Series A funding.

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