U.A.E Mobile payments startups on the rise in MENA A bevy of geolocation startups already exist in Dubai, yet the Dubai and Riyadh-based Proxera is using its technology to help companies... Elias Jabbe • 07 May, 2017 seamless ecommerce Retail
U.A.E Opportunities behind challenges of fintech in the Middle East [Podcast] Fintech is hot. Globally, investments in fintech have been rising since 2012, and while they might drop slightly in 2017, according to CB... Lucy Knight • 07 June, 2017 Fintech podcast Wamda Capital
Lebanon #BeirutInnovationWeek - Fintech During Beirut Innovation Week, Resolve and UK Lebanon Tech Hub are inviting local startups to participate in a full day of discussions and... Wamda • 02 May, 2017 beirut Fintech Antwork
Regional Seamless Middle East 2017 Seamless Middle East 2017 will be bringing some of the most influential names from the region in the sectors of payments, ecommerce and... Rami Deeb • 10 April, 2017 payment solutions ecommerce Retail
Regional New startups on the block: April Startups are launching faster than we can write about them, so here’s our list of raw newbies to... Lucy Knight • 05 April, 2017 new startups IoT ecommerce
Regional Fincluders Startup Challenge Amman The Fincluders Startup Challenge is looking for innovative fintech talents and entrepreneurs championing inclusive and fair finance for... Wamda • 24 March, 2017 amman Fintech Innovation
U.A.E Sending money home with ease, Now Money [Wamda TV] Expatriates in the UAE send a lot of money home. A lot. According to the World Bank’s migration and remittances factbook for 2016,... Lucy Knight • 22 March, 2017 Fintech now money uae
Regional $100M invested in MENA fintech [WRL report] Fintech startups in MENA have raised over $100 million in funding in the last 10 years, and a new report indicates the number of startups... Jonas Feller • 16 March, 2017 WRL State of Fintech Payfort
Global Startup Watch: Chinese fintech, localization, and capitalizing on the Asian sun The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Dana Ballout • 02 March, 2017 Startup Watch Fintech china
Lebanon Big deals announced at Arabnet Beirut At Arabnet Beirut this week Flat6labs, a regional incubator, announced that it was accepting applications for a $20 million local... Abdulghani Kataya • 24 February, 2017 Arabnet ArabNet Beirut ArabNet Beirut 2017
U.A.E Talking about fintech in MENA [Wamda TV] Everything starts with a payment. Payfort’s Omar Soudodi, talking to Wamda, said that the wealth transfer is the foundation of... Lucy Knight • 24 January, 2017 Fintech mix n mentor dubai Payfort
Iran Turkish payments startup Iyzico closes $13M Series C On July 15, Barbaros Ozbugutu and Tahsin Isin were celebrating in Istanbul. After years of bureaucracy, their online payment company... Alexandra Locke • 20 January, 2017 turkey iran Commerce
U.A.E Watch as the UAE fintech community grows The UAE is steadily growing as a home to fintech startups creating a transformation in various areas of the region’s finance... Elias Jabbe • 13 February, 2017 Fintech Startup Weekend uae
Egypt Egypt loosens rules on mobile money In what will be welcome news to Egypt’s burgeoning fintech startups, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is starting a bid to formalize... Rachel Williamson • 15 December, 2016 Fintech Central Bank of Egypt mobile money
Regional Fintech is the spur MENA startups need [Know your VC] Fintech is cool. It must be cool if Hollywood celebrities such as Snoop Dogg and Jared Leto, between attending an exclusive pool party and... Edoardo Giorgetti • 23 November, 2016 Fintech liwwa Madfoo3atcom
Regional The Digital Payments Hackathon With more than $12,000 in prizes, this two-day hackathon will bring together developers, designers and entrepreneurs from all over Dubai to... Wamda • 11 November, 2016 hackathon Dubai AngelHack
Global Startup Watch: Flying cars, thieving chatbots, and Silicon Valley - the musical The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rachel Williamson • 27 October, 2016 Startup Watch Uber Fintech
Global Startup Watch: Quit the social, call your angel, and cut down on the hype The world of entrepreneurship news is a complex one, with people ever ready to give their two cents on how you should be running your... Rachel Williamson • 20 October, 2016 Softbank Softbank Vision Fund iraq
Egypt Going cashless in Egypt with Paymob It is no secret that cash and informal transactions are still the norm in Egypt. Cash transactions account for 40 percent of the... Radwa Rashad • 26 September, 2016 Paymob Egypt banking
Regional 8 MENA startups dive into debt - lending that is Taking on debt can be inevitable, be it to keep a startup ticking over until you can secure a funding round or to pay for medical bills.... Rachel Williamson • 05 September, 2016 Fintech VentureFin MoneyFellows
Egypt Egypt payments startup Paymob signs deal with A15 Egypt payments startup Paymob has signed an undisclosed deal with local financier A15. The companies did not say how much the deal... Rachel Williamson • 02 September, 2016 A15 Paymob Investment
Egypt Egypt fintech startups prepare for lift off In a country where only 14 percent of people have bank accounts, fintech startups servicing Egyptians’ unmet needs are playing on a... Radwa Rashad • 17 August, 2016 Fintech Egypt Dopay