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U.A.E

Addenda closes seed round

UAE-based Addenda, an insurance blockchain consortium, has announced that it has closed its fundraising seed round for an undisclosed...

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U.A.E

A case for Dubai as a fintech hub

Salmaan Jaffery is the chief business development officer at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Authority This is an...

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Palestine

THE FINTECH BOOTCAMP 2019

Arab Bank is launching the first Fintech Bootcamp for Palestinian entrepreneurs with ideas within the Fintech industry. The bootcamp...

Regional

Regulatory environment biggest hurdle facing fintech startups

The Middle East’s financial technology (fintech) sector has become one of the fastest growing over the past five years, attracting...

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Iraq

Iraq Finance Expo: The future of financial technologies in Iraq

Officially cohosted with Central Bank of Iraq, the 3rd Annual Iraq Finance Expo (IFEX) is dedicated to unlocking the latest...

Regional

Fintech Abu Dhabi

This October 21-23, MENA’s leading FinTech festival will be held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. FinTech Abu Dhabi...

Regional

Careem moves further into fintech

Careem now allows its users to recharge their mobile phone credit on its platform. The service is already available in Egypt, Pakistan...

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Egypt

Fawry lists on Egyptian Exchange

Source: MENAbytes Egyptian electronic payments company Fawry, after months of hype, finally went public on The Egyptian...

fawry ipo IPOs

Regional

FinTech Accelerator

Monsha’at and NCB are collaborating to launch the first FinTech accelerator in KSA. The program supports the...

Egypt

MoneyFellows raises more than $1 million

Source: Menabytes Cairo-based fintech MoneyFellows has raised over $1 million in a bridge round (Pre-Series A), the startup...

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Morocco

SOS Credit receives funding from SEAF Morocco Growth Fund

Source: Venture Burn SOS Credit, a Casablanca-based fintech startup, has received an undisclosed investment from the SEAF Morocco...

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Bahrain

The GCC's smallest island is attracting startup attention

Despite its small size, the Gulf island of Bahrain is proving a force to be reckoned with in the startup world. The tiny nation –...

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Egypt

Fawry to IPO within next few weeks at a valuation up to $330 million

Source: Menabytes Fawry, the leading Egyptian electronic payments company will go public within the next few weeks by listing its shares...

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Lebanon

In conversation with Elie Nasr of FOO

FOO started as a mobile app development company in 2009 in Lebanon. Founded by Elie Nasr and Ghady Rayess, the pair pivoted their business...

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Global

How blockchain can enable economic inclusion of refugees

Jessica Camus is Head of Partnerships and Impact at Diginex. Chris Hambarsoomian is Senior Associate, Government Solutions at...

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Turkey

Turkey-based Iyzico acquired for $165 million

Source: MenaBytes PayU, a Netherlands-headquartered online payment service provider, owned by South African internet and entertainment...

Fintech online PAYMENT

U.A.E

The fintech way of sending money abroad

The Gulf is the world’s biggest source of outbound remittances worldwide and fintech startups are vying to disrupt the...

Fintech remittance remittances

Egypt

Egypt's XPay raises $250,000 in pre-seed

Source: MENAbytes Cairo-based fintech startup XPay has raised $250,000 in pre-seed funding from two angel investors, the startup...

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Egypt

Banking for the unbanked: The growth of fintech in Egypt

In Egypt, cash is king, even when it comes to salaries. Of the 100 million-strong population, the World Bank estimates that just 10-15 per...

Fintech finance fawry

Egypt

In conversation with Mohamed Okasha of Fawry

Financial technology (fintech) has been highlighted as one of the ways to bring banking services to the masses. Across the Middle East and...

Fintech fawry

U.A.E

Careem begins its "Chapter Two"

Careem, the UAE-based ride-hailing app which was recently acquired by US-based Uber is only just starting its “second chapter”...

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U.A.E

In conversation with Tarek Ghobar of PointCheckout

Tarek Ghobar is the co-founder of PointCheckout, an online payment gateway that enables consumers to use their loyalty points and air miles...

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Jordan

PointCheckout raises $600,000

UAE-based PointCheckout, an online payment method for reward points, has closed a seed round of $600,000 led by Arzan VC, 500 Startups,...

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Egypt

Egypt sets up $57 million fintech startup fund

Source: ITWeb Africa Fintech startups in Egypt could soon have access to 1 billion Egyptian pounds (approximately...

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