Wamda

Jordan

Digitizing financial transactions in the region: go startups!

The rise of the fintech industry in the region throughout the years, proves that this sector has a big impact on emerging markets despite...

Fintech online payment Oasis 500

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Fintech Egypt Dopay

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