Wamda

Egypt

Valu begins trading on EGX with Amazon as investor

Egyptian fintech Valu has officially begun trading on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX). The listing was executed via an in-kind dividend...

valu Fintech BNPL

Egypt

Valu prepares EGX debut after securing 25% market share in consumer finance

Egypt's buy now pay later (BNPL) fintech Valu has announced its intention to list on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) following an...

valu Fintech BNPL

Qatar

Qatar’s PayLater receives strategic investment from LuLu AI

Qatar-based fintech PayLater has secured a "strategic" investment from LuLu Alternative Investments (LuLu AI), the...

LuLu AI PayLater Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Saudi fintech Arabian Pay receives investment to expand BNPL offerings

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Arabian Pay has raised an undiscsloed investment as part of its Pre-Seed round from Al Bassami...

Arabian Pay Al Bassami Group Fintech

Egypt

Fawry partners with Contact to broaden BNPL services in Egypt

Press release: Fawry, Egypt's leading fintech company, has signed a strategic agreement with Contact Financial Holding,...

fawry Contact Financial Holding Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Tabby closes $160 million Series E, eyeing IPO

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Tabby has raised $160 million in a Series E financing round at a $3.3 billion valuation. The round was led...

Tabby Fintech BNPL

Oman

Omani BNPL fintech QPay closes Seed round

Oman-based fintech QPay has closed a Seed round at an undisclosed value, led by Cyfr Capital. Founded in 2022 by Khalid...

Qpay Fintech BNPL

Saudi Arabia

Tamara secures additional debt financing of $250 million

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Tamara has secured an additional $250 million in debt financing, bringing its total warehouse facility to up...

Tamara BNPL Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Tabby closes $200 million Series D at $1.5 billion valuation

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Tabby has raised $200 million in Series D equity financing at a valuation of $1.5 billion, prior to a planned...

Tabby BNPL Fintech

Regional

The startup bundling SaaS solutions through buy now pay later

UAE-based entrepreneur Amal Abdullahev wanted to build a startup to match businesses with social media influencers, but the biggest...

SAAS BNPL

Regional

How are changing market conditions in Mena impacting BNPL?

The momentum realised in the buy now, pay later (BNPL) e-commerce space has also carried over to brick-and-mortar sales. The shifting...

BNPL

Regional

How do Mena merchants view buy now pay later?

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has quickly established itself as a popular go-to financing option for online shoppers as well as retailers, with...

BNPL Tabby Tamara

U.A.E

Tabby closes new round, upsizes debt facility to $350 million

UAE-based fintech Tabby has upsized its debt facility to $350 million after closing a new financing round led by San Francisco-based...

Tabby Fintech BNPL

Saudi Arabia

Shaker Group acquires 10% stake in Cashew

UAE-based fintech Cashew has raised an undisclosed investment from Saudi company Shaker Group, for a 10% stake. Founded in 2019 by...

Cashew Shaker Group Fintech

Saudi Arabia

Tamara raises $150 million debt financing from Goldman Sachs

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Tamara, has closed a $150 million debt financing round from Goldman Sachs, bringing the startup’s total...

Tamara Fintech Goldman Sachs

Egypt

tabby halts operations in Egypt

UAE-based buy now and pay later (BNPL) startup tabby, has shut down its operations in Egypt five months after launching its service in the...

Tabby Fintech BNPL

U.A.E

Tabby raises $58 million Series C from Sequoia Capital India, STV and PayPal Ventures

UAE-based fintech Tabby, has raised $58 million in a Series C round from Sequoia Capital India, STV and PayPal Ventures, Mubadala...

Fintech Buy now pay later BNPL

Egypt

valU acquires minority stake in fintech Kiwe

Egypt-based fintech valU has acquired a minority stake in the social payment app Kiwe, for an unknown amount. Founded in 2018 in Egypt...

valu Kiwe Fintech

Egypt

Tabby partners with Paymob to offer BNPL to Egyptian retailers

UAE-based fintech Tabby, has partnered with Egypt’s digital payment solution fintech Paymob to create a seamless buy now pay later...

Tabby Paymob BNPL

U.A.E

UAE’s Tabby expands to Egypt

UAE-based fintech Tabby has expanded to Egypt, announcing partnerships with several retailers to offer shoppers the chance to pay for...

Tabby BNPL

Saudi Arabia

Tamara raises $100 million Series B round

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Tamara has raised $100 million in a Series B equity round from investors including Sanabil Investments,...

Tamara BNPL

U.A.E

BNPL Tabby secures $150 million credit facility

UAE-based fintech Tabby, has secured $150 million in debt financing from Atalaya Capital Management and existing investor Partners for...

Tabby BNPL Fintech

Egypt

The Cairo Angels invests in Nigerian fintech CredPal

Egypt-based VC fund The Cairo Angels Syndicate Fund (CASF) has invested an unknown amount in the Nigerian fintech CredPal, which is...

CredPal Cairo Angles CASF

Egypt

valU expands to Saudi market through partnership with Alhokair

Egypt-based fintech valU, has extended its services to Saudi Arabia through a partnership with FAS Labs, owned by Fawaz Abdulaziz...

valu BNPL Alhokair

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