Wamda

Regional

Savings: The app rewarding the masses

Over the past few years, several startups catering to the unbanked have emerged, targeting those who wish to gain access to basic financial...

Savings app financial inclusion loyalty

Global

Social impact: The neglected child of crypto

Following the collapse of US-based crypto exchange platform FTX, the future and stability of crypto has come into question once again....

Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin Sustainability

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s anb invests in Cashee’s Series A round

Saudi Arabia-based bank anb has participated in UAE-based fintech Cashee’s Series A round. The amount invested was not...

Cashee ANB financial inclusion

Palestine

Fintech: A force for financial inclusion in Palestine

Majd Zghyer is the strategy officer at uMake, an entrepreneurship support organisation (ESO) based in Ramallah, Palestine. This year has...

Fintech financial inclusion

Egypt

Egyptian fintech Kashat raises $1.75 million Bridge round

Egypt-based fintech Kashat has raised $1.75 million in a Bridge funding round, led by Launch Africa, with the participation of several...

Kashat Fintech financial inclusion

Regional

Want economic prosperity? Help women become more financially capable

Dina Alnabulsi is a business analyst at Globitel, a Jordan-based telecommunications company Financial exclusion is a universal issue,...

financial inclusion Women empowerment

U.A.E

Wamda participates in Now Money's $7 million round

Wamda has participated in UAE-based NOW Money's $7 million funding round which was led by Anthemis Exponential Ventures. The round also...

now money financial inclusion

Regional

Why we need to consider the financial inclusion of children

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines financial literacy or financial capability as a combination of...

financial inclusion

Global

Prepaid is the future of financial inclusion

Rupert Shaw is the chief commercial officer at Ding, a mobile top up and airtime transfer company based in Ireland Among all the...

financial inclusion

Global

What can Mena learn from the African experience in fintech?

Mahmood Ahmadu is the chairman of Innovate 1 Pay, a Nigerian financial technology (fintech) company established in 2012, providing online...

Fintech financial inclusion africa

Saudi Arabia

Hakbah app raises $1.2 million seed

Saudi Arabia-based financial technology (fintech) startup Hakbah, has raised $1.2 million (SAR 4.5 million) in its seed round. Founded...

Hakbah ROSCA financial inclusion

U.A.E

A cashless society in the UAE cannot happen without financial inclusion

Anouar Bourakkadi Idrissi is the CEO of Edenred UAE At the onset of 2020, implementation of the wide-scale lockdown and social...

Fintech financial inclusion cashless

U.A.E

Hubpay raises seed investment

UAE-based Hubpay, a digital wallet for remittances has announced its seed round led by US venture capital firm, Signal Peak Ventures,...

Fintech financial inclusion hubpay

U.A.E

Rise raises investment from MEVP

Dubai-based financial technology (fintech) startup Rise, has raised an investment round led by Middle East Venture Partners (MEVP) in...

Rise MEVP Fintech

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