Wamda

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

Regional

Take employee wellbeing seriously or watch your business suffer

Michael Trüschler is the co-founder and chief executive officer at FlexxPay a UAE-based financial technology company providing...

Fintech

Bahrain

How did Bahrain become a fintech hub?

Bahrain’s government has made vital steps to encourage entrepreneurship to stimulate its economy. In doing so, it has created a...

Fintech Bahrain Fintech Bay

Egypt

Fintech Retreat 2020

Fintech Galaxy is launching the region’s first Fintech Retreat 2020, bringing the ecosystem together for a more...

Egypt

Wamda invests in fintech startup Liwwa

Wamda has participated in Amman-based Liwwa's $6 million investment round. The investment was led by FMO, the Dutch Entrepreneurial...

wamda liwwa Fintech

U.A.E

Sarwa raises $8.4 million in Series A

Source: The National Sarwa, a Dubai-based low-cost robo-advisory platform, will open a second office in Abu Dhabi as part of a wider GCC...

Investment Series A Financial

U.A.E

Abu Dhabi invests in fintech blockchain start-up

Source: Zawya The Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) has invested in Securrency, a US-based developer of blockchain-based financial and...

Fintech Blockchain Investment

U.A.E

Telr secures funding from existing investors

UAE-based Telr, an online payment gateway startup, has closed an undisclosed institutional round of funding led by its three largest...

payment gateway Telr iMENA

U.A.E

Wamda invests in UAE-based fintech startup FlexxPay

Wamda has invested in UAE-based financial technology (fintech) startup FlexxPay (flexxpay.com). The social impact company provides...

Fintech Wamda Capital

Regional

Global Ventures and BECO Capital invest in Tribal Credit

Source: Digital Boom US-based Tribal Credit closed a $5.5 million Seed round led by BECO Capital and Global Ventures to bank startups in...

Fintech BECO Capital

U.A.E

Statys closes pre-seed round

UAE-based financial technology (fintech) startup Statys, has closed its pre-seed funding round led by Dtec Ventures, the venture capital...

Fintech pre-Seed

Jordan

Solfeh raises $400,000 in seed funding

Source: MenaBytes Amman-based micro-lending platform Solfeh has raised seed funding, the startup announced in a statement...

Micro lending seed

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...

Fintech Fintech Hive Blockchain

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...

DIFC Fintech Hive Fintech

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...

Fintech ADGM abu dhabi

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...

Fintech wallet pay

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...

Fintech Investment

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...

Fintech startup Funding

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 –...

Bahrain Bahrain Fintech Bay Bahrain Economic Development Board

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