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Digital Wealth Management: Artificial Intelligence to Accelerate Value Creation

AI makes it possible to use algorithms to build predictive scenarios to support the investment process.

How will new fintech companies change the payment landscape?

The average consumer now makes 70 transactions a month

Skycap's flagship program of US$150 M global FinTech investment on the roadmap

Dubai-based global advisory and financial management services firm to offer equity shares in FinTech platform

Qatar banks investing in AI-powered protections to filter malware, phishing threats: KPMG

General phishing attacks are typically caused by script kiddies profiles

FinTech can help the Islamic finance sector to innovate and grow

The wider adoption of technology could simplify the Islamic finance sector and help it attract more digital-savvy millennials

Real estate payments using Bitcoin on the rise in Dubai

Therefore, a workaround was created by Huobi, a Singaporean crypto exchange in collaboration with fan Properties.

Dubai Startup Hub and Dtec select winners for phase one of EDP

30 Emirati entrepreneurs took part; the top 5 winners received one-on-one mentorship support

One fifth of Middle East bank holders now use FinTech solutions

So the market is ripe for a FinTech boom, but penetration and maturity remain remarkably low.

COVID-19 accelerates Bahrain banks' digital transformation.

Digital Transformation big changes to the bahrain due to the pandemic.

Halal angel network teams up with UK Fintech

When looking at the $5 trillion halal market, we want to make sure our business is global, which means picking a global partner. That’s why we chose Delio.

Digital transformation is key for post-covid enterprise resilience

Cloud in particular was highlighted in detail during the event, for its ability to enable and power other emerging technologies.

Warba Bank's customer experience formula: placing customers at the heart of every journey

Kuwait has witnessed its own share of foreign-born CX invasions which have made their way onto our shores, whether it be customer onboarding, financial health insights, or in-app ecosystems.

Dubai's Tecom Group-owned incubator in5 raises $17.7mln in H1 2020

Forty-one new companies joined the startup incubator in the first 6 months of the year

Paymentology eyes digital banking expansion in the Middle East

This calls for opportunities to size up quality payment processors for bringing new technology to the new and existing digital banks in the region.

Over 100,000 cyber-attacks foiled in UAE last month, says TRA report

In terms of raising awareness and building capabilities, the report indicated that 2,085 awareness sessions and 105 training courses were held in June.

Insider online forum to focus on trade with Middle East

"Our panel will be packed with knowledge and experience, and those watching will come away with a better understanding of how to make the most of the opportunities on offer."

Islamic banks ‘way ahead in adopting financial technology’

The scope and speed of evolution in the way consumers interact with their banking institutions, business practices and financial technologies form the main areas of competition between Islamic financial institutions and their conventional counterparts

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