12/15/2020
UAE Israel Business Leaders Summit: Fintech innovation cannot grow in an over-regulated environment
Gradual approach to creating regularoy framework will best suit sector
FinTech
12/14/2020
Businesses can’t let their cyber guards down
Even cutting-edge technologies of today will have some vulnerabilities as well
12/14/2020
Al Salam Bank Bahrain and FlexxPay announce Sharia compliant solution
Employees with commission-based salaries will have immediate access to already-earned commissions.
12/11/2020
Emirates Islamic launches digital banking platform
As a leading Islamic bank in the UAE and a key supporter of the leadership’s vision to make the UAE a global hub for Islamic banking
12/11/2020
DigitalX signs MoU with Dell Technologies to collaborate around workforce transformation solutions for customers
Marwan Bin Haidar, Vice Chairman of Digital DEWA - Digital Sector, and Mohammed Amin, Sr. Vice-President - Middle East, Russia, Africa and Turkey at Dell Technologies, signed the MoU during the participation of DEWA and its subsidiaries at the 40th GITEX
12/11/2020
The Arab Monetary Fund Holds a Virtual Workshop showcasing Buna's abilities to enhance and support the growth of the global payment industry
Attended by more than 200 senior officials representing Arab and international central banks and a wide spectrum of financial institutions
12/11/2020
OneConnect enables fintech Innovation in Abu Dhabi Global Market's Digital Lab
The technology used by OneConnect to support the construction of ADGM Digital Lab is derived from Gamma O, OneConnect's own open platform aiming to link developers, Fintech services providers and financial institutions.
12/10/2020
DIFC grants Ebury financial services licence in fintech first
The licence will allow Ebury to enhance the services it offers SMEs in the region, and to do it in or from the DIFC.
12/10/2020
Five nations unite to launch the Digital Cooperation Organization
The event was attended by H.E. Houlin Zhao ITU Secretary General and H.E. Borge Brende, President, World Economic Forum.
12/09/2020
Emirates NBD makes mobile banking app available on Huawei AppGallery
These features are further reinforced by the HUAWEI AppGallery, which provides a safe platform for finance apps through its full-cycle security and protection system.
12/09/2020
Cyber risk is new threat to financial stability: IMF
Under extreme scenarios, investors and depositors may demand their funds or try to cancel their accounts or other services and products they regularly use.
12/09/2020
Is 'buy now, pay later' the future for Gulf digital payments?
Fintech provider Tabby wins $23m funding to grow its 'instant credit' network
12/09/2020
Under threat from digital challengers, Middle East banks revamp processing platforms
The momentum is aided by legislation mandating payment of salaries into accounts instead of cash, for example in the UAE, said Francesco Burelli, a partner at Hamburg-based Arkwright Consulting.
12/08/2020
French digital payments company IDEMIA snaps up Saudi company
Saudi Arabia's Pcard is into card personalisation services
12/08/2020
Codebase and AMF publish Mena open banking report
It combines insights from the Open Banking Working Group of the MFTA and the Arab Regional Fintech Working Group.
12/08/2020
New Microsoft research: Is hybrid work here to stay?
Large study finds working remotely increase productivity and supports talent retention
12/08/2020
QLM to focus on digitisation, network expansion in growth plan
QLM’s provider network has expanded and is considered to be the largest in Qatar and the wider Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC), with over 75,000 healthcare centres spanning 103 countries, across six continents.
12/08/2020
Bank Hapoalim CEO optimistic about Israel UAE technological future
"We are learning quickly, we are thinking globally," Dov Kotler, Bank Hapoalim's CEO said, referring to to the mutual investments born out of the Abraham Accords.
12/08/2020
Gulf cyber threat grows as region embraces cashless payments
With 2020 seeing an acceleration in the shift to electronic banking and payments, cybersecurity has taken on unprecedented importance
12/07/2020
Avaya and Kuwait's Gulf Bank embrace 'multi-experience' approach
The move is part of the bank's mission to strengthen its market differentiation through better customer and employee experiences