Online payments in Bahrain surge 292%
Benefit, the operator of Bahrain’s electronic fund transfer system (EFTS), has reported a massive jump in online payment transactions last…
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Rising demand for wealth management services among Middle Eastern women
A southeast Asian digital wealth management firm has reported rapid growth since its November launch in the Middle East, especially…
CEO of Standard Chartered Africa and Middle East (AME) joins MoneyTap as a Global Advisor
MoneyTap has announced that Sunil Kaushal, the CEO of Standard Chartered Africa and Middle East (AME), will be joining them…
GCC holds a positive outlook on the future of work – PwC Middle East survey
A new survey by PwC in 19 countries, including four across the GCC, reveals that the way people work and…
How Digital SBL Offers a Roadmap to Post-COVID Liquidity
“Leverage, not liquidate” may be the 2020 rallying cry for lenders, private bankers and wealth managers looking to provide socially…
Dubai-based investor Khurram Shroff is betting big on Bitcoin alternative Ethereum
Want a cryptocurrency other than Bitcoin, which is now at a whopping $60,000 levels? Try Ethereum. A former Dubai-based…
Dubai's Grubtech secures $3.4mln pre-Series A funding
Dubai-based Grubtech, a software as a service (SaaS) platform for cloud kitchens and delivery-centric restaurants, has secured $3.4 million pre–Series…
The 25 most noteworthy innovations in UAE's government sector
In the largest exercise of its kind to date, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Centre for Government Innovation and Sia Partners…
UAE leads Middle East’s digital wallet revolution
UNWIELDY wads of cash gave way to plastic money decades ago. Now cash and plastic are passé, and digital wallets…
Middle East's regulated Crypto-Asset Trading Platform, CoinMENA has officially launched
Only a few weeks after securing the “Crypto-Asset Services Company License – Category 2” from the Central Bank of Bahrain,…
First Digital goes live as Israel's first new bank since 1978
First Digital Bank, the first new bank in Israel since 1978, started operations on Sunday on a trial basis, and…
Fintech and Wider Financial Services Regulation with Dubai Financial Services Authority
This month The Fintech Times celebrates regtech and the advancements of the fintech ecosystem. Looking at the Middle East and…