Central Bank of Oman launches Fintech Regulatory Sandbox
The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) will launch the Fintech Regulatory Sandbox (FRS) initiative today, through which participants can apply…
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DIFC grants Ebury financial services licence in fintech first
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has announced that Ebury, a fintech company backed by Santander and offering cross-border financial services…
Five nations unite to launch the Digital Cooperation Organization
Senior government officials from several nations patronized the launch of the Digital Cooperation Organization Thursday – a global organization aimed…
QNB begins QLM e-IPO subscription services
QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, has begun the registration and subscription process for…
Emirates NBD makes mobile banking app available on Huawei AppGallery
Emirates NBD, has announced that its Mobile Banking App is now available on the HUAWEI AppGallery, providing customers with added…
Cyber risk is new threat to financial stability: IMF
The number of cyberattacks worldwide has tripled over the last decade and financial services continue to be the most targeted…
Is 'buy now, pay later' the future for Gulf digital payments?
Tabby, the UAE and Saudi-based fintech provider, has announced that it has raised Series A financing of $23 million in…
Under threat from digital challengers, Middle East banks revamp processing platforms
Cash is fading in the Middle East, and traditional banks are turning to fintechs to expedite upgrades before challenger banks…
RAKBANK Chooses Anomali Threat Intelligence Product Suite to Detect Threats Across its Banking Infrastructure
Anomali, has announced that the National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah (RAKBANK), is deploying Anomali to operationalize threat intelligence across…
French digital payments company IDEMIA snaps up Saudi company
A digital payment enabling company, IDEMIA, has acquired Pcard, a card personalisation bureau in Saudi Arabia. The former will now…
Codebase and AMF publish Mena open banking report
Codebase Technologies along with the Arab Monetary Fund and the MENA Fintech Association have published a report on an “Open…
New Microsoft research: Is hybrid work here to stay?
Microsoft has released its Work Reworked study for 2020, which has found that almost all (97 percent) of business leaders…