Digital economy in UAE eyes fast lane
The UAE has worked hard to build a digital economy, leading to tremendous progress that has set an example regionally…
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Financial services must think open source
Open source software is highly valuable to the financial services industry, and 93 per cent of the sector’s IT leaders…
MEA Women in Fintech with Nejoud Al Mulaik from Saudi Arabia
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) region is generally an up and coming region with respect to its wider economic…
Islamic Finance In The Global Digital Economy
Islamic Finance plays a significant role in the global economy and continues to do so in the increasingly global digital…
Why cashless payment is catching on in UAE
The idea of having a cashless society for payments and banking is no longer just a distant dream, but fast…
Emirates Digital Wallet’s Digital Cash Platform, klip, now Live
klip offers a simple way for users to transfer money to others via a mobile number and allows users to…
Wiz Holding closes $2mn seed round
Wiz holding has announced that it closed a seed round from international investors from the USA, Canada and KSA who…
Investor appetite in Middle East’s FinTech sector remains strong
An increasingly vibrant hub for tech startups, the Middle East is drawing significant early stage investments in the FinTech space,…
How Dubai is shaping up to be the new Silicon Valley for Indian techies
Dubai is fast becoming the new Silicon Valley for many Indian start-ups and tech companies, which are cutting their teeth…
UAE Ministry of Finance launches third generation e-Dirham system
The Ministry of Finance launched the third generation e-Dirham cards (e-Dirham G3), in cooperation with new government entities and national…
UAE tech sector needs to get hiring right
Billions of dirhams worth of projects are channelled by the government to large private companies each year, whether related to…
Backed by billionaire Simons, former bank CEO shifts to fintech
Rakefet Russak-Aminoach, who previously led one of Israel’s biggest banks, has enlisted one of the world’s richest men to bankroll…