FinTech

Comment & Analysis

Euromoney Conferences Interviews Khalid Al Rumaihi, CEO of the Bahrain Economic Development Board

April 17, 2016

The fifth installment of the hugely successful Euromoney GCC Financial Forum - co-hosted by the Bahrain Economic Development Board -…

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Extremely Wealthy

Wooing The Wealthy

April 13, 2016

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was the sole entry from the cash-rich Gulf in the recently revealed Forbes 2016…

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Awards and Recognition

‘Bridg’ from the UAE takes top spot at the Dubai Temenos Fintech Innovation Jam

April 13, 2016

Temenos announces that Bridg, a mobile payment platform, finished first place in its Middle East and Africa regional Innovation Jam…

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FinTech

Volante Technologies and Turkish banking and payments experts Payfessional announce partnership

April 12, 2016

Volante Technologies has announced the signing of a partnership agreement with Payfessional.   The partnership will see Volante’s VolPay suite…

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FinTech

Bank Nizwa boosts information security with new internationally accredited iso certification

April 11, 2016

Underlining its commitment to information security, Bank Nizwa recently received the ISO 27001:2013 certificate following a rigorous auditing process of…

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Awards and Recognition

Bank Muscat wins Best Online Service in Oman award

April 10, 2016

In recognition of the state-of-the-art electronic banking service, Bank Muscat, the flagship financial services provider in the sultanate, has won…

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FinTech

Oman Arab Bank introduces paperless loan applications to enhance customer experience

April 6, 2016

E-Loans is a service that allows the Bank to replace paper loan applications with electronic ones.   The digital applications…

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FinTech

Central Bank of Bahrain is urged to proceed with technology project

April 6, 2016

Adel Al A’ali, board member and head of the insurance and banks sector committee of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce…

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FinTech

PayFort launches new Saudi payments option

April 5, 2016

PayFort has integrated a new feature into its FORT payment solution in Saudi Arabia, which they say will streamline payments…

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FinTech

Technology startup sector in MENA grows by ten-fold according to BECO Capital

April 4, 2016

Dany Farha, Co-founder and CEO of BECO Capital who is speaking at STEP Conference tomorrow, said, “We waited four years…

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FinTech

‘Oasis of Innovation in Islamic Economy’ digital portal launched

April 1, 2016

The International Centre of Islamic Economy headquartered at the Dubai Airport Freezone Authority officially launched today the digital portal of…

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Executive Moves

GlobeOp Founder Returns to SS&C

April 1, 2016

SS&C Technologies has announced the appointment of Ron Tannenbaum as Managing Director of Business Development for Europe, Middle East, and…

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