Building a Financing Ecosystem for businesses and consumers across the UAE. Abu Dhabi, UAE – August 2026 — Comera Finance, part of Comera Financial Holdings and Abu Dhabi’s Royal Group, has commenced operations in the UAE, marking a new chapter in the development of the wider Comera financial services ecosystem. Licensed by the Central Bank […]
Patient Card Program lets patients pay for treatment at participating Toothpick clinics in 6 or 12 monthly installments, at 0% interest, using a Wio Personal Credit Card Dubai, UAE – Wio Bank, the UAE’s leading financial platform, and Toothpick, the UAE’s leading dental and healthcare tech-ecosystem, announced a partnership that combines Toothpick’s network of more than […]
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Arabia-based automotive technology startup Syarah has raised $12 million in a new investment round from Impact46 to accelerate the expansion of its digital marketplace for new and used vehicles across the Kingdom. The stage of the funding round was not disclosed. Founded in 2015 by Salah Sharef and Fayez Alanazi, Syarah […]
Dubai, UAE, Network International (Network), a leading fintech company across the Middle East and Africa, announced the launch of its regional acquiring capability that enables merchants to seamlessly accept payments across GCC markets through a single integration. The launch marks a significant step towards creating a more connected regional payments ecosystem, aligned with Network’s “one integration, […]
Strategic cooperation will create new pathways for startups between the UAE, Gulf region, Vietnam and ASEAN DA NANG, VIETNAM — 2026 — NQubator and the Da Nang Innovation Startup Support Center (DISSC) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at strengthening cooperation between the innovation and startup ecosystems of Da Nang and the United […]
HONG KONG – Citigroup expects to get regulatory approval for its wholly-owned China brokerage business as soon as this month and plans to add several dozen staff at the unit over the next few months, said two people with knowledge of the matter. The long-awaited final Chinese regulatory approval for the business could be granted […]
Dubai, UAE — Mal is developing an integrated financial platform designed to bring multiple aspects of customers’ financial lives into a single connected experience, reducing reliance on separate banks, platforms and service providers for payments, financing, investment and money management. The platform addresses a fragmented financial experience in which customers often need to register with multiple […]
Alaan, the Middle East’s largest and most comprehensive spend management platform for businesses, has received in-principle approval from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) for its Stored Value Facilities (SVF) and Retail Payment Services (RPS) category-II licences. By working closely with the CBUAE, and subject to final regulatory approvals, Alaan will be able to […]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Standard Chartered today announced the expansion of its institutional Bitcoin (BTC/USD) and Ether (ETH/USD) spot trading in the UAE through ‘Standard Chartered DIFC’. This makes Standard Chartered the first Global Systemically Important Bank (G-SIB) to offer the capability in the market and the only global bank currently offering institutional digital asset spot […]
FlyAkeed, the Saudi corporate-travel technology platform, announced Wednesday from the main stage at LEAP 2026 that it has secured SR94.3 million ($25.15 million) in growth funding. The round pairs an equity investment led by Sanabil Investments – a financial investment company wholly owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) – with participation from Artal Capital, […]