Abu Dhabi, UAE: Skipr, the autonomous trust fabric for the age of AI, today announced the close of its USD 2 million seed funding round at a USD 10 million valuation. The funding supports the startup’s expansion from Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, as it scales sovereign AI infrastructure for national and enterprise deployments. As […]
The UAE Central Bank and Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence company Core42 are to build a sovereign financial cloud services infrastructure. The UAE-based system is supported by “centralised, highly secure, dedicated and isolated infrastructure”, the central bank said in a statement on Wednesday. This will ensure data sovereignty, boost operational agility and provide protection against cyber threats, while […]
Dubai-based startup Ledgers has raised $250,000 in an Angel funding round to accelerate its AI Operating System for founders, a platform built to redefine how companies are run in the age of AI. The founder stack is evolving. Starting a company is easier than ever, but running it well is still brutally hard. Most startups […]
Source: Zawya Abu Dhabi has mandated banks for its first sovereign deal of 2026, a dual-tranche dollar-denominated benchmark issuance, with IPTs at UST+50 bps for the five-year bond, and UST+55bps for the 10-year. Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Bank of China, BofA Securities, BNP PARIBAS, Emirates NBD Capital, First Abu Dhabi Bank, Goldman Sachs International, HSBC, […]
New data shows residents are proactive “self-learners” and open to smarter tools to strengthen their financial wellbeing 46% of respondents report moderate to low confidence in managing their money Dubai, United Arab Emirates – [26 February, 2026] – New consumer research by YouGov for Revolut, the global fintech with over 70 million customers worldwide, suggests a […]
San Francisco, United States – Syria’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MOCT) and Visa, a global leader in digital payments, signed a cooperation agreement to support the country’s transformation and the development of a modern and inclusive digital economy. The agreement was signed at Visa’s headquarters in San Francisco, attended by His Excellency Abdulsalam Haykal, Minister […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Rewa has officially launched its digital rent payment and rewards app across the UAE, giving tenants a simpler way to pay rent and finally get something back from their largest recurring expense. The launch follows the successful close of Rewa’s seed funding round, backed by Qatar Development Bank, Plug and Play, Neocity […]
BENEFIT, the Kingdom’s innovator and leading company in Fintech and electronic financial transactions service, has announced the availability of the Digital Direct Debit service via “Fawateer” through its BenefitPay app. The launch marks a significant step forward in Bahrain’s ongoing digital payments transformation, offering a more advanced, secure, and efficient model for managing recurring financial […]
Dubai: Payrails, the financial operating system for global enterprises, today announced that it will set up its Middle East headquarters in Dubai, located in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region. The move reinforces Payrails’ long-term commitment to supporting businesses across the Middle […]
Dubai: Artificial intelligence startup Angelic Intelligence, founded by entrepreneur and inventor Shekhar Natarajan, has secured $15 million in seed funding and is preparing for global expansion, with the Middle East identified as a priority growth market. The company develops an enterprise software platform designed to help organisations integrate artificial intelligence into existing systems while aligning automated decision-making with operational priorities, […]