Al Ahly Pharos Investment Banking, the leading investment banking firm in Egypt, is pleased to announce its role as financial advisor to MNT-Halan, the region’s largest fintech ecosystem, on its most recent and highly successful capital-raising round. This landmark transaction has propelled MNT-Halan’s total valuation to $1.4 billion, reinforcing its position as a dominant force […]
Dubai, UAE – Kudo.com, formerly known as Kudotrade, has announced the successful acquisition of a UAE Capital Markets Authority (CMA) licence, marking a significant milestone in the company’s evolution and reinforcing its commitment to serving traders and investors across the Middle East. The regulatory approval follows Kudo’s recent rebrand and reflects the company’s continued growth from […]
Ras Al Khaimah, UAE — The TFSF Ventures Emerges agentic economy stopped being theoretical this week. With the world’s largest payment networks now opening their rails to autonomous AI agents — credentialed, permissioned, and settling transactions at machine speed — the question facing every financial institution and enterprise has shifted from whether software agents will […]
Dubai, UAE: PRYPCO Mint launches Gold, MENA’s first tokenized real estate platform, announced the upcoming launch of Gold on 19 June, giving investors access to one of the world’s oldest and most trusted stores of value through a fully digital, seamless and regulated experience, and becoming the first platform in the region to enable investors […]
Abu Dhabi: The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) and the World Bank Group signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation in the areas of financial inclusion, financial literacy, financial consumer protection and financial dispute resolution, as part of the ongoing cooperation between both parties. The signing was witnessed by H.E. Khaled Mohamed Balama, Governor of […]
CASABLANCA, Morocco, Agenz, a Moroccan proptech company specializing in real estate data and transaction digitalization, announces a $5 million funding round backed by Breega, Attijariwafa Ventures and Saviu Ventures. The investment represents an important milestone in Agenz’s mission to bring greater transparency, efficiency and accessibility to the Moroccan real estate market through technology, data and artificial […]
Ten Indian startups will be supported through Hub71’s programmes, with access to Abu Dhabi’s capital, customers, regulators, and partner network. The first edition drew strong demand from founders across India, several of whom have already secured places in Hub71’s Access and Immersion Programmes. Abu Dhabi, UAE – Hub71, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, has announced its […]
More than 30 industry leaders, including Adyen, Ant International, BVNK, Checkout.com, Cloudflare, Coinbase, Getnet by Santander, Global Payments, Lovable, OKX, Stripe and Tempo, are among the first to leverage and support adoption. The rise of AI has created new ways to buy and sell goods and services. Now it’s requiring a new class of payments. Mastercard envisions a […]
Strategic collaboration enables authorized merchants to offer Valu’s flexible payment solutions through POS terminals and e-commerce checkout powered by MEPS’s national payments infrastructure and PayTabs payment orchestration platform Amman, Jordan – 10 June 2026: Valu Jordan, a leading fintech platform in the Middle East and North Africa, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Middle East […]
Poznań, Poland, and Budapest, Hungary – Corporate banking in the Gulf Cooperation Council is in the middle of a generational digital upgrade cycle by Espeo Software. Driven by Vision 2030, Qatar National Vision 2030, UAE banking reform, and open banking mandates across Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the UAE, regional banks face sustained pressure to modernise […]