Dubai, UAE, June 5, 2026 — Vantage Markets today announced a strengthened UAE and MENA market engagement strategy, outlining a trust led regional direction focused on transparency, trader education, responsible market access and long-term participation in one of the world’s fastest evolving financial hubs. “The UAE is one of the world’s most forward-looking financial markets, […]
5 June 2026, Dubai – Revolut has today announced that Co-founder Vlad Yatsenko has decided to transition from Chief Technology Officer (CTO) into a Non-Executive Director (NED) capacity on the Board, effective 1st July 2026. In this ongoing role, he will continue to lend his expertise to the company. This transition follows over a decade […]
On the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank Alexander Vedyakhin stated that the UAE is a key partner for Sber in the Middle East. The country is seen not only as an important economic player but also as a key platform for technological […]
Abu Dhabi, UAE – CNTXT AI, a UAE-based data and AI company, today announced the acquisition of Actualize, an enterprise AI company building dialect-aware Arabic voice agents for the GCC, powered by realistic Arabic speech models. The acquisition brings Actualize’s technology and team into CNTXT AI, strengthening its Arabic voice AI and enabling sovereign AI agents […]
Abu Dhabi, UAE – Hub71 Abu Dhabi startups, Abu Dhabi’s global tech ecosystem, has selected 27 startups to join its Access Programme as part of Cohort 18, following a record 2,453 applications from 112 countries. The selected startups have raised an average of USD 8.5 million (AED 31.2 million), with total funding of nearly USD […]
New initiative by the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) consolidates licensing, banking, payments, logistics and telecom services into one integrated onboarding journey, reducing the need for founders to coordinate with multiple providers Brings together 18 private sector partners through a single platform, simplifying business setup and operations Gives businesses access to over AED […]
With live pilot implementations already underway, the solution helps SAP customers in the UAE configure, integrate, and test their systems ahead of the January 2027 mandatory go-live. Dubai, UAE. The technology consulting firm SEIDOR, through its Middle East business, UAE eInvoicing Compliance Solution, has announced the availability of its UAE eInvoicing compliance solution, designed to support businesses […]
Integra and SettleMint sign Memorandum of Understanding to develop AI and Blockchain-compliant real estate tokenization UAE across multiple jurisdictions. LEUVEN, Belgium, 4 June 2026 — Integra, a technology company building AI and blockchain infrastructure for real estate tokenization UAE, has selected SettleMint as its digital asset lifecycle platform partner to support the compliant, on-chain representation of real […]
MENA-focused impact venture capital firm Anara Impact Capital has announced the first close of its debut fund at $48 million, bringing it close to its target fund size of $50 million. The fund will invest in Seed and Series A startups across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), with a focus on businesses addressing […]
Dubai: Wio Bank PJSC, the Middle East’s leading digital banking platform, has signed a partnership agreement with Geidea, one of the MENA region’s leading fintech and merchant payment providers, to bring Wio’s business banking and financing solutions directly to SMEs through Geidea’s merchant network. The agreement was signed by Prateek Vahie, Chief Commercial Officer at […]