In support of Stripe and Tempo’s Machine Payments Protocol, Visa enables card-based payments for trusted autonomous agent payments. AI agents aren’t just answering questions. They’re executing tasks, coordinating services, consuming APIs, purchasing compute and completing automated B2B workflows – including micropayments for API calls, cloud resources and machine-to-machine services from the command line. As agents become more capable, the payments infrastructure supporting […]
Damascus, Syria: Syrian property technology startup Miftah has successfully raised a pre-seed funding round for an undisclosed amount, as it prepares to launch a digital real estate marketplace aimed at enhancing transparency and trust in Syria’s fragmented property sector. Founded in 2026, Miftah is addressing long-standing challenges in the local real estate market, including fraudulent […]
Victoria, Seychelles, March 17, 2026 — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange, is expanding its spot market with a new batch of Ondo Global Markets tokenized securities, bringing major U.S. equities, index ETFs, and precious metals into a single trading environment alongside digital assets. The rollout adds a new layer to Bitget’s multi-asset model, allowing users to trade crypto […]
Dubai: Ultra-fast satellite internet service Starlink is now available in the UAE, according to the company’s website. Residents in the country can now access the Elon Musk-backed service, with monthly packages approximately from Dh300. The “Residential Lite” plan is also priced at Dh230 per month. Seperate plans are available for businesses for Dh248 per month. […]
Sharjah, UAE – Bank of Sharjah today announced its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2025, reporting exceptional performance and reinforcing the strong momentum achieved following the Bank’s successful turnaround in 2024. The Bank recorded net profit of AED 729 million, up 89% from AED 385 million in 2024, while profit before tax increased […]
ABU DHABI: Chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Presidential Court, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), the Board held its second meeting of the year today. The Board noted that the UAE’s financial system […]
More businesses and individuals chose Wio as their primary bank, with customer deposits soaring to AED 57 billion Wio ranked as the most loved bank in the UAE across segments, with an NPS of 75 for Wio Business and 76 for Wio Personal, the highest in the industry Wio’s robust balance sheet, impressive profitability, and […]
Expands capabilities to support greater choice in how people and businesses exchange value BVNK’s digital asset infrastructure complements and extends Mastercard’s trusted global payments network, creating interoperability between fiat and stablecoins Enables financial institutions and other customers to address new use cases with stablecoins, tokenized deposits and tokenized assets PURCHASE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Mastercard today announced a […]
Collaboration pairs IBM Consulting’s quantum safe transformation expertise with Bain’s market leading capabilities in due diligence Middle East — Bain & Company today announced it will work with IBM to deliver expertise to private equity and corporate clients on post-quantum cryptography risks and strategic mitigations. The strategic collaboration brings together the companies’ deep cybersecurity expertise including IBM […]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates: BHM Capital, the leading financial institution in the capital markets of the United Arab Emirates, has officially launched its market making operations on Bahrain Bourse (BHB), following the successful completion of all regulatory, technical, and operational requirements in coordination with the relevant authorities in the Kingdom of Bahrain. This initiative supports liquidity […]