Zand and Mastercard Partners to enhance Cross-Border Payment Solutions

Zand and Mastercard Partners to enhance Cross-Border Payment Solutions

Dubai, UAE: Zand, an AI-powered Fintech and financial services group in the United Arab Emirates, has announced the signing of a strategic agreement with Mastercard to collaborate on enhancing cross-border payment solutions. Leveraging Mastercard Move’s money movement solutions, this collaboration will enable seamless, secure, and efficient cross-border money transfers offered by Zand to its customers. In the […]

PRYPCO and Ovaluate launch world’s first AI-powered instant valuation engine for Fractional Real Estate Investments

PRYPCO and Ovaluate launch world’s first AI-powered instant valuation engine for Fractional Real Estate Investments

Integrated within PRYPCO Blocks. Dubai, UAE – Revolutionizing real estate investment with the power of technology and fractional ownership, PRYPCO, the UAE’s pioneering PropTech platform, has partnered with Ovaluate, the world’s first and only intelligent, AI-driven Automated Valuation Model (AVM) platform, to launch the first-ever instant valuation engine for fractional real estate. Integrated within PRYPCO Blocks, […]

CI Financial and Mubadala Capital Announce Completion of Take-Private Transaction by Mubadala Capital

CI Financial and Mubadala Capital Announce Completion of Take-Private Transaction by Mubadala Capital

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– CI Financial Corp. (“CI” or the “Corporation”) (TSX: CIX) and Mubadala Capital today announced the successful completion, effective August 12, 2025, of the previously announced acquisition of CI, one of North America’s leading diversified asset and wealth management companies. The C$12.1-billion transaction marks a significant milestone in Mubadala Capital’s growth ambitions, accelerating its […]

Gulf International Bank Reports $44.2mln profit for Q2 2025, up 8% YoY

Gulf International Bank Reports $44.2mln profit for Q2 2025, up 8% YoY

In Q2 2025, net profit attributable to shareholders soared to $44.2 million, marking an 8% increase from $41 million during the same period last year. This strong performance was strategically powered by diversifying income sources and reducing reliance on net interest income, achieved through offering value-added, differentiated products and services across the Bank’s business lines. The […]

Standard Chartered expands MENA custody network with Egypt launch

Standard Chartered expands MENA custody network with Egypt launch

Standard Chartered announced today the launch of its direct custody services in Egypt, further expanding its global post-trade offering across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This important milestone builds on the successful rollout of its direct custody services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia earlier this year and reflects the Bank’s broader strategy […]

Dubai’s Coraly.ai Raises $2M Pre-Seed Round to Expand AI-Powered Real Estate Platform Globally

Dubai’s Coraly.ai Raises $2M Pre-Seed Round to Expand AI-Powered Real Estate Platform Globally

Dubai-based Coraly.ai, formerly known as Coralytics, has secured $2 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate product development and expand into new markets. The round was led by Salica Oryx Fund, a MENA-focused early-stage investment vehicle managed by Salica Investments, with participation from EQ2 Ventures and a group of strategic angel investors. Coraly.ai offers an AI […]

AlRayan Bank goes live with Finastra to deliver seamless digital banking experience for corporates

AlRayan Bank goes live with Finastra to deliver seamless digital banking experience for corporates

In just four months, the bank implemented Finastra Corporate Channels and upgraded to the latest version of Finastra Trade Innovation. Dubai, UAE – Finastra, a global leader in financial services software, announced that AlRayan Bank, one of Qatar’s largest Islamic banks with an international footprint, has successfully gone live with Finastra Corporate Channels, enhancing and […]

Arab Bank named Middle East winner at The Banker’s Technology Awards 2025

Arab Bank named Middle East winner at The Banker’s Technology Awards 2025

The awards recognise the most innovative banks across the world for their digital banking initiatives that demonstrate creativity, measurable impact, and set new benchmarks for the fintech industry. The Banker magazine, owned by the Financial Times and based in London, named Arab Bank the “Middle East winner” at The Banker’s Technology Awards 2025, a recognition […]

Aquanow partners SGB to bridge Fiat Banking and Digital Assets

Aquanow partners SGB to bridge Fiat Banking and Digital Assets

Aquanow, a leading global digital asset infrastructure provider, has entered into a strategic partnership with SGB, a fully licensed digital bank regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), to make fiat banking services more accessible to institutional and enterprise participants in the digital asset space. Backed by Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat and Singapore’s […]