GivTrade Secures UAE SCA Category 5 License, Strengthening Regional Expansion

GivTrade Secures UAE SCA Category 5 License, Strengthening Regional Expansion

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: GivTrade, an international multi-asset brokerage providing access to global markets via CFDs, today announced that it has been granted a Category 5 (“Arrangement and Advice”) license by the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA), marking a significant milestone in the broker’s regional growth strategy. The license was issued on 22 December 2025 […]

EmCoin & Hotdesk Sign MOU to Launch DESK Token as World's First Hybrid Token ICO from Abu Dhabi

EmCoin & Hotdesk Sign MOU to Launch DESK Token as World’s First Hybrid Token ICO from Abu Dhabi

December 25, 2025 In a milestone announcement revealed during Abu Dhabi Finance Week, Emirates Coin Investment (EmCoin), the first UAE SCA-licensed Virtual Asset Service Provider, and Hotdesk, the global leader in flexible workspace technology, signed an MoU to explore launching the groundbreaking DESK Token Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in 2026, subject to regulatory approvals. Envisioned as […]

Commercial Bank of Dubai sets new benchmark as UAE’s first bank to fully activate open finance for customers

Commercial Bank of Dubai sets new benchmark as UAE’s first bank to fully activate open finance for customers

Dubai, UAE: Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) has set a new benchmark for the UAE banking sector by becoming the first bank in the country to fully activate Open Finance into live operational use under the Central Bank of the UAE’s Open Finance Initiative, AlTareq. The activation has been delivered in collaboration with Central Bank–licensed third-party […]

Lean Among the First to Graduate from Live Proving Under the UAE’s Open Finance Framework

Lean Among the First to Graduate from Live Proving Under the UAE’s Open Finance Framework

Dubai, UAE, 23 December 2025: Lean Technologies has graduated from the Live Proving program under CBUAE’s Open Finance Framework, becoming one of the first Third Party Providers (TPPs) to reach this milestone. Lean’s graduation marks a critical step in the UAE’s transition from Open Finance preparation to execution. It confirms Lean’s technical and operational maturity […]

Nomura International Wealth Management opens new premises in DIFC

Nomura International Wealth Management opens new premises in DIFC

Dubai, UAE: Nomura announced the opening of their new premises in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA). Leveraging the International Wealth Management expertise of Nomura Singapore Limited, the Dubai office launched in 2023 to expand Nomura’s wealth management client franchise in the Middle East. […]

Deem Finance Partners with airpay To expand SME access to integrated, purpose-led lending solutions in the UAE

Deem Finance Partners with airpay To expand SME access to integrated, purpose-led lending solutions in the UAE

Dubai, UAE — Deem Finance LLC, a purpose-led financial services provider committed to enabling the progress of underserved segments in the UAE, today announced a strategic partnership with airpay Technologies Limited, a global digital platform enabling seamless commercial, services, and payment ecosystems. The collaboration enables airpay to extend Deem’s Merchant Financing solutions directly to airpay’s customer […]

PayTabs Kuwait and BEDE Kuwait forge strategic alliance to accelerate Digital Commerce

PayTabs Kuwait and BEDE Kuwait forge strategic alliance to accelerate Digital Commerce

Collaboration to transform merchant enablement in a seamless and secure manner Empowering entrepreneurs to transform their ideas into thriving digital businesses Kuwait City, 22 December 2025 – PayTabs Kuwait, a member of the PayTabs Group – MENA’s award-winning payment orchestration powerhouse – today announced it has entered a strategic partnership with BEDE Kuwait, Powered by […]