Dubai’s cryptocurrency regulator reportedly wants companies to warn customers of the risks of digital currencies. The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) updated its guidelines and...
Ziina has raised $22 million to provide FinTech services for UAE-based small businesses. In an interview with TechCrunch Tuesday (Sept. 3), Co-founder and CEO Faisal Toukan said there were a...
Dubai-based financial services firm Mamo has raised $4.3 million in new funding. Founded in 2019, the company offers services such as payment collection, corporate cards...
Mastercard is expanding its partnership with Dubai-based retail conglomerate LuLu Group. The collaboration, announced Friday (July 5), will extend across the markets of Bahrain, Kuwait,...
Web3 payments platform Zeebu said it exceeded $1 billion in first quarter transaction volume. “In just seven months following the debut of its on-chain settlement platform, Zeebu...
The head of Dubai’s cryptocurrency authority is reportedly resigning after 11 months on the job. Henson Orser, who became CEO of the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA)...
Tabby, a buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform based in Riyadh, has raised $200 million in its Series D funding round, achieving a valuation of...
Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) has announced a partnership with Mastercard to accelerate the emirate’s growth in line with the goals of the...
Payments infrastructure provider NymCard has acquired buy now, pay later firm Spotii. The purchase, announced Monday (June 12), lets Dubai-based NymCard offer its financial services clients a buy now, pay...