Carrying wads of hard currency in an overstuffed wallet has ceased to be fashionable, thanks to the advent and proliferation of plastic money and cashless...
Careem, the ride-hailing company based in the Middle East and an Uber rival, announced Sunday (Feb. 18) that it acquired RoundMenu, the restaurant listing and...
Ten years after the world was embroiled in a widespread economic crisis, every one of the world’s major economies are growing at the same time....
Beyond bitcoin, payments saw its share of innovation in developing markets, powered in part by financial hubs. In an interview with PYMNTS, Promoth Manghat, CEO...
Dubai-based eCommerce marketplace Souq.com, which was acquired by retail giant Amazon this year, recently announced that it has acquired the Middle East startup technology firm...
eCommerce has become a natural part of life in many parts of the world, but that hasn’t been the case in the Middle East. Most...
Until fairly recently the Middle East was a rather underdeveloped region from an eCommerce point of view. According to McKinsey, 50 million consumers are scattered...
Amazon’s new voice-activated grocery assistant is practically magic, and you don’t even have to go to Diagon Alley to get it. The company has added...