Middle East

Today In Payments Around The World: UK Gets 100th Tech Unicorn; Investment Heats Up In Middle East, Southeast Asia
Today In Payments Around The World: UK Gets 100th Tech Unicorn; Investment Heats Up In...
June 17, 2021  |  International

In today’s top payments news around the world, the technology industry in the United Kingdom has achieved a significant milestone, while global investment is heating...

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Deep Dive: Taking The Temperature Of The Middle Eastern Real-Time Payments Landscape
Deep Dive: Taking The Temperature Of The Middle Eastern Real-Time Payments Landscape
March 29, 2021  |  Faster Payments

Many nations have been joining the real-time payments scene as they catch on to the benefits these systems offer. Fifty-six countries had their own immediate...

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NPP Australia Takes Real-Time Payments To The Next Level
NPP Australia Takes Real-Time Payments To The Next Level
March 25, 2021  |  Faster Payments

Demand for faster payments has been increasing worldwide as consumers and businesses seek more convenient services. Central banks and payment systems operators are catering to...

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Triterras Buys Invoice Bazaar To Boost Supply Chain Finance
Triterras Buys Invoice Bazaar To Boost Supply Chain Finance
March 11, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Triterras, which works in trade and trade finance, will be acquiring Invoice Bazaar, which has operations in the United Arab Emirates and offices in Dubai...

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UK-Based Prism Makes Takeover Bid For Finablr
UK-Based Prism Makes Takeover Bid For Finablr
October 06, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Scandal-bogged Finablr has agreed to a takeover offer from Middle East-based Prism Advance Solutions, according to a report from the Financial Times (FT). Prism isn’t...

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FinTech Nium Moves Into The Middle East
FinTech Nium Moves Into The Middle East
October 06, 2020  |  International

Singapore-based FinTech platform Nium is expanding into the Middle  East, the company announced on Monday (Oct. 5). Ayoub Jemail has been assigned the role of...

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Deep Dive: Why The Pandemic Is Pushing MENA Regulators To Upgrade Open Banking, Privacy Laws
Deep Dive: Why The Pandemic Is Pushing MENA Regulators To Upgrade Open Banking, Privacy Laws
September 30, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

Consumers and businesses have been moving online in recent years, and regulators from the European Union to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region...

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How Middle Eastern Merchants Can Keep Up With Pandemic-Driven Privacy, Payment Shifts
How Middle Eastern Merchants Can Keep Up With Pandemic-Driven Privacy, Payment Shifts
September 29, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

Consumers around the globe have moved their purchasing online during the pandemic, and those in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are no...

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Report: Helping Online Merchants Comply With The Middle East’s New Payments Regs
Report: Helping Online Merchants Comply With The Middle East’s New Payments Regs
September 28, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

 Banks, businesses and consumers fundamentally altered how they interacted with each other in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic — and regulators tasked with...

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