Paymentology, a leading global issuer processor, has signed a referral partnership with Zand Bank, a fully licensed, all-digital bank in the UAE. This collaboration focuses on expanding financial services for FinTechs and start-ups, aiming to...

As Mastercard continues to shape the future of payments, Amnah Ajmal, Executive Vice President of Market Development, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa at Mastercard, a key figure in the FinTech industry, shares her insights on the company’s...

For the second consecutive year, the Middle East is the fastest-growing real-time payments market globally, according to the 2024 Prime Time for Real-Time report, published by ACI Worldwide, a global leader in mission-critical, real-time payments software,...

Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has announced the extension of its strategic partnership with Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, DMCC. After a year of successful collaboration, Bybit announcment includes its new role f...

Crypto.com has received full approval to provide payment service provider (PSP) services from the Central Bank of Bahrain through its subsidiary registered in the Kingdom of Bahrain under the commercial name “FORIS GFS BH B.S.C. CLOSED”, adding to the com...

Temenos has announced that Boubyan Bank, the second largest Islamic bank in Kuwait, has selected Temenos to modernise its core banking systems. The bank is migrating to Temenos’ core banking platform for Retail, Corporate Banking and Wealth Management to e...

CoinMENA, a crypto asset platform licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain and sister company CoinMENA, licensed by the Dubai Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority, VARA, announced a strategic partnership with Bitpanda Technology Solutions, the digital assets...

Recently, FinTech in the Middle East and North Africa has experienced notable changes due to advancements in technology and shifts in consumer habits. Making it more important than ever for banks in the region to grasp and meet the evolving preferences of...

Dubai AI Campus, the largest dedicated cluster of AI companies in the region at the DIFC Innovation Hub, home to the first and largest financial technology accelerator in the Middle East, and Google Cloud have announced a collaboration agreement aimed at...

Network International is making bold strides into Saudi Arabia, driven by ambitious goals and a vision for the future. In an exclusive insight, Al-Dahmash, Managing Director for KSA at Network International, reveals the company’s dynamic strategy, unique m...

The MENA region is undergoing remarkable digital growth. According to Checkout.com’s 4th annual ecommerce report, The State of Digital Commerce in MENA 2024, the company witnessed a 658% surge in total payments processing volume (TPV) in the region between 2...

In this month’s Editor’s Question, Intelligent FinTech asks “What can we learn from the FinTech landscape in the Middle East?” Rami Chedid, Chief Executive Officer of MultiPass for the UAE and the Middle East  Over the past...