Sector Verticals

Blockchain market is predicted to grow from US$8.3 billion in 2022 to US$155 billion in 2032 

The  blockchain market  is expected to advance at a CAGR of 34.1% throughout the forecast period, from US$ 8.3 billion in 2022 to US$ 155 billion in 2032.   As per the  global blockchain market study, the demand for cryptographic ledger solutions to increase...

Report identifies 600 mobile apps for banking, investing and cryptocurrency and examines the risk of Trojans targeting them 

Zimperium – a mobile security platform purpose-built for enterprise environments – has published new research detailing the increasing risk financial institutions and consumers worldwide face due to Trojan horse malware targeting mobile applica...

How TCS is investing in innovation 

Sumanta Roy, Vice President & Head of Middle East Africa, TCS, speaks to Intelligent Fin.tech about the banking and financial industry in the Middle East, how TCS has impacted it, industry requirements in the Middle East and how businesses in this region can...

Tech stocks remain under pressure, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel 

Marc Deschamps, Co-head, DAI Magister, speaks to us about tech stocks, arguing although the immediate future inevitably looks less bright for the tech sector, it’s by no means doom and gloom, and what investors should look forward to.   Technology companies hav...

Real-time rails can unlock new value creation opportunities for UAE financial organisations  

With new digital payment trends on the rise, a new set of impactful use cases are now possible. Craig Ramsey, Global Head of Real-time Payments, ACI Worldwide, talks about this and how real-time rails can create new opportunities for financial institutions in...

Region’s top Web 3.0 innovators celebrated at inaugural Middle East Blockchain Awards

The first edition of the Middle East Blockchain Awards (MEBA), held on 18 November in the five-star W Hotel on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, 14 of the region’s best in the field of Web 3.0. Award winners were announced during a glittering ceremony attended...

Jingle Pay set to launch in Bahrain in collaboration with AFS

Jingle Pay, a financial app that provides money services in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan(MENAP) region, has entered into a strategic partnership with Arab Financial Services (AFS), a leading digital payments solutions...

Mastercard and Nclude partner to accelerate Egypt’s FinTech ecosystem

Mastercard has announced a strategic investment in Nclude, a FinTech-focused VC investment platform launched in partnership with Egypt’s leading national banks – Banque Misr, National Bank of Egypt and Banque Du Caire – to further boost Egypt’s vibrant FinTech...

Delta Bank selects Finastra’s cloud-native core and global payments hub

Finastra has announced that Delta National Bank and Trust Company (Delta Bank) has selected Fusion Essence and Fusion Payments To Go as its new retail core banking and payments solutions to modernise its digital banking infrastructure. The move will also...

UPP selects Vitech’s V3locity to administer new integrated pension system

Vitech Systems has announced that University Pension Plan Ontario (UPP) has selected V3locity, Vitech’s cloud-native administration, engagement and analytics solution, as its new integrated pension administration solution. UPP’s selection of...

OKX offers prize pool as it bridges Web3 and football

OKX, one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges by trading volume, has launched the OKX Football Festival in anticipation of national football teams meeting in Qatar. The OKX Football Festival consists of the NFT Football Cup, the 2022 OKX Football Cup T...

Citadel Credit Union chooses Lumin Digital as enhanced digital banking services partner

Lumin Digital has announced that Pennsylvania-based Citadel Credit Union has signed a multi-year agreement for Lumin Digital’s cloud-based online and mobile digital banking platform.  Lumin will support Citadel’s 245,000-plus members and...