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UAE-based digital infrastructure fintech Fils has partnered with digital banking solutions company Aion to drive ESG initiatives in the MENA region.
API, ESG, fintech, payments infrastructure, digital banking
UAE-based online payment gateway Telr has been granted in-principle approval for the Retail Payment Services & Card Schemes License from the Central Bank of UAE (CBUAE).
digital payments, ecommerce, central bank, payment gateway, fintech
The Paypers analysed the most relevant investments that were announced during Q4 2023 and discovered a surge in funding for companies operating in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and North America. Financing rounds indicate a preference for digital lending and banking, payment apps and commerce solutions, and Buy Now, Pay Later services.
investment, funding, expansion, payments , banking, ecommerce, The Paypers Quarterly Analysis series, financial inclusion, SMEs
Payment orchestration platform PayTabs has integrated key national payment methods in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to complete its payment platform.
API, payment gateway, payments orchestration, EFT, super app
Digital identity company Uqudo has entered a strategic partnership with Tamara to improve identity verification in Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) transactions.
online payments, BNPL, online security, identity verification, identity fraud
Serena Sebastiani from PwC Middle East embarks on a journey through innovation in the GCC's financial sector with a focus on Open Finance. Discover the region's strategic evolution.
Open Banking, Open Finance, regulation, report
UAE-based fintech Kema has announced the raise of USD 2 million in a pre-seed round to optimise its SaaS platform and support the SME segment in the region.
funding, investment, banking, online banking, digital banking, mobile banking, financial services, financial institutions
Pakistan-based Faysal Bank, a subsidiary of KSA Holdings, has signed an agreement with oil marketing company Total Parco to provide digital payments to the latter’s retail network.
partnership, digital payments, cashless, financial inclusion, financial services, Islamic banking
Network International has announced that it obtained a payment licence from the Saudi Central Bank in order to expand merchants acquiring business in KSA.
regulation, payments , online payments, mobile payments, digital payments, ecommerce
UAE-based financial services enabler Paymob has announced that it secured the Central Bank of Oman’s (CBO) Payment Service Provider (PSP) licence.
PSP, regulation, ATM, POS, SMEs, payment processing, cross-border payments
UAE-based Paymob, a financial services enabler in MENA-P, has partnered with Tamara, a shopping and payments platform in the GCC region.
partnership, online shopping, online payments, financial services, payment gateway
Saudi-based fintech savings platform Hakbah has announced its USD 5.1 million Series A funding to accelerate growth and product development.
funding, investment, growth markets, platform, savings
Kuwait-based fintech Spare has closed a USD 3 million investment, in order to accelerate the optimisation of Open Banking services in the Middle East region.
funding, investment, Open Banking, Open Finance, banking, online banking, mobile banking, digital banking, financial services, financial institutions
Peter Theunis from BPC explores the significance of APIs in Open Banking and Open Finance, highlighting how diverse API standards across markets can create obstacles to the universal adoption of Open Banking services.
Open Banking, Open Finance, API, API standardisation, report
Tarabut, an Open Banking platform, has partnered with FLOOSS, a digital lending platform, to introduce fully digital loans to Bahrain by utilising Open Banking.
partnership, lending, Open Banking, digital banking
Network International, a digital commerce enabler across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region has partnered with J.P. Morgan Payments to strengthen the bank’s acquiring offering.
partnership, expansion, payments , paytech, digital payments, digitalisation, financial inclusion, fintech, Acquirer
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has announced that Banque Saudi Fransi has augmented its domestic and international real-time payment processing using TCS BaNCS.
API, Open Banking, ISO 20022, payment processing, real-time payments
Open Banking: Shaping regulations, overcoming challenges, and unlocking the future of finance. Insights from Irfan Ahmed, BPC expert.
Open Banking, API, SMEs, Request to Pay
Kuwait-based fintech Spare has obtained the KSA Open Banking certification, based on the Open Banking Framework released by the Saudi Central Bank.
certification, Open Banking, Open Finance, mobile banking, digital banking, online banking
Jean Sideris and Rawad Nasser from Edgar, Dunn & Company analyse the increasing challenges of international card schemes in the context of rising domestic initiatives.
card scheme