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UAE: 2024 analysis of payments and ecommerce trends

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 04 Oct 2024

Nameer Khan, Chairman of the MENA Fintech Association (MFTA), discusses the ever-evolving payments landscape of the UAE and the country’s adoption of new financial technologies.


fintech, regulation, regulatory sandbox, online payments, payments , digital wallet, digital payments, Open Finance, cybercrime, cybersecurity, online fraud, fraud prevention, fraud detection, DeFi, blockchain, ecommerce, biometric authentication, embedded finance, embedded payments, paytech, e-wallet, SMEs, mobile payments, cross-border payments

Privado ID and Disco merge to advance chain-agnostic digital identity

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 20 Sep 2024

Privado ID, formerly known as Polygon ID, has announced its merger with Disco, a company focused on multichain verifiable data and reputation management.

merger, digital identity, web3, DeFi

North Korea hits crypto industry with social engineering attacks

News | Cryptocurrencies | 06 Sep 2024

The FBI has announced that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is engaging in social engineering campaigns targeting employees in the DeFi and cryptocurrency sectors.

fraud prevention, social engineering, cryptocurrency, DeFi, cybersecurity

Sky and Aave to boost DeFi adoption

News | Cryptocurrencies | 05 Sep 2024

The founders of Sky and Aave, two DeFi protocols, have announced the Sky Aave Force initiative, aimed at promoting institutional use cases and increasing the adoption of DeFi.

partnership, DeFi, stablecoin, blockchain

MANSA partners with Bitmama to improve cross-border payments in Africa

News | Cryptocurrencies | 03 Sep 2024

Decentralised finance platform focused on cross-border payments MANSA has partnered with blockchain payment platform Bitmama.

cross-border payments, cryptocurrency, blockchain, DeFi

Chaos Labs secures USD 55 million to upgrade Defi risk management

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 19 Aug 2024

Chaos Labs has secured USD 55 million in a Series A funding round to upgrade its on-chain risk management platform for decentralized finance (DeFi).

risk management, fraud management, DeFi, investment, fraud detection

X10 launches mainnet with new features and initiatives

News | Cryptocurrencies | 05 Aug 2024

Hybrid perpetuals cryptocurrency exchange X10 has launched its mainnet to provide a trading platform that emphasises self-custody and transparency.

product launch, trading platform, DeFi, cryptocurrency exchange

South Korea proposes delay of crypto taxation

News | Cryptocurrencies | 15 Jul 2024

South Korea's right-wing political party has proposed delaying the taxation of cryptocurrency gains by three years.

cryptocurrency, crypto, regulation, DeFi, NFT

AMINA Bank partners with Pyth Network

News | Cryptocurrencies | 05 Jul 2024

AMINA Bank, a Switzerland-based crypto bank, has announced a strategic partnership with Pyth Network, a decentralized financial oracle.

partnership, banks, crypto, DeFi, data

Zand Bank and Taurus sign a digital assets partnership

News | Cryptocurrencies | 03 Jul 2024

UAE-based Zand Bank has chosen Taurus, a digital asset technology provider, to cover all of its digital asset infrastructure: custody, tokenization and blockchain connectivity.

digital assets, cryptocurrency, NFT, smart contracts, DeFi

1KIN Labs to unify Web3 gaming ecosystems

News | Cryptocurrencies | 25 Jun 2024

1KIN Labs has unveiled GR1D, a new Layer-2 blockchain designed to unify decentralized gaming ecosystems.

web3, blockchain, DeFi, Token

1inch partners with Blockaid

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 24 Jun 2024

Decentralised finance (DeFi) platform 1inch has announced a collaboration with Web3 security provider Blockaid to upgrade security measures within its ecosystem.

cryptocurrency, online security, cybersecurity, fraud detection, DeFi

Velmie announces a partnership with Bitlocus

News | Cryptocurrencies | 19 Jun 2024

Digital banking solutions provider Velmie has announced a partnership with Bitlocus, a fintech company specialising in decentralised finance (DeFi).

partnership, cryptocurrency, DeFi, blockchain

XLink announces several strategic partnerships

News | Cryptocurrencies | 18 Jun 2024

XLink has announced several strategic partnerships aiming to improve its security framework and operational capabilities.

partnership, DeFi, cryptocurrency, digital assets

Everyone is a business – navigating the evolving landscape of identity verification

Voice of the Industry | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 13 Jun 2024

In a world where KYB and KYC lines blur, Jason Howard, CEO of Caf, explains how progressive profiling ensures seamless onboarding, fraud prevention, and compliance.

KYC, KYB, identity verification, digitalisation, DeFi, cybercrime, blockchain, digital onboarding, compliance, web3

Charting fintech's future: insights from Fintech 2025+ report

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 13 Jun 2024

‘The measure of greatness in a scientific idea is the extent to which it stimulates thought and opens up new lines of research.’ Paul Dirac, English mathematical and theoretical physicist


fintech, cross-border payments, real-time payments, regtech, fraud management, data, instant payments, cryptocurrency, CBDC, DeFi

Talos acquires Skolem to enhance institutional access to DeFi markets

News | Cryptocurrencies | 31 May 2024

Talos, a provider of institutional trading technology for digital assets, has announced the acquisition of Skolem.

acquisition, DeFi, digital assets, trading platform

Dock, Muevy partner with Visa to boost transfers in LATAM

News | Online Payments | 27 May 2024

Global card scheme and issuer Visa has recently announced a new strategic partnership with Brazil-based fintechs Dock and Muevy to boost international remittance services via Visa Direct.

partnership, money transfer, money remittance, fraud detection, online fraud, Issuer, credit card, card scheme, cross-border payments, cross-border logistics, regulation, compliance, financial services, financial institutions, online banking, BaaS, fintech, financial inclusion, DeFi, payments , Acquirer

OpenWay's Way4 enables the first CBDC card transaction in Eurasia

Voice of the Industry | Online & Mobile Banking | 16 May 2024

Rudy Gunawan, Managing Director of OpenWay Asia, and Lana Konakova, Global Product Marketing Manager at OpenWay Group, discuss the first CBDC cards in Eurasia and Way4’s role in the fast launch of Kazakhstan’s Digital Tenge infrastructure.

CBDC, digital payments, banking, ecommerce, DeFi, wholesale CBDC, cross-border payments, digital assets, stablecoin, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange, fintech, digital currency, payments , blockchain, P2P, POS

Deutsche Bank enters asset tokenisation project

News | Cryptocurrencies | 15 May 2024

Germany-based financial institution Deutsche Bank has announced that it entered an asset tokenisation project by collaborating with Singapore’s Central Bank. 

cryptocurrency, crypto asset, DeFi, blockchain, tokenization