Providing businesses across all sectors with reimagined and innovative solutions that can accelerate their growth, Ooredoo brought together customers in the financial services sector. The company organized an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) event to share industry insights and showcase its smart, state-of-the-art solutions. Saoud Al Riyami, Acting Chief Business and Wholesale Officer at Ooredoo […]

DIFC FinTech Hive, the first and largest financial technology accelerator in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, announced that it will host its annual flagship Investor Day event in the metaverse for the first time. Investor Day serves as the graduation platform for DIFC FinTech Hive’s programmes with an opportunity for the […]

Standard Chartered and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) released the “GBA Business Confidence Index” (GBAI) for the third quarter of 2022. It shows that the current performance for “business confidence” weakened for a fifth straight quarter in Q3 to 41.3 from 43.3 in Q2, reflecting a more challenging reality as both external (rising […]

Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital operator (part of VEON Group NASDAQ: VEON, Euronext Amsterdam: VEON), announces the appointment of Atyab Tahir as the CEO of JazzCash effective May 1 2022. Atyab, currently serving as Country Manager MasterCard Pakistan & Afghanistan, has over two decades of international experience in banking and consulting. Atyab has also held senior positions at Fidelity […]

UAE-based LuLu Financial Holdings appoints former ADGM FSRA CEO Richard Teng to Its Board of Directors. The high-profile appointment of Richard Teng, who is credited with playing a significant role in putting Abu Dhabi on the global fintech & fin-services map, coincides with LuLu Financial Holding’s ongoing global diversification AND investment strategy in the financial […]

Country’s leading cellular and digital services provider, Zong 4G, and one of Pakistan’s leading commercial banks, Faysal Bank, have inked an agreement making Zong 4G its official communication partner. The partnership is in line with the digitization goals of both organizations, with Zong 4G playing the central role in the fulfillment of Faysal Bank’s organizational […]