Lucky, a leading Fintech platform for credit products, offers & cashback rewards in Egypt and the Middle East, announced that more than 10 million people are using its platform. The fast-growing Egyptian startup onboarded its latest 1 million customers in September and is showing no signs of slowing down. The surge in customer growth follows […]

Atlanticus Holdings Corporation, a financial technology company enabling bank, retail and healthcare partners to offer more inclusive financial services to millions of everyday Americans,  announced the launch of the Aspire® Banking platform: a first-of-its-kind banking program that puts the financially underserved on a clear path to being granted credit. Geared towards the nearly 44 million […]

The Saudi British Bank (SABB) has partnered with Saudi Payments & Visa to launch SABB Procurement Card, designed specifically for its Corporate and Business clients to manage everyday payments digitally. This is part of the bank’s ongoing efforts to provide banking products and services that meet the highest standards for all customers. Newly introduced Procurement […]

Pyypl – pronounced “People” – the Middle East and Africa (MEA) focused financial services platform and Hub71 company has closed its target Series B raise of $20 million from a diverse group of international investors and ten existing investors. Pyypl is considering opening a second tranche for further investment due to interest from investors. Since […]

Bybit, the world’s third most visited crypto exchange, launched a new trading bot focused on crypto’s multi-billion dollar futures market. The announcement marks the latest step in Bybit’s journey to democratize financial services and provide automation and AI for customers to maximize their time and investment while trading. Designed to help reduce the risk and […]

Yalla Card & Super App have acquired more than 1 Million users in less than 8 months from launch which is an unprecedented achievement in Egypt & the Middle East in both the fintech and the financial services domains. Although this achievement has never been seen before, but it didn’t come as a surprise given […]

The Social Loan Company announces its transformative TLSC Platform Services will go live in Africa in Q1 2023 through two game-changing partnerships in Nigeria to improve financial inclusion in the region. Deepak H. Saluja, Co-Founder & Group CEO at TSLC, said: “Financial exclusion negatively impacts the lives of over 50% of adults in Africa. Despite massive […]

valU, MENA’s leading Buy-Now, Pay-Later (BNPL) lifestyle-enabling fintech platform, announced its investment in Hoods, the first and leading live entertainment commerce platform in the Middle East. valU’s investment aims to capitalize on Hoods’ unique platform to penetrate the fast-growing virtual shopping space and diversify its offering to both new and existing valU customers and merchants. […]

OCBC Bank announced the appointment of Mr Sunny Quek as the Head of Global Consumer Financial Services with immediate effect. Reporting to the Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Quek will lead the consumer banking and wealth management businesses in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Greater China. The consumer banking wealth management business is managed under the […]

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, announced a year-long partnership with the Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI), ahead of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) taking place in Expo City Dubai. COP28 will […]