Thrive Agric, a fintech providing smallholder farmers access to finance, insights and distribution was crowned 2022 winner of the Visa Everywhere Initiative (VEI) – a global open innovation program and competition for start-ups and fintech companies. Thrive Agric is also the winner of the Visa Direct award for its role in shaping the future of […]

Confluent, Inc., the data streaming platform to set data in motion, announced that Arab National Bank, one of the largest banks in the Middle East, has successfully leveraged the Confluent Data Streaming Platform to unlock the power of its operational and customer data. This is enabling the bank to introduce innovative new services that enhance […]

Zain Cloud, the cloud computing service provided by Zain KSA, has obtained the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) certification, affirming its readiness and reliability to host financial businesses, including FinTech companies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The certification, provided by PCI Security Standards Council, reflects Zain Cloud’s compliance in providing a […]

NdcTech, a leading IT & consulting firm providing transformational services for the banking sector globally and Temenos, the world’s leading banking software company are pleased to co-host the 11th edition of Bank of The Future Forum. It is one of the largest financial conferences in the world, happening on 12th October 2022 at a local […]

Enfuce is excited to announce an extended partnership with Mastercard to expand the company’s Card as a Service platform in the Nordics. Through the partnership, Mastercard powers Card as a Service with tokenised multi-currency BINs in the Nordics, enabling Enfuce’s customers to launch and issue their own physical and virtual Mastercard payment cards in just weeks rather […]

Fintechs and online businesses, that would like to offer banking services to customers via open banking platforms or payment service providers, can now partner with Monneo and access its extensive payment and banking network. The new API will allow almost instant access to all Monneo’s world leading services in a safe, secure and regulated platform. […]

NBX, the leading Nordic cryptocurrency exchange, has selected Enfuce, one of Europe’s leading fintech companies, as its card service provider. The partnership allows NBX to offer engaging, loyalty-based Visa credit and debit cards to its customer base, initially in the Nordics. Cryptocurrencies are becoming more mainstream by the day, with more than 100 million people […]

Pakistan’s Safepay was announced as one of the winners in the Visa Everywhere Initiative – a global innovation program and competition for startups and fintech companies  – held for Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) on June 9. With the most votes from the audience, Safepay from Pakistan won the Audience […]

PayPro, one of Pakistan’s fastest-growing fintech companies which focuses on B2B and B2C payments, was awarded a PKR 7.473 million Innovation Grant by the USAID Small and Medium Enterprise Activity (SMEA) to digitize the MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) who’re looking to collect payments through digital channels. The grant will allow PayPro to invigorate […]

Kuwait Finance House (KFH) succeeded in completing all necessary procedures, tests, and required regulatory approvals, in preparation for the launch of the first digital service of its kind in Kuwait, which is the opening of a bank account online for new customers, within minutes and without the need to visit the branch. KFH Acting General […]