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Revolut Inches Closer to UAE Launch: Could Q1 2026 See Its Middle East Debut?
Fintech & Ecommerce

Revolut Inches Closer to UAE Launch: Could Q1 2026 See Its Middle East Debut?

Revolut might reportedly be entering the UAE as early as Q1 2026, marking its second non-European market after Mexico. The company has ramped up hiring and team operations, with future plans for additional banking licences in international markets including the US.

Invest Bank Partners with AUTON8 to Enhance Digital Resilience and Operational Agility
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Invest Bank Partners with AUTON8 to Enhance Digital Resilience and Operational Agility

Invest Bank has announced the outcomes of a strategic partnership with AUTON8 aimed at strengthening regulatory resilience, operational efficiency, and customer-focused agility across its core and digital banking operations in the UAE.

Affiliate World Global Dubai 2026: The Offline Meeting Place for the World’s Top Affiliate and Ecommerce Marketers
Events

Affiliate World Global Dubai 2026: The Offline Meeting Place for the World’s Top Affiliate and Ecommerce Marketers

Affiliate World Global Dubai is back on 4-5 March and is set to break the record for our biggest performance marketing conference yet.

How PayPal Uses Smart Strategic Shortcuts to Enter and Scale in New Markets
Fintech & Ecommerce

How PayPal Uses Smart Strategic Shortcuts to Enter and Scale in New Markets

PayPal is back in Nigeria after 20 years simultaneously expanding its merchant reach in the UAE. All that without opening any new offices or creating local subsidiaries. Instead, the payment leader uses strategic market partnerships that make global payments work locally.

BitOasis 2025 Annual Report Highlights Institutional Growth, Disciplined Retail Investing and Regulatory-Led Expansion Across MENA
Blockchain & Crypto

BitOasis 2025 Annual Report Highlights Institutional Growth, Disciplined Retail Investing and Regulatory-Led Expansion Across MENA

BitOasis, a leading digital asset platform in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has published its 2025 Annual Report. The report outlines the company’s performance and strategic direction over the past year, noting a significant maturation of the regional digital asset market driven by progressive regulation, increased institutional participation, and more sophisticated retail investor […]

Ziina Executes UAE’s First Live Open Finance Payment with Lean Technologies
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Ziina Executes UAE’s First Live Open Finance Payment with Lean Technologies

The UAE has recorded its first live Open Finance payment after Ziina successfully executed a customer-initiated account-to-account transaction in partnership with Lean Technologies.

Zignaly and ABHI Launch UAE’s First Stablecoin-Powered Real-World Yield Product
Blockchain & Crypto

Zignaly and ABHI Launch UAE’s First Stablecoin-Powered Real-World Yield Product

Zignaly and ABHI have unveiled a new real-world asset crypto-powered investment product in the UAE, marking a significant step in connecting on-chain capital with real-economy SME financing.

Scaling Your UAE Business With the Right Payment Gateway
Fintech & Ecommerce

Scaling Your UAE Business With the Right Payment Gateway

Choosing the right payment gateway is essential for business growth. In the UAE, with its strong digital infrastructure and a growing e-commerce ecosystem, businesses must pay attention to localised payment gateway solutions that support both national and global payment methods as well as offer an Arabic language interface. 

LuLu Exchange and ABHI Unite to Boost Financial Access for UAE Expat Workers
Fintech & Ecommerce

LuLu Exchange and ABHI Unite to Boost Financial Access for UAE Expat Workers

A new partnership between LuLu Exchange and ABHI is set to transform how expatriate workers in the UAE access, manage, and send their earnings across borders.

UAE Unveils Blueprint to Counter Cyber-Enabled Financial Crime Surge
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UAE Unveils Blueprint to Counter Cyber-Enabled Financial Crime Surge

Cyber-enabled financial crime is accelerating worldwide, and the UAE is taking decisive action to strengthen its national defences, thoroughly researching the scope of a problem and potential solutions in a landmark analytical paper released in cooperation with Themis.

Mastercard Agent Pay Global Rollout Proceeds to Next Stage in UAE
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Mastercard Agent Pay Global Rollout Proceeds to Next Stage in UAE

Mastercard confirmed that its Agent Pay platform, a breakthrough in agentic, AI-powered payments, is now live in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), making it the first market outside the U.S. to adopt this next-generation payments innovation.

Numou and ABHI Partner to Solve SME Financing Gaps Across the UAE
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Numou and ABHI Partner to Solve SME Financing Gaps Across the UAE

Many SMEs in the UAE face delays between issuing invoices and receiving payments, which can stall growth and limit the ability to seize business opportunities, a financing issue Numou and ABHI aim to solve.

Architecting the Future of Home Financing: Mortgage & Lending Innovation Forum 2025
Fintech & Ecommerce

Architecting the Future of Home Financing: Mortgage & Lending Innovation Forum 2025

The Mortgage & Lending Innovation Forum 2025, hosted by Newgen Software and organized by the International Center for Strategic Alliances (ICSA), concluded with resounding success on November 12, 2025, at the Kempinski, Central Avenue, Dubai.

Mortgage & Lending Innovation Forum Dubai 2025: Smart Mortgages for Vision 2030 & Beyond – By Newgen
Events

Mortgage & Lending Innovation Forum Dubai 2025: Smart Mortgages for Vision 2030 & Beyond – By Newgen

Dubai, UAE – 12th November 2025 – The UAE is set to host one of the most influential gatherings in the financial services industry — the Mortgage & Lending Innovation Forum Dubai 2025, hosted by Newgen and organized by the International Center for Strategic Alliances (ICSA).

Al Fardan Exchange Partners with ABHI to Launch Salary Advance Service for WPS Customers
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Al Fardan Exchange Partners with ABHI to Launch Salary Advance Service for WPS Customers

Aiming to bridge financial gaps and empower underbanked communities, Al Fardan Exchange has partnered with ABHI Middle East Limited to introduce a new Salary Advance service for Wages Protection System (WPS) customers.

Global Islamic Finance Assets to Reach $9.7T by 2029
Finance & Economics

Global Islamic Finance Assets to Reach $9.7T by 2029

The findings of the 2025 Islamic Finance Development Indicator (IFDI) Report reflect how Islamic finance is evolving beyond its traditional markets to become a more dynamic and globally integrated part of the financial system, with assets expected to surge to $9.7 trillion by 2029.