UAE, Abu Dhabi to jointly host Fintech Abu Dhabi initiative in November
Fintech Abu Dhabi is a leading initiative created to support startups, innovation, research and collaboration in the industry across the region...
Category : Fintech
Silent Eight: AML software that makes sense of alerts
AI-based AML software that simply suggests or weights alerts is passé; Silent Eight’s solution gives plain English explanations for decisions....
Lifetime financial planning: What is the better trade off?
Singapore fintech startup BetterTradeOff’s solution solve the loss of human touch and contextualisation in financial planning for individuals...
Cashless society: epayments catch fire in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia achieved 36% epayments out of all payments in 2019 against a target of 28% for 2020. Is this growth sustainable?...
African fintechs are riding global investor sentiments
Sub Saharan Africa is now among the fastest growing fintech investment zones with trade war weary Chinese flying in with cash...
Mexican fintechs are daring to take risks which the banks didn’t
Experts predict fintech volume in Mexico to reach $68 billion by 2022...
Ireland: Is the Silicon Valley of fintech facing a Brexit windfall?
As the Brexit uncertainty drags on, Ireland’s time to snatch the European fintech innovation hotspot tag might have come...
Dubai fintech NOW Money driving financial inclusion for low-income workers
70% of the GCC’s population, mostly low-income expat workers, do not have a bank account – NOW Money wants to change that...
Opay raises $120 mn in Series B funding by Chinese investors
This year, Chinese investors have demonstrated strong interest in African startups such as Opay, PalmPay and Lori Systems...
Kenya passes data protection law to ensure digital security
The new law complies with EU standards and will define guidelines on the citizens’ data should be handled...