With new digital payment trends on the rise, a new set of impactful use cases are now possible. Craig Ramsey, Global Head of Real-time Payments, ACI Worldwide, talks about this and how real-time rails can create new opportunities for financial institutions...

The first edition of the Middle East Blockchain Awards (MEBA), held on 18 November in the five-star W Hotel on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, 14 of the region’s best in the field of Web 3.0. Award winners were announced during a glittering ceremony attended...

Jingle Pay, a financial app that provides money services in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan(MENAP) region, has entered into a strategic partnership with Arab Financial Services (AFS), a leading digital payments solutions...

Mastercard has announced a strategic investment in Nclude, a FinTech-focused VC investment platform launched in partnership with Egypt’s leading national banks – Banque Misr, National Bank of Egypt and Banque Du Caire – to further boost...

A flexible office environment can better align employee needs and business goals, but the financial and banking sector seems to be reverting to old habits and rallying for in-office presence. Ekta Puthran, MEA Lead – Collaboration,...

Many FSIs make the mistake of layering piecemeal cloud solutions on infrastructure in an attempt to achieve functional goals. Nutanix has detailed organisations’ relationship with the cloud and how the company is aiding them on this journey. Nutanix,...

Mastercard and Ajman Bank have strengthened their commitment to inclusion through a new initiative designed to expand access to the digital economy. Touch Card is an accessible payment card that will allow blind and partially-sighted people to easily...

As businesses in the UAE double down on mobile apps in a bid to increase customer engagement and spending, they are seeing highly positive results for their efforts with the overall number of installs of mobile apps in the country growing 23% in H1 2022,...

Banque Misr, one of Egypt’s largest banks, has announced a Digital Transformation partnership with global technology company SAP in support of Egypt Vision 2030, for Business Continuity and employee engagement during and post-COVID-19. Egypt is one of...

As Oman’s economy experiences sustained growth and the non-petroleum sector emerges as an important economic force, Bank Sohar has positioned itself as a ‘one stop financial super-mall’. Bank Sohar is one of the fastest growing commercial...

Temenos, the banking software company, has announced that HBL, Pakistan’s largest bank network is to adopt the Temenos core banking platform to provide domestic and international operations with a cutting-edge banking experience. HBL will onboard over...

Liv, the lifestyle digital-only bank by Emirates NBD, a banking group in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) region, has enhanced its customer focused offering by partnering with Microsoft to elevate the digital customer experience....