Finance in the UAE covering banking, investment, fintech, financial markets and business finance.
Ziina, the Dubai-based, YC-backed fintech start-up on a mission to bring money online for consumers in the Middle East, continues to bring innovation to the world of payments. Its latest invention: a payments keyboard – the first of its kind in the digital wallets space, and for which Ziina has filed a patent.
The trading system is the key to successful Forex trading – novice traders and aces in the currency trading are also aware of this. However, just creating a trading system is only half the battle. One of the axioms adopted in trading is: the market is constantly changing. And since the market is changing, its…
Mashreq, one of the leading financial institutions in the United Arab Emirates, has taken a stake in NymCard, the only Banking-as-a-Service provider in the Middle East, to help grow the booming FinTech ecosystem in the UAE and support the next generation of innovators. This investment is part of a FinTech fund that Mashreq has created…
An Islamic Fintech startup IMAN, closes USD$1million in seed funding to introduce a new financial product that is Shariah-compliant in Muslim markets. The new platform uses technology to democratize access to finance in line with the region’s religious views and faith. Founded by Rustam Rahmatov and Mark Zubov, IMAN introduces a tailored mobile platform for…
