Fintech
Fintech
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Jun 19, 2026
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2 min read
Lean Technologies launches Pay by Bank suite on UAE Open Finance rails
Unveiled at the company's first hosted event in Dubai on 18 June, the suite groups account-to-account payments into deposits, collections, checkouts and a low-code payment links product, and arrives with Lean reporting more than 20 billion dirhams in payments processed to date.
Fintech
+4
Jun 18, 2026
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1 min read
Sovra raises $2M+ pre-seed led by Pharsalus Capital to build a self-custodial dollar account for MENA
The round drew angel cheques from the likes of Ramp founder Karim Atiyeh and Lean Technologies founder Hisham Al-Falih, backing a platform that holds user balances in USDC outside the conventional banking system.
Fintech
+2
Jun 18, 2026
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1 min read
Revolut secures full UAE central bank licences, completing its regulatory path to launch
The Stored Value Facilities and Retail Payment Services (Category II) licences from the Central Bank of the UAE complete a process that began with in-principle approval in September 2025, and clear the London-based fintech to build out its local product ahead of going live.
Fintech
+2
Jun 17, 2026
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2 min read
UAE's Alaan launches AI-native business bank account in partnership with Islamic bank ruya
The account folds corporate cards, domestic and cross-border supplier payments, invoice automation and accounting into a single platform.
Fintech
+1
Jun 15, 2026
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4 min read
How Comfi raised $65M to build B2B BNPL for MENA's SMEs
The inside scoop on raising a $65 million pre-Series A from Iliad Partners, Yango, and Shorooq, and how Comfi underwrites a business in hours rather than weeks.
Fintech
+4
Jun 12, 2026
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2 min read
Egypt's Thndr receives initial approval for Saudi brokerage licence, targets Q1 2027 launch
The Saudi push comes as the EGX ranked Thndr the largest of its 120 brokerages by value traded in the first four months of 2026, with a 12.9% market share and $1 billion in assets under custody across its products.
Fintech
+3
Jun 11, 2026
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1 min read
Egypt's Blnk raises $37.1M in equity and debt to expand point-of-sale consumer financing
The package comprises a $12.5 million Series A led by Algebra Ventures and $24.6 million in local debt facilities, and follows the company reaching profitability in 2025 on the back of a 173% year-on-year revenue increase.
Fintech
+3
Jun 11, 2026
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1 min read
Egypt's MNT-Halan hits $1.4B valuation as Al Ahly Capital leads new round, putting the National Bank of Egypt on the cap table
Founded in 2018 by Mounir Nakhla and Ahmed Mohsen, MNT-Halan offers consumer and business lending, payments, e-wallets, savings, investments and e-commerce services, all running on Neuron, its proprietary core banking software.
Fintech
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May 18, 2026
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2 min read
Abu-Sheikh's Mal lands in-principle CBUAE banking approval months after record $230M Seed
The Abu Dhabi-based fintech, founded by former Astra Tech CEO Abdallah Abu-Sheikh, has cleared the first regulatory step required to launch a Sharia-compliant digital bank in the UAE.
Fintech
+3
May 15, 2026
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2 min read
Tamara Q1 2026 revenue triples as Islamic financing line scales to 27% of revenue
The Riyadh-headquartered BNPL lender's loan book grew 33%, its Goldman/Citi/Apollo funding facility was upsized to SAR 5.8 billion, and accumulated losses flipped into positive retained earnings for the first time.
Fintech
+3
May 15, 2026
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3 min read
Tabby's Saudi unit Q1 profit growth lags 34% revenue rise as in-house build-out bites
The Riyadh-headquartered BNPL lender's loan book crossed $1 billion for the first time, but operating expenses jumped 73% and net debt remains above the SAMA-prescribed ceiling.
Fintech
+4
May 15, 2026
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1 min read
Stream raises $5.2M seed extension led by BECO Capital, bringing total seed funding to $9.2M in under six months
The fintech company builds billing and payments infrastructure that consolidates invoicing, recurring payments, reconciliation and cash flow tracking into a single platform.
Fintech
+4
May 14, 2026
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1 min read
Saudi fintech Stitch raises $25M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz in the firm's first GCC investment
The round brings Stitch's total funding to $35 million as the Riyadh-based financial infrastructure platform reports $5 billion transacted in the past six months.
Fintech
+3
May 6, 2026
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2 min read
Mubadala leads $15m Series A for UAE embedded finance lender CredibleX
Founded in 2023 by Anand Nagaraj, Ahmad Malik and Hassan Reda, CredibleX is an ADGM-regulated lender that provides SMEs with working capital through revenue-based financing, receivables financing and payable financing via an embedded, API-enabled platform.
Results
+5
Apr 29, 2026
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20 min read
Inside Tamara's Books
What 40 pages of audited financial statements reveal about how Saudi's first homegrown fintech unicorn rebuilt its revenue model, underwrites a lending book it didn't have twelve months ago, funds it all at rates its nearest competitor can't match, and prepares for what comes next.
Fintech
+4
Apr 27, 2026
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1 min read
Dubai's Comfi raises $65M pre-Series A in equity and debt to scale B2B buy now, pay later across MENA
The company offers a B2B buy now, pay later product that allows SME suppliers to provide up to 90-day payment terms to their business customers while receiving payment themselves within 24 hours.
Fintech
+1
Apr 22, 2026
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5 min read
Speedinvest's Rana Abdel Latif & Deepali Nangia on Raising from QIA, EIB, and Mubadala
We sit down with Deepali Nangia and Rana Abdel Latif, the partners leading Speedinvest's first dedicated Middle East and Africa fund, a flagship vehicle for the Vienna-based firm that's been quietly investing across emerging markets since 2013, backing the likes of the likes of Moove, FairMoney, Khazna, Abhi, Flow48 and Pemo.
Fintech
+3
Apr 16, 2026
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1 min read
Tabby secures UAE wallet licence, extending financial services push into its second core market
The BNPL unicorn has cleared the regulatory hurdle to hold customer funds and roll out a broader suite of financial products in the Emirates, including spending accounts, cards, and money management tools.
Results
+3
Apr 16, 2026
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2 min read
Tamara's Saudi arm hits first full-year profit of $51.5M on 90% revenue growth
The results mark a turning point for the Riyadh-headquartered BNPL unicorn, which is backed by PIF subsidiary Sanabil Investments, SNB Capital's fintech fund, and Checkout.com.
Fintech
+2
Apr 8, 2026
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32 min read
Inside Tabby's Books
What 35 pages of audited financial statements reveal about how MENA's most valuable fintech actually makes money, funds its lending, manages its risk, and plans to outmanoeuvre the regulatory constraints boxing it in.
Fintech
+3
Apr 8, 2026
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4 min read
Nubank to establish headquarters at ADGM as Latin America's largest digital bank eyes MENA expansion
The ADGM base will be set up in collaboration with leading Abu Dhabi investment, economic and financial institutions, including integrated digital banking platform Wio Bank.
Fintech
+4
Apr 7, 2026
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3 min read
Egypt's Lucky raises $23m Series B to scale consumer credit and expand into North Africa
The new capital will fund expansion of its credit product suite, entry into select North African markets and infrastructure investment.
Results
+4
Mar 30, 2026
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3 min read
Exclusive: Tabby's Saudi arm posts $55 million profit on $378 million revenue in first audited annual accounts
The numbers land at a moment when Tabby is widely understood to be preparing for a Tadawul listing, with reports that HSBC, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley are advising on a potential flotation.
Fintech
+3
Mar 26, 2026
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5 min read
Lean Technologies becomes first fully licensed open banking provider in Saudi Arabia
The company serves over 350 enterprise clients and has processed more than $2 billion in transaction volume across the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Fintech
+3
Mar 25, 2026
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23 min read
How stablecoins are rebuilding MENA cross-border payments
How stablecoins actually work and why Tether owns emerging markets. The regulatory landscape across Saudi, Egypt, and the UAE. The founders building the pipes, the sovereignty question, and why the window is closing.
