If the Middle East was late to the neobank party, the United Arab Emirates, at least, is making strides toward the future of digital banking....
PYMNTS recently reported on the state of the FinTech ecosystem in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) as part of a series on the Gulf...
In the second installment of this series on the state of FinTech ecosystems in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), PYMNTS will be taking a look...
Although not all countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) — are...
United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based digital bank YAP has raised $41 million in funding and is looking to raise another $20 million for further expansions, Reuters...
Mastercard has recently collaborated with Spire, which provides open banking for the Gulf Cooperation Council, to help improve digital banking for the region, according to...
In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), almost 60% (59.2%) of shoppers surveyed for the PYMNTS 2022 Global Digital Shopping Index reported using their smartphones at...
Digital wallets, including PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay, have grown in popularity in recent years and can be an important payment feature for global...
OPay and Mastercard are collaborating to drive financial inclusion across the Middle East and Africa by partnering to open up digital commerce in the region,...