If it’s not one threat, then it’s another for 21st-century cybersecurity professionals. Just how increasingly intertwined today’s global threat landscape is becoming was underscored by a Monday (March 2) alert from the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) warning businesses, particularly those “with a presence,...
The Middle East is proving itself as fertile ground for FinTech investment and innovation. The region combines high smartphone penetration, young demographics and state-backed modernization of payment rails. Governments across the Gulf have treated digital channels and faster money movement as economic infrastructure. As a...
Across the Middle East, governments, banks and global payments firms are treating digital payments as foundational infrastructure for future economic activity. The focus is not limited to consumer convenience or incremental efficiency gains. There’s a burgeoning broader effort to build systems that can support cross-border...
PayPal is investing $100 million to support digital commerce in the Middle East and Africa. The investment is to be deployed via minority investments, acquisitions, PayPal Ventures funding and people/technology deployments. The goal is to help local businesses scale, open new opportunities for innovators, and “bring...
April 06, 2026
The Middle East has, in recent years, stood out among the more productive settings for payments innovation, where digital adoption and infrastructure development have advanced in tandem and given rise to a new generation of FinTech platforms. That foundation remains intact, but what’s changing in the midst if the war raging across the region is […]
March 03, 2026
If it’s not one threat, then it’s another for 21st-century cybersecurity professionals. Just how increasingly intertwined today’s global threat landscape is becoming was underscored by a Monday (March 2) alert...
July 23, 2024
The payments landscape is a global one, meaning winning innovations have boundless room to scale. It also means that geographical positioning can help with strategically driving forward various innovations. “The...
December 23, 2022
After reaching new heights in 2021, VC funding in EMEA slowed sharply in 2022. While final full-year tallies are not settled yet, data from the first three quarters suggests that...
September 24, 2025
PayPal is investing $100 million to support digital commerce in the Middle East and Africa. The investment is to be deployed via minority investments, acquisitions, PayPal Ventures funding and people/technology deployments. The goal is to help local businesses scale, open new opportunities for innovators, and “bring millions more consumers and communities into the digital economy,” according […]
June 11, 2025
Nvidia and Perplexity partnered to facilitate the deployment of sovereign artificial intelligence models across Europe and the Middle East. The project will aid in the deployment of AI models that...
May 14, 2025
American tech giants are reportedly upping their Gulf State investments amid President Trump’s visit to the region. The Trump administration has brokered deals for two Middle Eastern allies — Saudi...
April 15, 2025
PayPal and TerraPay are teaming to promote cross-border payments in the Middle East and Africa (MENA). The partnership, announced Tuesday (April 15), is designed to speed cross-border money movement, while making payments more accessible by...
