Finance

He is also the visionary behind the Yalla Super App, a regional financial platform built in collaboration with Visa, and the founder and CEO of FinTra Holding

She serves as Board Member of Oman Arab Bank, Board Member of Arab National Bank in Saudi Arabia, and Chairman of Al Arabia for Finance SAL in Lebanon.

Appointed Group CEO in 2023 after serving as CEO and General Manager of Al Ansari Exchange since 2010, he has led the group’s expansion to more than 230 branches across the UAE.

Under his leadership, Capital Bank continues its regional expansion across Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE

Before founding MyFatoorah, he was a Senior Analyst for the valuation and business modeling team at EY

Alongside its focus on transparency and innovation, CUSP Wealth offers more than 1,300 Shariah-compliant investment options for individuals seeking to align their financial decisions with their values. Notably, in 2026, the company became the first AI-powered WealthTech firm in the UAE to receive an official Fatwa.

Under his leadership, QNB has advanced its digital transformation strategy through investments in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and blockchain technologies.

Under his leadership, Doha Bank reported total assets of US$32.8 billion and net profit of US$204.8 million in the first nine months of 2025.

"What Minted Money taught me is that trust in financial services is not universal but cultural. The mainstream financial system assumes that everyone trusts fiat currency, trusts banks, and trusts the same institutions, but they do not. Millions of people trust gold because they have seen currencies collapse, and they trust tangible assets because they have seen banks fail. That is not irrational. That is lived experience,” Munir says.

Mal is aiming to redefine how Islamic financial services are built and delivered. Rather than digitizing traditional banking systems, Mal has been designed from the ground up as an AI-native institution, embedding artificial intelligence across compliance, risk management, and customer experiences while remaining rooted in Sharia principles.

Mountasser Hachem is confident that Lebanon will remain a land of opportunity and potential. While many organizations have chosen to scale back or relocate operations abroad, Monty Finance S.A.L. and MontyPay continue to invest heavily in talent, technology, and infrastructure within Lebanon.

The UAE has repeatedly demonstrated its ability to anticipate change and adapt ahead of it. That capacity, combined with its global connectivity and institutional depth, is what sets this next phase apart from earlier cycles of financial center development.

For private banks, success will be defined not by footprint alone, but by the ability to connect markets, capabilities and advice in ways that reflect the realities of a more interconnected world.

Wio Bank and ADX have launched the UAE’s first fully digital Loan Against Investments solution, allowing investors to unlock liquidity from their ADX-listed shares without selling them.

After losing everything twice, the investor and entrepreneur is helping everyday people access opportunities traditionally reserved for the financial elite.

The program is designed to promote financial inclusion, support long-term saving and investing, and align with the UAE’s Year of Family 2026 initiative.

For Gate, partnering with Inter Milan is about far more than football sponsorship. It is a calculated play for cultural relevance, institutional trust, and long-term positioning in Europe and beyond.

Saqib Mahmood, Group Chief Commercial Officer at National Bonds, discusses the rise of structured saving, digital financial tools, and the shifting consumer behaviors shaping the UAE’s long-term financial future.

Finance usually changes at the edges before the center admits anything has moved. The next serious shift in money is happening where inflation, currency friction, limited banking access, and cross border restrictions turn financial infrastructure into a daily constraint. This is the space Reni Achkar has chosen to build through Cantor8, between regulated finance and […]

Malu Marsault, founder of Doha-based financial education platform This Mama Invests, is on a mission to help women across the GCC build long-term financial independence and generational wealth through investing education and practical guidance.

As the UAE grows both organically and through its ability to attract high-net-worth individuals and professional investors, demand for sophisticated and internationally aligned wealth solutions is rising. For many clients, the UAE is no longer simply a place to live or base a business—it has become the anchor of their broader cross-border wealth strategy.