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Crypto Czar: Velas Co-Founder Alex Alexandrov Is All About Being Ahead Of The Curve
Alex Alexandrov, co-founder of Velas, on how it's time for entrepreneurs (and the industry) to leverage the cryptocurrency wave.
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Rethinking Business: Business Leaders Discuss Lessons Learnt Through The COVID-19 Crisis At The 2020 #EntMERoundtable Presented By du
The latest edition of the Entrepreneur Middle East Round Table presented by du emphasized the importance of pivoting business models through the course of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Bahrain: A Fintech Frontier Calling For Pioneers
Catalyzed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, something more radical than even the unprecedented consumer uptake of financial technologies is taking place in the GCC fintech space.
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MENA Investors AB Ventures And DASH Ventures Give A Boost To US Fintech Startup Veem In Strategic Funding Round
The funding round boasts an impressive global investor base, ranging with participants from the US, China, Japan, Australia, Malaysia, Canada and Jordan.
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Indian Fintech, Healthtech Scaleups To Pitch At First Ever Virtual Dubai Tech Tour
15 promising scaleups from India have been shortlisted from a pool of 200 founders who applied to take part in Dubai Startup Hub's first ever Dubai Tech Tour.
By Megha Merani
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Innovators Welcome: Dubai Startup Hub Invites India’s Startups To Join Its First Dubai Technology Tour
The virtual trade mission, scheduled for the second week of September, will familiarize delegates with Dubai's economy and business environment, as well as the competitive advantages that the Emirate offers startups and scaleups specializing in advanced technologies.
By Megha Merani
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Winning The E-Commerce Battle In The Post COVID-19 Era
How can e-commerce capitalize on the current trend and thrive by moving far beyond the basic sites and apps? Check out these tips.
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Competitive Advantage: Exploring The Middle East’s Potential To Become A Global Fintech Hub
Investment in Middle Eastern fintech companies is expected to grow to around US$2 billion in venture capital by 2022, which will fund 465 fintech companies, an increase from $80 million that was raised by 30 fintech companies in 2017.
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How Fintech Can Help Ensure The Survival Of SMEs In The Middle East
Improving financial inclusion for SMEs could boost annual economic growth by 1% per year, and also lead to a potential 16 million jobs by 2025 in the Middle East and Central Asia regions.
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UAE-Based Social P2P Payments Solution Ziina Raises US$850,000 In Pre-Seed Round
Promised to be as easy as sending a text message, the social P2P payment solution allows UAE bank account holders can use to send and receive money with just a phone number- no IBAN or SWIFT code required.
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The Advent Of Digital Asset Regulations In The GCC Is Good For The Region’s Startup Landscape
While some might view regulations as a hindrance to innovation and creativity, in many cases, it actually supports entrepreneurs and startups to be able to innovate, create, and market their products and solutions in a legally and regulatory supportive environment.
By Kokila Alagh
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Reflections While #StayingHome: Evaluating The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact On An Asset Class
At the end of the day, much of this is out of our control, and out of the control of our portfolio companies. What we can do is start stress testing- turn this into a new variable.
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Take The Lead: The Race Is On For The First Fintech Unicorn To Emerge Out Of The Middle East And Africa Region
Our challenges here relate largely to the barriers created by existing banking systems, which will take time to overcome, and regulatory challenges that regulators across the region are already working hard to rectify.
By Ian Dillon
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Reflections While #StayingHome: Three Measures Of Success In The Time Of COVID-19
The current situation is teaching us that the meaning of progress and success are very much functions of our macro environment.
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How Fintech Can Revolutionize The Way We Get Paid (And Thus Contribute To Economic Growth)
By giving people access to their earned income (both salary and commissions), and potentially giving them access to pensions or end of service funds whenever needed, we could create a knock-on effect that could transform the local and global economy.
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YallaBit Offers Kuwait Residents A Simple And Fast Way To Enter The Crypto Market
Founded in 2017 by co-founders Talal Al Yaseen and Ali Taqi, YallaBit is a cryptocurrency broker that allows users to instantly buy and sell various cryptocurrencies.
Business News
Rethinking Banking (With Fintech)
The banks' own management know fintech companies are what they need, but they are doing nothing about it!
By Ian Dillon
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Rolling With The Punches: What’s It Like Launching A Fintech Startup In The UAE
The co-founder of NOW Money looks back at their journey of championing financial inclusion through their fintech platform.
By Ian Dillon
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Fintech Galaxy’s MENA Fintech Hackathon Tackles Challenges Faced By The Region’s Financial Players
The hackathon focused on solving issues faced by regulators, banks and financial institutions in the region.
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The MENA Region Is Bustling With Fintechs (And Here’s How Visa Is Empowering Them)
The future of payments and digital innovation depends on the ability to collaborate with traditional and new players in the banking and payments sector to solve real consumer and merchant needs.
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Driving Momentum: Sahir Berry, Founder Of Nigeria-Based Fintech Solution NowNow
The founder of Nigeria-based fintech solution NowNow is thinking out of the box as he taps into the African (and global) economy.
By Tamara Pupic
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Ahead Of The Curve: Tech-Savvy Customers Are Transforming The Property Market
Today's tech-savvy millennials, who have information at their fingertips, have underlined the need for a new business model that the property sector cannot ignore.
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Waking Up To The Future Of Banking: UAE Fintech Startups Take On The Challenge Of Financial Inclusion
Entrepreneurs in the UAE highlight banking services, and in particular the obstacles to opening a bank account, as their number 1 challenge according to entrepreneurship advocacy white paper released by Dubai Chamber and Roland Berger in 2018.
By Megha Merani
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Bringing It Home: Denarii Cash Is On A Mission To Help Overseas Workers Send Remittances With No Extra Fees
Jon Santillan's fintech startup Denarii Cash is on a mission: send more money home with zero fees.
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Beyond Buzzwords: Making Innovation Work For Customers
We have entered a period of unprecedented industry disruption as digital transformation sweeps across just about every sector, changing the rules on how businesses engage with their customers and on what services they deliver.
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UAE Fintech Startup Rise Aims To Democratize Access To Essential Financial Services
The UAE-based startup presently enables the UAE domestic help segment gain access to financial services, learn new skills and more.
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Disrupting The Old Order: Fintech In MENA
While total investment in fintech companies worldwide in H1 2018 hit US$57.9 billion across 875 deals, the $2 billion fintech market in the MENA region has only seen $150 million in investments in the last couple of years.