June 18, 2025, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: NayaOne, the Vendor Delivery Infrastructure (VDI) platform trusted by leading global banks and regulators, has launched the Kingdom’s first fully Saudi-hosted platform, marking its entry into Saudi Arabia with support from AstroLabs, the Gulf’s leading business expansion platform. The deployment enables banks, insurers, and fintechs to design, test, and launch […]
Flat6Labs KSA, Glint Ventures back Darwinz AI with $325K in first ever institutional funding round
Saudi-Egyptian startup Darwinz AI raised USD 325k in a seed funding round led by Flat6Labs KSA and Glint Ventures. The round marks the company’s first institutional funding round after having until now been bootstrapped by its co-founders, co-founder Mohy Aboualam. Darwinz AI? Founded in Egypt in 2021 by Emad Elazhary and Mohy Aboualam, Darwinz AI is a startup […]
Playbook partners with FinBursa to targets investment gaps for women in the GCC region and beyond
Playbook, the global learning and networking platform advancing the careers of women executives, has entered a strategic partnership with FinBursa, a global digital investment and fundraising platform focused on connecting capital seekers with qualified and sophisticated investors across private markets. This partnership is designed to close the information and access gap for women in investing by […]
Areej Obiedat Named Founding Community Leader for MENA Consultant Club
Areej Obiedat, a renowned expert in banking innovation, has been selected as one of the Founding Community Leaders for the MENA Consultant Club, an exclusive network bringing together 100 of the region’s most accomplished consultants. This appointment marks a significant milestone in her ongoing efforts to drive digital transformation and foster strategic growth within the […]
MoneyGram partners with tiqmo, one of Saudi Arabia’s fastest-growing digital wallets
As one of the largest cross-border remittance and payment networks in the world, MoneyGram was selected by tiqmo for its global scale and leadership in Saudi Arabia RIYADH, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – MoneyGram, a leading global payments network for consumers, businesses and communities, today announced a partnership with tiqmo, the Most Rewarding Financial App in […]
Turkey’s AI Startup VenueX Raises $1.2M to Expand into UAE and Saudi Arabia
Istanbul, June 2025 — VenueX, an Istanbul-based AI startup, has secured USD 1.2 million in a bridge funding round led by Singapore-based Orbit Startups. Other participants in the round include Re-Pie, Akkök Holding, and Akyasam. The funding will be used to fuel the company’s expansion across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with a particular […]
Saudi Arabia’s First Ever Tokenized Real Estate Transaction Set for Launch by droppRWA and RAFAL Real Estate
The RAFAL pilot will serve as a national feasibility benchmark for the future of tokenized property markets in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia – droppRWA, a subsidiary of droppGroup, the world’s leading provider of sovereign-grade Web3 AI and blockchain infrastructure, today announced a landmark partnership with RAFAL Real Estate Co., one of Saudi Arabia’s leading developers, […]
Wamid partners with BMLL to bring advanced analytics tools to the Saudi capital markets
Partnership will deliver the Saudi market’s first white-labelled cloud analytics tools to quants, analysts and institutional investors Riyadh/London: Wamid, the technology and innovation arm of Saudi Tadawul Group (STG), has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with BMLL Technologies (BMLL), the leading, independent provider of high-quality, harmonised Level 3, 2 and 1 historical data and analytics […]
AFS and Mawarid Finance spearhead digital transformation in credit card services
Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain: In a significant leap forward for digital finance, Mawarid Finance, in strategic collaboration with Arab Financial Services (AFS), the leading digital payments solutions provider and fintech enabler across the Middle East and Africa, has officially launched a comprehensive digital application poised to redefine credit card issuance and management. This pioneering initiative […]
Saudi’s Nayla Finance secures Sharia Certification for Micro-Financing platform
This marks a key milestone in Nayla’s mission to empower small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Kingdom by offering ethical and Sharia-compliant financial services. Saudi-based Nayla Finance has announced that its micro-financing solutions platform has received Sharia certification from the Shariyah Review Bureau (SRB), a leading Sharia advisory firm licensed by the Central Bank […]