Fintech

Chocolate Finance, the Singapore-founded savings and wealth app, has launched in the UAE, adding the market to Singapore and Hong Kong. UAE residents and international non-residents can open accounts and …

The Central Bank of the UAE has issued no-objections to Mawarid Finance PJSC that allow it to offer financing to MSMEs together with Liabify, and to issue prepaid cards through …

Emirates NBD will run OpenAI’s GPT models on infrastructure inside the UAE, the bank and OpenAI announced on 19 October. They describe it as the first bank in the Middle …

Botim users in the UAE can now send money directly into GCash wallets in the Philippines, after a partnership between the app and GCash, the Philippines’ largest digital wallet. Recipients can …

Ant International, the company behind Alipay+, has received two full licences from the Central Bank of the UAE: a Retail Payment Services and Card Schemes (Category II) licence and a …

du Pay, the digital financial services arm of du, has expanded its partnership with talabat to become the digital wallet and payment platform for talabat’s fleet partners in the UAE, the …

Zodia Custody’s Abu Dhabi subsidiary can now hold digital securities for clients, after ADGM’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) approved a variation of its permission, Zodia announced on 12 October 2026. The …

DK Bank, a Bhutanese bank, has received in-principle approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) to set up a subsidiary in Abu Dhabi. …

From 21 October to 11 December, the UAE hosts a run of fintech, finance, forex, proptech and crypto events across Dubai and Abu Dhabi. This guide lists what is still …

Workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries sent about $161 billion abroad in 2025, a record and 13.6% more than in 2024, according to GCC-Stat’s report on outward workers’ remittances, published …