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United Arab Bank announces participation in nationwide SCA Fintech Megathon 2021

United Arab Bank announced its participation in a first of its kind nation-wide Fintech Megathon, SCA Fintech Megathon 2021, launched by Emirates Securities &...

ila Bank accelerates customer onboarding using the national eKYC platform

Reflecting its ongoing mission to listen to, understand and act on customer needs, ila Bank, Bahrain’s trailblazing digital, mobile-only bank, releases five new seamless...

Mastercard marks year of collective action in annual Sustainability Report

Mastercard released its 2020 Corporate Sustainability report, highlighting how the company has responded to the challenges of the last year through innovation and trusted...

SWIFT launches SWIFT Go, a fast, cost-effective service for low-value cross-border payments

SWIFT today announces the launch of SWIFT Go, a transformative new service that enables small businesses and consumers to send fast, predictable, highly secure,...

Customers prefer to bank digitally but still crave a human connection when it matters, according toTemenos Survey

Banks must remember the human touch as they develop their digital banking services, according to a global survey1 of retail banking customers from Temenos,...

HSBC appoints Chief Investment Officer for Europe International and MENA

HSBC has appointed Georgios Leontaris as Chief Investment Officer (CIO), MENA and Europe International, HSBC Private Banking and Wealth Management. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, Georgios...

Government support and effective policies key to future growth, say SMEs across Middle East and Africa in Mastercard research

New research by Mastercard has highlighted the important role of government support in helping small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the Middle East and...

Payit is MENA’s first wallet to offer Ding mobile recharge

Ding, aninternational mobile top-up platform, has announced a new partnership with payit, the UAE’s first, fully-digital wallet powered by First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)....

Lune MENA’s First Personal Financial Assistant organizes a hybrid panel discussion

In partnership with the Dubai International Financial Center, Lune has hosted its first hybrid panel discussion on the importance of financial literacy. The hybrid...

SWIFT to eliminate frictions in international payments by upfront verification of account details in real time

SWIFT announced the go-live of a service that will enable banks to verify payee account details before an international payment is sent, removing a...

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