Tag: MENA
Paymob raises $35 million in pre-series C round co-led by Mubadala and EBRD to...
Paymob, the payments infrastructure service provider in the MENA region, announced a $35 million pre-Series C funding round co-led by Mubadala Investment Company (“Mubadala”),...
MENA debt capital markets: beyond resilience
The current phase of MENA debt capital markets is defined by the presence of geopolitical risk and the market's ability to function effectively despite...
Visa survey: Egypt businesses begin to embrace agentic commerce as awareness grows
Visa, a global digital payments company, has surveyed regional interest in agentic commerce, where AI autonomously acts, decides, and transacts based on user preferences...
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and Virtu Financial announce block crossing for ADX-listed equities
Virtu Financial, Inc., a provider of global, multi-asset financial services that delivers liquidity and innovative, transparent products across the complete investment cycle to global...
Saudi Arabia’s PayTabs Group acquires Amazon Payments MENA for $100 million+
Saudi Arabia's PayTabs Group and Amazon Payment Services have agreed to a transaction that would transfer Amazon's Middle East and North Africa payments operations...
Vantage Markets strengthens UAE and MENA market engagement with trust led regional strategy
Vantage Markets announced a strengthened UAE and MENA market engagement strategy, outlining a trust led regional direction focused on transparency, trader education, responsible market...
ADX welcomes Morgan Stanley as first international remote trading member
The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) Group announced that Morgan Stanley, an investment bank and financial services company, has joined the ADX as its...
Arthur D. Little: MENA fintech enters its next phase from a position of structural...
Arthur D. Little (ADL) has launched 'The Next Phase of MENA Fintech Growth'— an in-depth report that presents key findings from the Voices of...
AI-led compliance demand rises in MENA as Azakaw named IDC innovator
azakaw, the UAE-based compliance operating system built for MENA, has been named an IDC Innovator in the IDC Innovators: Middle East Regulatory Technology Providers,...
M&A activity in MENA region experienced strong growth in 2025 with 884 deals totaling...
According to the EY MENA M&A Insights 2025 report, the MENA region recorded a robust 26% rise in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity with...