UAE’s Ajman Bank to launch Mastercard ‘touch’ card for visually impaired
The card was co-designed by Idemia, an identity technology solutions provider in the physical and digital space.
The card was co-designed by Idemia, an identity technology solutions provider in the physical and digital space.
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The central bank says the step will lead to the development of the fintech sector and enhance financial inclusion.
The founders and employees of both companies will be joining Huspy.
BCFC hopes to enhance the infrastructure of its mobile and web customer channels.
The latest raise brings the fintech’s total funding to date to $216 million in equity and debt.
The start-up bank in Iraq has opted for core banking tech supplier ICS Financial Systems (ICSFS).
The firm will leverage Salt Edge’s Account Information API and data enrichment solutions.
The transaction is expected to close in H2 2022 subject to regulatory approvals.
The debt financing has been supplied by Atalaya Capital Management and existing investor Partners for Growth.
Appro is designed to reduce application times for a range of banking products from several hours to three minutes.
The fresh capital takes the company’s total funding to $87 million.
Mambu’s cloud platform will power Purpl’s remittance and digital wallet solution.
Al Sanam Islamic Bank is a newly-established Islamic bank in Iraq.
Start-up says the funding will support expansion into Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Ghana and Egypt.
The newly-licensed bank marked the occasion by welcoming its first corporate customers.
Careem plans to offer “simple and affordable international remittance services” through its super-app.
LFC has also received a preliminary approval from Saudi Arabia’s regulator, SAMA.
QNB says its open banking APIs could transform the fintech landscape in Qatar.
Imagen is Rewire’s first acquisition and will enable it to provide prepaid debit cards in Israel.
This venture round takes NymCard’s total funding to over $35 million.
As part of the deal, Mastercard has also invested in HyperPay, leading a $40 million funding round.
YAP Pakistan hopes to address the challenges consumers face in the foreign remittance market.
The company intends to use the capital to “make it even easier for companies to launch and succeed”.
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across EMEA.
Sood joins from GoCardless, where he was most recently vice president of small business.
The hires at Wio follow the digital bank’s licence approval by the Central Bank of the UAE.
A handy round-up of the recent funding endeavours of fintech companies across the globe.
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Both financial institutions are set to implement Backbase’s Engagement Banking Platform.
The round saw participation from Citi, State Street, Blumberg Capital, LionBird Ventures and Team8 Capital.
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Guy has 36 years’ worth of experience across banking and financial services.
Apollo partner Joshua Black will also join Liquidity’s board of directors.
Al Rajhi Bank Jordan selected ICS Banks from ICS Financial Systems following an international tender.
Apollo Fintech will deploy Sonar on its new bank-to-bank payments service Knox Wire.
The new wholly-owned subsidiary will consolidate all of Mashreq’s existing payment systems into a single platform.
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Money will be used to expand Moove to seven new markets across Asia and MENA over the next six months.
Credit Libanais launches an instant, fully e-KYC onboarding mobile application for a virtual prepaid card.