Technology
Shaping Banking’s Next in MEA: Build your own Next-Gen Core Platforms
The banking sector in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is at a pivotal moment, facing an accelerated pace of change that presents opportunities...
HyperPay and ACI Worldwide extend partnership to advance MENA’s AI-driven payment...
HyperPay has formed an extended partnership with ACI Worldwide to facilitate AI-driven payment innovations across the MENA region. The partnership was signed on the...
Banking & Finance
WATCH: Backbase -ENGAGE Dubai 2024 Highlights
https://youtu.be/N_kD1mRID3k
MEA Finance Magazine was present to cover the annual Backbase ENGAGE Dubai 2024 last November 19-21. Starting with an evening reception at the 25...
NBF launches NBF Qollect to provide real time customer payments
The National Bank of Fujairah (NBF) has announced the launch of NBF Qollect, a new Point of Sale (POS) application which delivers seamless, secure,...
Islamic Finance
DIFC completes on-time repayment of USD 700mn sukuk
Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, today announced the full...
Opinion Pieces
Real-Time Payments are redefining financial access in the Middle East
The Middle East is entering a transformative era in digital payments, driven by consumer demand and government efforts to make finance more accessible and...
Wealth Management
Emirates NBD launches strategic initiative to empower next generation of Private...
Emirates NBD has launched its bespoke Next Generation programme, an exclusive initiative conceptualised and designed to cater to the needs of the next generation...
Editor's Pick
WATCH: Backbase ENGAGE Dubai 2024 – interview with Dr. Ali Al...
https://youtu.be/3qxuMtlCHv0
At Backbase Engage Dubai 2024, detailing what he sees as the main benefit of AI for customers, Dr. Ali Al Shekaili, AGM, Head of...
Investments
GFH Partners acquires a US$300 million portfolio of A-Class US...
GFH Partners Ltd. , the DIFC based global asset management arm of GFH Financial Group, announces that it has successfully secured A-Class purpose built...
Interviews
WATCH: MEA Finance interview at Fintech Surge 2024 with Mastercard
https://youtu.be/9_jEWIpToDY
At Fintech Surge 2024, MEA Finance Magazine talked with Olivia Bellingham, SVP Account Management at Mastercard, where she points out that the GCC has...
Appointments
HSBC appoints new CEO for the Middle East
Selim Kervanci is appointed as CEO, Middle East for HSBCÂ subject to regulatory approval. Selim will report to Surendra Rosha and David Liao, Co-CEOs Asia...