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Seizing the FinTech opportunity in the UAE

The number of FinTech companies in the region is forecast to grow to 1,845 by 2022

Tech Trends 2020

Deloitte’s 11th annual Tech Trends report provides insights and inspiration you will need for the digital journey ahead. Several of this year’s trends are responses to persistent IT challenges. Others represent technology-specific dimensions o

What Businesses Need To Know About Hybrid Cloud

As governments and businesses race to take advantage of cloud computing, they are navigating current and future data regulations, as well as how to make the most of existing IT infrastructure.

UAE to save AED11 billion through Blockchain implementation, Dubai future foundation and world economic forum whitepaper reveals

The findings published in the white paper shed light upon core requirements across both technical and non-technical drivers of blockchain deployment success

MEA biometrics market ‘set to grow at over 21pc’

This task is time consuming, tedious and runs a risk of error due to human fatigue

KKR Closes $2.2 Billion Next Generation Technology Growth Fund II

KKR has established a strong track record of supporting technology-focused growth companies

Undergoing a digital transformation at AXA Gulf

AXA Gulf’s Siddhaarth Iyer, Head of Digital, and Yannick Janssen, Head of Technology and Innovation, discuss their company’s digital transformation journey

University of Bahrain students win prizes in AFS' bwallet challenge

Winning attractive cash prizes, the first-place winners for the design of a new user interface for Bahrain's most popular mobile wallet app - bwallet were Mohammed Mukhtar, Hussain Mohammed, Abdulla Ayoob and Ghufran Abdulla

Middle East financial institutions spearheading advanced security tech

Super alert surveillance systems to become industry standard

New ecosystem for digital assets set to emerge in 2020

Aden - Yasmine El Tohamy - Developments have not only created opportunity, but an environment that encourages retail, institutional digital asset with comfort and security

Five Ways To Improve The Business Process Management For Your Banks

Banks are facing a lot of challenges due to competition and they want an organized software for creating business processes delivering products and services so that they can attract customers by meeting their needs fully and quickly and retain them.

Islamic fintechs becoming ‘global phenomenon’

The study is based on a survey of 180 companies worldwide, half of them fintechs and the others being incubators and accelerators, consultancies, financial institutions and investors, with respondent being based in the UK, Middle East, other Europe, South

Singapore Fintech Eyes Middle East

Our Dubai office will serve as a bridge between the Middle East and Asia Pacific

Cryptocurrency May Have Emerged In The Middle East

On the other hand, there are also countries in the Middle East that are trying everything in their will not to let Cryptocurrency enter their nation.

Cryptocurrency in Arab World: Clock is Ticking, But Pace is Slow

One of focal points to understand the crypto scene in the region is that adoption is driven from the top

Islamic Fintech to Advance More in 2020

Aside from what is mentioned, there are three other promising areas including blockchain and crypto, Robo-advisory and personal finance management and lending.

Saudi Arabia could be on the brink of a FinTech revolution

A young, tech-savvy population offers a source of business and a ready talent pool for FinTech firms

Emirates NBD boosts AED 1 billion digital transformation

Bank completes third phase of international core banking system upgrade in Saudi Arabia, following earlier upgrades in Singapore and the United Kingdom

Innovation in treasury management

On the need for regulatory technologies, Chetan Parekh, partner at CedarIBSI said that regulators around the world are bringing out more new regulations for banking and financial institutions on the back of increasing numbers of corporate data breaches, c

DFSA to launch Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform

The Platform is a major milestone in mitigating cyber risk proactively and will benefit the broader DIFC community by creating an ecosystem for information sharing and enriched cyber threat intelligence to help detect and mitigate cyber risks.