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Thales biometric payment card is a secure innovationThales is the first to provide a contactless biometric card fully compliant with major payment scheme certifications. This is done at a time social distancing drives demand for a contactless and touchless in-store payment experience. Biometric payment cards me More… |
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World Bank support to Mena tops $4.75bn in fiscal 2021World Bank’s support to the Mena region has exceeded $4.75 billion in fiscal year 2021, helping countries respond to needs arising from the pandemic including securing vaccines while strengthening health, education, and social protection systems. In the fiscal year ending J More… |
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Top Saudi banks get Fitch ratings upgrade; stable outlookFitch Ratings has revised six Saudi banks' outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the foreign currency and local currency long-term issuer default ratings (IDRs) at 'BBB+'. The banks are Arab National Bank (ANB), Banque Saudi Fransi (B More… |
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Lucid debuts on Nasdaq through merger with Churchill CapitalLucid Group, parent company of American electric vehicle manufacturer Lucid Motors, became a publicly listed company trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market with its Class A common stock and public warrants listed under the new ticker symbols 'LCID' and 'LCIDW', respectivel More… |
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Al Fardan Exchange in deal with Empay for remittance servicesAl Fardan Exchange, one of the UAE’s leading financial services providers, has announced a partnership with Empay, a contactless lifestyle payment ecosystem with instant credit, to be the latter's exclusive remittance partner. Founded in 1971 More… |
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Financial services top digital transformation pushFinancial services organisations are the most bullish of all sectors when it comes to digital transformation, according to new research by F5. An industry-specific cut of the 2021 State of Application Strategy Report found that 100% of surveyed financial servi More… |
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DIFC invests in legaltech startup ClaraDubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, has announced that it has invested in UK-based legaltech startup, Clara. Clara's innovative platform digitises and auto More… |
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CAPEX.com boosts Mideast presence with new trading productCAPEX.com, the leading global multi-licensed broker operated by Key Way Markets Ltd, has launched its latest product StoX – 0 commission in the Middle East. Regulated by the Abu Dhabi Global Market, StoX will enable clients to diversify their portf More… |
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UAE ‘leads Mena region in crowdsourcing industry’The UAE is leading the Mena region in the crowdsourcing industry where public participation in issues of national importance, including health and education, is highly encouraged, said an industry expert. “Crowdsourcing, or the practice of enlisting the recommendation More… |
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UK’s Napier sets up new Mideast office at DIFCLondon-based Napier, a leading provider of advanced anti-financial crime compliance solutions, has opened a new office at Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a global financial centre and FinTech hub in the MEASA region. Located in the recently inaugurated Innovation Hub More… |
