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Kuwait: Home of the next Islamic digital bank?
While neighboring UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia are jostling for fintech supremacy in the...
FWD Takaful eyes insuretech partnerships as it forges ahead...
The newest Family Takaful brand in Malaysia, one backed by Hong Kong billionaire Richard...
Islamic fintech companies collaborate to build charity ecosystem
An Islamic crowdfunding platform and a Halal payment gateway have joined hands in a...
Malaysia’s bank-mediated Islamic fintech platform to go international with...
Nine months in the making, Investment Account Platform (IAP) has signed a collaborative agreement...
Islamic fintech-backer raises US$100 million to invest in MENA...
BECO Capital, which has backed Shariah compliant fintech start-ups, has raised US$100 million for...
Estonian cryptocurrency exchange eyeing Shariah compliance to tap Muslim...
As cryptocurrency adoption continues to gain ground in Muslim nations of the Middle East,...
HelloGold selected to present at UN
Malaysia’s HelloGold is one of a handful invited by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Task...
Yielders eyes fund management license to tap institutional market...
UK Islamic crowdfunding platform Yielders is seeking approval by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...
Wahed Invest closes multimillion-dollar investment with Dubai tech fund
The subsidiary of a government-backed agency has invested millions of dollars into Islamic robo-advisor...
New Islamic gold crypto to hit market
Another gold-backed, claiming Shariah compliance, is expected to enter the UAE market before the...
Hong Kong firm secures buy-in from Malaysian government to...
TideiSun Group (iSunOne) has secured the support of the Malaysia Productivity Council (MPC) to...
IDB leverages crowdfunding to part-finance projects in Africa and...
As it made science, technology and innovation a cornerstone in its renewed strategy presented...
Could the UK become an Islamic fintech hub?
The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Peter Estlin, certainly believes so....
Shariah super app for banking now a reality in...
In a country where mobile phone users outnumber bank accountholders, Indonesia’s PermataBank is banking...
Dubai stake claim to Islamic fintech hub title; DIFC...
The Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) has launched the third edition of its fintech...
UAE bank concludes first cross-border blockchain trade deal with...
With a growing chorus of banks in the Emirates increasingly exploring blockchain technology to...
Bank ABC to humanize banking with digital AI employee
Bank ABC will be introducing an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered synthetic digital human into its...
Upcoming IFSB technical note could apply to Islamic social...
The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) will issue a technical note which could also...
NowPay reveals successful seed round
NowPay, a fintech start-up established earlier this year on a Shariah compliant proposition, confirmed...
Blockchain Sukuk platform to grow presence in Saudi Arabia...
A Dubai-based fintech platform has engaged New York’s R3 to engineer an Islamic capital...
Indonesia to reveal national Shariah digital payment system in...
Indonesia’s National Islamic Finance Committee (KNKS) expects to soft launch a Shariah compliant digital payment...
European Islamic fintech start-ups find home in the UAE...
Two European fintech start-ups with a Shariah proposition have been selected to join the...
Canada-based Manzil eyes regional expansion as it expects to...
A Canadian Islamic fintech start-up is looking to expand beyond Toronto and into the...
KFH-Bahrain goes live with open banking infrastructure
Kuwait Finance House-Bahrain (KFH-Bahrain) has become the latest Islamic bank in the Kingdom to...