Thursday, April 25, 2024

Vineeta Tan

Inaugural Supercharger Fintech Accelerator Malaysia welcomes Islamic fintech start-ups

Asia’s leading fintech accelerator program has finally set roots in Malaysia, welcoming 10 start-ups...

Islamic multilateral bank experiments with Shariah compliant social cryptocurrency

The IDB Group intends to drive development and financial inclusion in its member countries...

Ethis expects to go live in Indonesia and Malaysia...

The Islamic crowdfunding platform developer has gotten the ball rolling and anticipates going online...

Malaysia weighs in on ICO maelstrom

With regulators shaking the cryptocurrency community to the core with their contrasting extreme stance...

Malaysia and Dubai: A meeting of two giants

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) are joining efforts...

US venture capitalists invest in Dubai-based Shariah compliant fintech...

NOW Money has secured a place in Bahrain’s Fintech regulatory sandbox confirming what co-founder...

BLOM BANK expands digital capabilities with e-payment solution

One of the earliest providers of online banking services in Lebanon has become the...

ADGM selects first cohort of finalists for inaugural FinTech...

Eleven out of over 100 hopeful fintech start-ups secured a spot in the inaugural...

US social innovator establishes fintech start-up to facilitate Hajj

Taking a leaf out of Malaysia’s book with regards to the national Hajj pilgrimage...

Al Hilal riding contactless wave

A government-owned Islamic bank is joining the contactless wave sweeping across the UAE. Al...

Singaporean and Luxembourg entities set up Malaysian Islamic fintech...

Two Islamic finance-focused fintech platforms have partnered to establish a new Shariah crowdfunding platform...

Canadian robo-advisor becomes Muslim-friendly

The Shariah compliant robo-advisor fraternity has just gotten bigger with a new kid on...

PropTech Crowd goes live in the UK

The UK Islamic crowdfunding circle has just grown bigger with a new platform launched. Javed...

Finocracy welcomes former global head of Islamic banking at...

The former global head of the Islamic banking practice at EY has ventured into...

HelloGold begins resale process of tokens

After a successful pre-sale and public sale of its digital tokens, HelloGold Foundation (HGF)...

Azerbaijani start-up picks Dubai to anchor global Islamic fintech...

With global ambitions, an Azerbaijani Islamic fintech initiative has turned to Dubai to launch...

IFN Fintech launches Islamic Fintech Landscape

Fintech for Muslims is a booming sector — or at least, that is what...

Pocketing profit: GCC banks pay attention to digital wallets

The past month saw a string of banks in the Middle East tailoring payment...

Bank Islam goes digital

Malaysia’s oldest Islamic bank is turning to a Fortune 500 firm to transform its...

Islamic finance veteran joins data analytics start-up

Hardly a month into his retirement, Daud Vicary Abdullah has been invited to be...

Bank Negara Malaysia-led Islamic fintech initiative gains new sponsor

RHB Islamic Bank has joined the six-member consortium of Investment Account Platform (IAP) to...

Abu Dhabi making new fintech friends

As the race to become a regional Islamic fintech hub intensifies, Abu Dhabi revs...

South Africa’s Absa picks machine over man; launches Virtual...

Swiftly after aligning itself with a big data firm, Barclays Africa Group’s South African...

RAKBANK to capture SMEs with new trade finance fintech...

From being the first Middle Eastern bank to adopt Samsung Pay, the National Bank...