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Payments 24 AUG 2026 3 MIN MIDDLE EAST

FAB’s Payit Launches Send Now Pay Later, Embedding BNPL Into Remittances

Payit, First Abu Dhabi Bank's digital wallet, has launched Send Now Pay Later, letting eligible UAE customers send money abroad immediately and repay within 30 days, without a separate credit application.

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Banking & Neobanks 24 AUG 2026 MIDDLE EAST

National Bank of Fujairah Partners With ADGM’s Numou to Expand SME Financing Ac…

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Capital & Deals 24 AUG 2026 MIDDLE EAST

Yuno Raises $45 Million Series B, With GCC Sovereign Capital Already in the Rou…

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Capital & Deals 24 AUG 2026 MIDDLE EAST

Mobility Fintech Naran Raises $10M to Expand Vehicle Financing Into LatAm and A…

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Regulation 24 AUG 2026 NORTH AMERICA

SEC Proposes Standing Framework for Certain Crypto-Asset Offerings

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Banking & Neobanks 24 AUG 2026 UK

Money Mule Detection: Why No Single Bank Can See a Mule Account

Regulation 23 AUG 2026 3 MIN MIDDLE EAST

ADGM’s FSRA Signs Regulatory Cooperation MoU With UAE’s Gaming Regulator

Abu Dhabi Global Market's Financial Services Regulatory Authority has signed a memorandum of understanding wi…

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Regulation 23 AUG 2026 3 MIN MIDDLE EAST

CBUAE’s Financial Stability Report Counts Aani’s 183% Growth as a Resilience Metric

The UAE Central Bank's Financial Stability Report 2025 shows AED5.3 trillion in banking assets, but the notab…

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Regulation 20 AUG 2026 3 MIN MIDDLE EAST

Tax Star Raises $1.75 Million Seed Round Ahead of UAE’s Mandatory E-Invoicing Deadline

Tax Star, a pre-approved Accredited Service Provider for the UAE's e-invoicing system, has closed a $1.75 mil…

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Infrastructure 19 AUG 2026 4 MIN MIDDLE EAST

Rentify’s New AI Agent Embeds Open Banking, Insurance and Payments Into Lease Renewals

Rentify's Renewal Command Center, the third AI agent inside its Earn AI platform, folds Open Finance-powered …

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Infrastructure 19 AUG 2026 2 MIN MIDDLE EAST

Deribit Gets a VARA Licence That Wires It Into Coinbase’s Order Book

Deribit, the crypto derivatives exchange Coinbase acquired for roughly $2.9 billion, has secured a Broker-Dea…

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Payments 17 AUG 2026 2 MIN NORTH AMERICA

Fiserv’s Merchant Platforms Gain Real-Time Global Payouts via Thunes Tie-Up

Fiserv's merchant platforms and marketplaces can now send money to pay employees, bills and suppliers anywher…

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Payments 17 AUG 2026 3 MIN ASIA-PACIFIC

Hong Kong Stablecoin Clears Real-Money Insurance Test as Security Flaws Surface

HashKey Exchange and YF Life Insurance International have completed a live transaction using real funds to te…

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Policy & Regulation 14 AUG 2026 4 MIN UK

FCA and HTX Open Talks to Settle First-of-Its-Kind UK Crypto Marketing Case

The Financial Conduct Authority and HTX, a cryptocurrency exchange already under UK and EU sanctions, have op…

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Cryptocurrencies 14 AUG 2026 3 MIN MIDDLE EAST

Flowdesk and ARP Digital Secure Full VARA Broker-Dealer Licences in Dubai

French market maker Flowdesk and Bahrain-founded ARP Digital have both converted in-principle VARA approvals …

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Infrastructure 13 AUG 2026 3 MIN MIDDLE EAST

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange Opens Live Market Data to ChatGPT and Claude, a MENA First

ADX has become the first exchange in the MENA region to make its live market data directly queryable through …

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Payments 12 AUG 2026 3 MIN MIDDLE EAST

Spare Partners with Tabadulat on Pay-by-Bank Investment Funding

The integration replaces card-based deposits and withdrawals on the Shariah-compliant brokerage's platform wi…

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Infrastructure 12 AUG 2026 3 MIN MIDDLE EAST

Coinbase Wins ADGM Approval for Tokenised Securities Hub in Abu Dhabi

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority granted Coinbase permission to arrange and custody tokenised secu…

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Capital & Deals 11 AUG 2026 3 MIN NORTH AMERICA

BMO and RBC Retreat From Payments Processing in $1.44bn Moneris Sale

Bank of Montreal and Royal Bank of Canada have agreed to sell their jointly owned payments processor, Moneris…

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Payments 11 AUG 2026 3 MIN MIDDLE EAST

Dubai Duty Free Launches Crypto.com Pay Across UAE Airports

The retailer becomes the first airport operator in the Middle East to accept the payment method, built on the…

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Leadership 11 AUG 2026 3 MIN MIDDLE EAST

MultiBank Group’s Naser Taher Named to Forbes Middle East’s Top 100 CEOs 2026

The founder and executive chairman was separately recognised at the Golden Excellence Awards for FinTech, Dig…

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Infrastructure 11 AUG 2026 3 MIN MIDDLE EAST

BHM Capital Becomes First UAE Market Maker on Kazakhstan’s Astana Exchange via Tabadul

BHM Capital has become the first UAE financial institution to connect to Kazakhstan's Astana International Ex…

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Capital & Deals 10 AUG 2026 3 MIN MIDDLE EAST

OORI Receives Saudi CMA Licence to Operate a Private Markets Platform

OORI, a Riyadh-based investment platform focused on private markets, has received a licence from Saudi Arabia…

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Infrastructure 10 AUG 2026 3 MIN MIDDLE EAST

Tether’s Hadron Platform to Tokenise Institutional Real Estate in Saudi Arabia

The deal pairs Tether's tokenisation technology with a local commercial operator and an integration partner, …

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