Dubai fintech activity is booming, 3,000 applications sent to DIFC
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Tiger Global makes latest bet on open banking with Middle East deal
Funding will help fintech firm Tarabut Gateway expand its open banking platform into Saudi Arabia and North Africa
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UAE fintech start-up SimpliFi in talks for partnership deals across MENAP
Start-up aiming to go commercially live in the whole region by 2022 is also looking at its next round of fundraising to generate more capital to finance ambitious growth plans
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Saudi Arabia ranks second in region’s venture capital market
Investment in Saudi start-ups grew by a record-setting 65 percent and fintech companies accounted for about a fourth of all funding deals in the Kingdom
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How a UAE-based start-up is building a global business from Dubai
Fintech start-up, Xare, has already created a vast global footprint, with more than 500,000 users across 120 countries within six months of its launch