It’s encouraging to see the marketplace warming to robo advisors in the Middle East. Sarwa – which launched last year – has raised $1.3m. I’m looking forward to watching their journey! (Note: ‘Sarwa’ means ‘Brilliant’ in Javanese. I’m not sure if that was intentional or not, but either way: Good choice of name!) Dubai: Robo […]
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Bahrain launches “Bahrain FinTech Bay”
Now this is an interesting one: Bahrain has launched a FinTech Hub – here’s the news from the Economist Intelligence Unit: BFB is a government initiative operated by the Singapore-based Fintech Consortium that aims to bring together technology entrepreneurs, corporates, regulators and investors to drive the development of a financial technology (fintech) ecosystem. Bahrain, formerly […]
Fintech innovation in MENA driven by growth, wealth, and modernization
This one caught my attention over at FinTech Futures: The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is experiencing a surge in fintech innovation, driven by factors such as economic growth, increasing wealth, and modernization efforts. The region is seeing a rise in digital banking, mobile payments, and blockchain-based solutions, with governments and financial institutions […]
Mash Patel CEO of Kurtosys
Today on FinTech Profile we are delighted to talk to Mash Patel, founder of Kurtosys, who provide digital services for asset managers. Kurtosys will be attending the FinTech Growth Forum in London Next week. See here for more details of the event hosted by Innovate Finance. Over to Mash for his responses to our questions […]
Felicia Meyerowitz Singh – Cofounder of Akoni
In the next interview in our series supporting the FinTech Growth Forum coming up in London on September 19th, we talk to Felicia Meyerowitz Singh, Cofounder of Akoni. Let’s learn more… Our questions are in bold. —– Who are you and what’s your background? Akoni is passionate about business as the bedrock of the economy and […]
Sakeeb Zaman of StrideUp
Hello again! Today we are back with the second interview in our FinTech Growth Forum series – this inaugural event, hosted by the Global Members Association Innovate Finance, will take place on September 19th in London in support of their members on their scaling journeys. Today we speak to Sakeeb Zaman – co-founder of StrideUp who provide […]
Tom Eyre, CEO of nooli
In support of the upcoming FinTech Growth Forum on September 19th, we are delighted to feature a series of profiles with some of the members of Innovate Finance who are hosting the event to support their members scaling journeys. To kick off the series, we talked toTom Eyre, CEO of the financial inclusion fintech business, nooli. […]
Plug and Play is heading to the Middle East
I’ve long been a big fan of the Plug and Play Tech Center. I visited their home in Sunnyvale, California, recently and it was a thriving hive of energy, excitement and can-do attitudes, all rolled into one. I have been watching them diligently export their formula to other markets and I was wondering if the […]
Steve Polsky of Juvo
Today’s profile is with Steve Polsky, founder of Juvo, whose vision is to establish financial identities for the billions of people worldwide who are creditworthy, yet financially excluded, via their everyday use of smartphones. Over to Steve for his responses to our questions – in bold. —– Who are you and what’s your background? Hi. […]
Frank Sanchez of Finxact
Today we are talking to Frank Sanchez of the cloud based SaaS banking software company Finxact. Here’s Frank with his answers to our questions – in bold. —– Who are you and what’s your background? I have spent 35+ years building and implementing core banking systems and as a FinTech company executive. My career […]
