I made a series of schoolboy errors when I arrived here in Kuwait, meaning that I failed spectacularly in my GCC Contactless Challenge for the country, on the first day! Arrgh! But, it’s got a lot better. First, here’s a reminder about the ‘Contactless Challenge’ I set myself as I began my FinTech Tour around […]
I liked this note from wamda about the pre-seed round of new Kuwaiti FinTech, Ruba: Fintech startup Ruba, a platform that aims to make education accessible to all, announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount in an oversubscribed pre-Seed funding round. Ruba addresses a pain point in relation to school fees. Currently, parents pay […]
Great to see the country of Kuwait – more specifically their Central Bank – focusing on the growing importance of FinTech, including the all important ‘regulatory sandbox’ (item number 4′ in this story from FinTech Middle East): The Central Bank of Kuwait’s initiatives include the Kuwait National Payment System (KNPS), digital currency infrastructure, a regulatory […]
