Fintech & Banking News

Banking, cards, payments and accounting

• Wafr raises pre-seed and launches WafrChain for on-chain sukuk
• Lombard Systems raises $4M pre-seed and seed from Ethereal Ventures
• Lianlian DigiTech opens Middle East headquarters in Dubai DIFC now
• Abu Dhabi enza raises $6M Seed+ for African payments expansion now
• MENA Fintech Association launches Pakistan chapter for fintech links
• Bahrain startup SITR launches software for Islamic bank compliance
• Omani trade-finance platform mamun raises a $3M seed round
• Botim becomes the first fintech to issue a card on Jaywan in the UAE