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CIB sees digital banking boom
2020 was a boom year for digital banking at CIB, which reported a 118% increase in the value of mobile…
Hey kids, want a bank account?
SMART POLICY- Folks under the age of 21 can now open bank accounts without their parents or guardians’ consent, the…
Hey there, informal economy (wink, wink)
The Finance Ministry’s digitalization drive shows exactly zero signs of slowing down. Up next: a pilot program kicking off in…
HSBC going long on MENA
HSBC ❤️ Egypt, MENA: The global bank is getting plenty of attention in the domestic press for a statement attributed…
What we’re tracking on 12 January 2021
Happy hump day, everyone. It’s the first day of the brand new parliament today — and the first order of…
Is this the quarter when micro projects start going legit?
Small and micro projects are being urged to adopt digital payments by the Financial Regulatory Authority, which has launched its…
Covid may have sparked a fintech revolution
2020 was the year e-payments went mainstream: Central bank data from around the world has shown the pandemic has coincided…
Also on our radar on 23 December 2020
Al Azhar issued a fatwa confirming that joining the Ikhwan is religiously forbidden on grounds that the group has engaged…
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