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Emirates NBD has marked its fifth year of engagement with DIFC FinTech Hive, supporting FinTechs, driving innovation and developing the FinTech ecosystem in the region.
Emirates NBD has marked its fifth year of engagement with DIFC FinTech Hive, supporting FinTechs, driving innovation and developing the FinTech ecosystem in the region.
IFintechs, or, Islamic fintechs, are seeing rapid growth and opportunities in Southeast Asia, but why exactly?
Date 25/05/2021 The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), through its Centre for Financial Health programme, today launched an innovation programme to develop a vibrant Islamic fintech innovation ecosystem in Malaysia’s Islamic capital market (ICM). The programme, known as the FIKRA Islamic Fintech Accelerator Programme (FIKRA), kicked off today with its inaugural initiative, the first accelerator focusing on fintech for the ICM in Malaysia. FIKRA aims to identify and scale relevant and innovative Islamic fintech solutions th...
Meanwhile, Malaysia and the Philippines continued to report thousands of new COVID-19 cases. On May 24, Malaysia confirmed 6,509 new cases, short below the record number of 6,976 cases announced one day earlier, together with 61 deaths. So far, the country has seen more than 500,000 infections, including 2,309 deaths. The same day, the Philippines’ Department of Heath also reported 4,973 new COVID-19 cases, raising the national count to more than 1.18 million. Additional 39 deaths were also reported, pushing the country’s COVID-19 death toll to 19,938. The Philippines has given 4 million ...