Fintech Insights | Middle-East

1. Fintech: Funding in MENA fintech is led by lending and payment focused start-ups

Published on: Oct 2018

Fintech based start-ups in the MENA region are seeing a lot of traction recently with a funding of ~USD115mn till date, of which ~75mn is received within last two years. UAE is the most popular geography among investors attracting ~65% of funding, while the other popular countries are KSA, Jordan and Egypt.