Oct, 2018

Fintech Insights | Middle-East

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.

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