Specialist RegTech provider, Shield, has announced it has joined the IBM Cloud for Financial Services ecosystem and intends to onboard its communication compliance and surveillance offerings to the platform. Shield will join an ecosystem of Independent Software Vendor (ISV) partners to help offer financial services customers a range of capabilities built on IBM Cloud for […]

Puppet, the industry standard for infrastructure automation, has announced the expansion of its European presence in Hamburg, Germany. By establishing a legal entity, Puppet will be strengthening its commitment to the local community and better serve a strong ecosystem of customers and partners across the DACH region. Now more than ever, businesses are relying on […]

A strategic partnership agreement between Hakbah, an alternative financial saving platform based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Visa will enable Hakbah to issue Visa prepaid cards to customers in Saudi Arabia and GCC. Hakbah announced that it has signed a multi-year strategic partnership agreement with Visa, a world leader in digital payments, to issue Visa […]

NayaPay has joined the Visa Fintech Fast Track program, speeding up the payment company’s integration process with Visa and enabling it to leverage the reach, capabilities and security of the Visa global payments network. Through the Fast Track program, NayaPay has access to Visa’s partner network, technology and resources to accelerate innovation in digital payments […]

Airwallex is pleased to announce the hiring of its new SVP Sales of Europe, Nigel Thacker, to drive the company’s expansion in Europe and the UK.  This comes after Airwallex’s recent record US$160 million Series D fundraising in April. A proportion of the funds are being used to support its growth in the UK and […]

Saudi Arabia-based stc pay, a digital wallet and subsidiary of stc Telecom Company, and digital payments firm Visa, have signed a strategic partnership to launch customer-centric financial services and digital payment solutions to stc pay customers. The new agreement, Visa’s first fintech collaboration in Saudi Arabia, further builds on stc pay and Visa’s alliance from […]

Obsidian Systems and Rancher Labs have joined together in a strategic partnership to help Africa take advantage of the benefits that Kubernetes brings. Using Kubernetes, a business can get its entire infrastructure up and running within minutes. Obsidian Systems, a supplier of enterprise-ready open source software solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with Rancher […]

Recognising the urgent need for organisations to maintain Business Continuity through the current global crisis, Cupola Teleservices, the Middle East’s pioneer in outsourced contact centre services has worked with Avaya, its trusted partner for advanced contact centre and collaboration solutions, to further enhance its contact centre capabilities. As the BPO partner to several multinational corporations […]

Nutanix, a leader in enterprise cloud computing, has announced the Nutanix Special Financial Assistance Programme (NSFAP) to demonstrate its commitment to support partners worldwide as they work to sustain business operations amidst rapidly changing macroeconomic conditions. The NSFAP programme will provide participating partners with extended payment terms to give them increased financial flexibility for their […]

Booz Allen Hamilton continues to cement its market leadership position in the MENA region with strategic appointments to drive its business objectives. The firm has announced a series of senior promotions in 2020 to further enable transformation and resiliency and support MENA organisations’ core missions in rapidly changing environments. Johnny Ayoub has been promoted to […]