Saleha Riaz
Reporter and Editor, Special Coverage at Business Recorder
Reporter and Editor, Special Coverage @brecordernews. Previously @YahooFinance, @WSJ, @mobileworldlive and @etribune
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3 days ago |
brecorder.com | Saleha Riaz
Embedded finance platform Neem, which has raised over $4 million in seed funding from global and local investors, announced a strategic partnership with EFU Life, marking its entry into the insurance sector. According to a statement released Tuesday, EFU Life’s offerings will soon be integrated into Neem Paymenow, a Shariah-compliant earned wage access platform.
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1 week ago |
brecorder.com | Saleha Riaz
Pakistani-founded, Dubai-based Dubizzle Group - an online marketplace giant whose well-known brands include the property website Bayut and the buying and selling platform dubizzle - recently acquired Property Monitor. The move comes amid buzz of an initial public offering (IPO) in the UAE that could be valued between $500 million and $1 billion. The group was founded by Pakistani brothers Imran and Zeeshan Ali Khan.
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4 weeks ago |
brecorder.com | Saleha Riaz
AI fintech Metric announced a seven figure seed round to grow their offering across the Gulf region and Asia. The company told Business Recorder it is not revealing the exact amount at this stage. Founded in 2022 by Pakistani couple Meenah Tariq and Omar Parvez, along with the company’s CTO Dr Habiba, Metric said in a statement released Thursday that the seed round had participation from Sanabil 500 Global, Hub71, i2i Ventures, Plus VC, Epic Angels, and Accelerate Prosperity.
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1 month ago |
brecorder.com | Saleha Riaz
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was recently ranked number one globally for the fourth consecutive year by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report covering the last year, surpassing many advanced economies. The study measured the quality of a country’s entrepreneurial environment based on expert assessments across 13 key ‘GEM Entrepreneurial Framework Conditions’.
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1 month ago |
brecorder.com | Saleha Riaz
Dubai has announced new rules that will allow companies set up inside its many free zones to operate outside of them in a move that is being hailed as “a gateway to growth”. Until now, a company in the free zone could operate only within the zone and outside the UAE. It could not conduct its operation in a non-free zone in the UAE.
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