Author: Editorial Team
KARTY LLC, Qatar’s leading digital wallet and payment startup, has received Visa’s FinTech Innovation Award, recognising its work to advance digital payments and money management services in Qatar. The award follows KARTY’s launch of Qatar’s first Visa card provided by a licensed fintech, marking an important step for the company as it moves from product development to serving the public. Licensed by the Qatar Central Bank (QCB) and registered with the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), KARTY has built its platform to make everyday money management simpler. KARTY’s VISA card is available through the KARTY app, where users can open an…
WASHINGTON — The United States is preparing to revoke business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are seeking asylum status in the country, marking its latest step in a sweeping immigration crackdown. A State Department spokesman said it was coordinating with the Department of Homeland Security “to identify and revoke the non-immigrant visas of foreigners who have come to the United States claiming to be short-term visitors, but then file for asylum to stay here permanently.” The State Department statement did not specify the number of visas that will be revoked in the…
RIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman received a written message from President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates. The message was pertaining to further enhancing bilateral relations between the two countries. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Waleed Al-Khereiji received the message from UAE Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Matar Salem Al-Dhaheri during their meeting in Riyadh on Monday.They reviewed bilateral relations and ways to develop them across various fields. They also discussed issues of common interest. Source: Saudi Gazette
On the sidelines of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister’s state visit to the French Republic, Saudi Energy signed a cooperation agreement on Monday with the French public investment bank Bpifrance on project financing. The agreement, signed during the Saudi-French Investment Roundtable Meeting, focuses on financing Saudi Energy’s projects to develop and expand the power grid. It aims to provide competitive financing solutions for the company’s procurement activities and projects. The agreement builds on a memorandum of understanding signed by the two sides in November 2025, which established a framework…
Tarik Erk, Head of MENAT & Senior Executive Officer Abu Dhabi at Binance, outlines how changes to the cyber threat landscape have impacted the financial ecosystem and the role of apps within it. For years, the promise of financial technology was that it would make managing money simpler. Instead, for many people, it created another kind of complexity. We invest through one platform, save through another, make payments through a third, send money internationally through a fourth, and move between banks, brokers, wallets and exchanges to access different markets. Every additional service brings another account, another interface, another verification process…
LOS ANGELES — The irrepressible country music singer, songwriter and actress whose charisma, heartfelt lyrics and business acumen captured the public’s imagination for nearly six decades, Dolly Parton, died on Tuesday aged 80, her family said in a statement. The American singer-songwriter-actress-philanthropist, best known for her hit songs ‘I Will Always Love You’, ‘Jolene’ and ‘9 to 5’, died in Nashville, Tennessee, after a “brief battle” with cancer. Her death comes just days after sharing a health update, following the cancellation of her Las Vegas residency and the death of her husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, who died…
RIYADH — Roshn Saudi League newcomers Diriyah Club strengthened their squad with three major signings, bringing in Darwin Nunez, Enzo Millot and Adil Boulbina as they prepare for their first season in the Saudi top flight. Nunez joins on loan from Al Hilal, while Millot arrives on a temporary deal from Al Ahli. Algeria international Boulbina has completed a permanent transfer from Qatar’s Al Duhail. The move gives Nunez, 27, a fresh opportunity in the RSL following his first season with Al Hilal after joining the Riyadh club in a high-profile transfer from English Premier League side Liverpool. The Uruguay…
The Saudi National Institute of Health signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with French pharmaceutical company Sanofi on the sidelines of the Saudi-French Investment Forum in Paris. The MoU aims to enhance cooperation in research and development, innovation, and clinical research, and develop public-private partnerships to support the development of promising therapeutic solutions and health technologies, strengthen the health research and innovation ecosystem, and build research capabilities in line with the objectives of the Health Sector Transformation Program under Saudi Vision 2030. The MoU builds on the longstanding relations between Saudi Arabia and France and reflects both sides’ commitment to…
Hadi Anwar, CEO of CPX. CPX Holding, a leading provider of cutting-edge cyber and physical security solutions and services, will return to GISEC Global 2026 for its fourth consecutive year. Taking place from September 16-18, 2026, at the Dubai Exhibition Center in Expo City, GISEC Global will see CPX highlight its growing role in regional digital defence through executive engagement, ecosystem collaboration, and national security dialogue aimed at strengthening cyber resilience for nations and organisations. With AI-powered cyberattacks on the rise, a shifting geopolitical landscape, and an expanding digital footprint, the need for proactive defence across critical sectors has never been…
JUBA, South Sudan — Armed men ambushed a patrol traveling to a remote area of South Sudan on Monday, killing two UN peacekeepers, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Seven others were wounded — three peacekeepers, two members of the South Sudanese police and two civilian staffers, the mission known as UNMISS said in a statement. The two peacekeepers killed and three injured were from Ethiopia, UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said. Though violence is rampant in the African country, attacks against peacekeepers are rare. The mission said it had deployed…