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Payments, lending, insurance and banking startups in India and the Gulf, with their funding rounds, licences and the rules that govern them.
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- Oct 22, 2026
Ziina Wins UAE Central Bank Licenses for Payments and Money Transfers
Startup News · Gulf · Oct 22, 2026
Undisclosed · Stage not disclosed
Azim Premji's Premji Invest leads up to $105M in AI lender Vegafin
India · Oct 22, 2026
Undisclosed
Stage not disclosed
AI Chatbots for Stock Tips: Nithin Kamath’s Warning
Startup News · India · Oct 21, 2026
$1M · Pre-Seed
CapQuest raises $1M pre-Seed for equity management platform
Gulf · Oct 20, 2026
$1M
Pre-Seed
US stock investing: Angel One rolls out access for Indians
Startup News · India · Oct 19, 2026
US Stock Trading on Kite: Zerodha Opens Beta Access
Startup News · India · Oct 19, 2026
FlexM Raises Series A Funding from 24 Hermes VCC
Gulf · Oct 19, 2026
Saudi fintech Vrtx raises $3.6 million pre-seed for embedded finance
Saudi Arabia · Oct 19, 2026
ABSL AMC launches two retail FoFs from GIFT City
Startup News · India · Oct 19, 2026
Saber Money funding: Tether and Titan Fund invest
India-Gulf · Oct 18, 2026
MENA Startup Funding Q3 2026: $1.65B, Saudi Arabia Leads
Gulf · Oct 17, 2026
HSBC India startup loans: over half of $1B deployed in a year
India · Oct 17, 2026
NSE IFSC and London Stock Exchange sign MoU on cross-listings
India · Oct 15, 2026
Google.org commits $15 million to The/Nudge for Indian MSME AI tools
India · Oct 15, 2026
$5M · Stage not disclosed
UAE adtech JustAd raises $5M for AI-powered marketing platform
Adtech · Gulf · Oct 15, 2026
$5M
Stage not disclosed
RevRag.AI Raises $2.5M Seed Round for AI Relationship Managers
India · Oct 14, 2026
₹10 Cr · Stage not disclosed
RocketPay raises Rs 10 crore from Sandeep Jain for lender collections tech
India · Oct 14, 2026
₹10 Cr
Stage not disclosed
UPI MDR rollout delayed until after Diwali
India · Oct 13, 2026
Shipfinex IFSCA sandbox authorisation maritime tokenisation GIFT City
India · Oct 13, 2026
CreditAccess Grameen raises $175M syndicated social loan
India · Oct 13, 2026
USD 329.5 mn · Series A
barq Series A: $329.5M mega-round sets Gulf VC pace
Gulf · Oct 13, 2026
USD 329.5 mn
Series A
$12M · Series A
Autobia Raises $12M Series A for Saudi Auto Parts Platform
Saudi Arabia · Oct 12, 2026
$12M
Series A
UPI MDR rollout: what businesses need to check
India · Oct 9, 2026
Juspay Payment Orchestration Expands Into the GCC
India-Gulf · Oct 8, 2026
SK Finance stake sale: Neo, Kenro eye ₹400 crore deal
India · Oct 8, 2026