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    The Search, Global Tour: MENA & Turkey

    The Search heads to MENA and Turkey for a closer look at a region that is embracing fintech. From regulatory sandboxes, government-driven initiatives and tech incubators and accelerators, MENA is home to a growing number of fintech startups with more than $222m being invested into fintech in the first half of 2021 alone.

    We’re delighted to partner with our Official Accelerator Partner Plug & Play to bring you a special interview session entitled ‘Analysing a Thriving Ecosystem’. Chaired by Nameer Khan of the MENA Fintech Association, he’ll be joined by Babak Ahmadzadeh, Director of Plug and Play Abu Dhabi and Lale Can Gözübüyük, Regional Director/Country Manager, Plug and Play Tech Center, Turkey for an indepth look at the region and the opportunities for fintech within key countries.

    Hear from five more incredible startups as they introduce us to their technologies in a bid to join the Fintech100 at November’s Fintech Abu Dhabi.

    Congratulations to the Winners of The Search: MENA & Turkey

    Fatora
    Hala
    Verofax

    Startups

    Fatora

    Anyone can build an online store and start for free. Fatora is a smart product for online payment solutions in MENA, it is an application and website enabling its users to create invoices and send them online to the customer to pay them directly via credit cards.
    Speaker: Waleed Alyafie
    Country:Qatar

    FINSO

    Consumer loan digitalisation platform - Finso provides software platforms and services based on international standards and state-of-the-art technologies connecting retailers, financial institutions and customers.
    Speaker: İzzettin Toksoy
    Country:Turkey

    HALA

    Hala is a leading fintech platform allowing SMEs to manage their inbound and outbound payments in a simple yet safe way.
    Speaker: Maher Loubieh
    Country:Saudi Arabia

    Trade Capital Partners

    TCP is the working capital solution for startups and SMEs in emerging markets: SMEs and startups are the cornerstone of growing economies yet face major challenges obtaining short term credit solutions around their working capital.
    Speaker: Troels Andersen
    Country:United Arab Emirates

    Verofax

    World's first sustainable lifecycle tracing platform for brands to access ESG finance and markets. Verofax sustainable lifecycle tracing promotes sustainable brands and empowers consumers to research and access based on rating vs industry average.
    Speaker: Wassim Merheby
    Country:United Arab Emirates

    With thanks to our Speakers

    Babak Ahmadzadeh, Director, Plug and Play Abu Dhabi
    Nameer Khan, Founding Board Member, MFTA
    Lale Can Gözübüyük, Regional Director/Country Manager, Plug and Play Tech Center, Turkey
    Nahil Hanna, Head Of Innovation & Startups Ecosystem, Unbound

    With thanks to our Judges

    HB Lim, Director, FSRA, ADGM
    Nahil Hanna, Head Of Innovation & Startups Ecosystem, Unbound
    Gorkem Cokcetin, Senior Industry Digital Transformation Specialist, Oracle

    With thanks to our Partners

    ADCB
    Platinum Partner
    Hub71
    Silver Partner
    Plug and Play
    Accelerator Partner
    Etihad Airways
    Official Airline Partner
    ADGM Academy
    Knowledge Partner

    With thanks to our Community Partners

    Bahrain FinTech Bay
    Fintech Instanbul
    MENA Fintech Association
    StartAD

    Join Fintech Abu Dhabi in a global search for the most innovative and disruptive startups within financial technology.

    Between June and November, Fintech Abu Dhabi highlights more than 35 countries with 23 planned tour stops. The Search comes to an end at the final destination, MENA’s leading fintech festival, Fintech Abu Dhabi happening 22 - 24 November 2021. Each virtual tour stop features interviews and panel debates as fintech leaders from the host country share their thoughts on how fintech innovations have shaped their region.

    Register for Fintech Abu Dhabi 2021

    This year’s Fintech Abu Dhabi is free to attend - register now to claim your virtual pass giving you access to all sessions on the 23–24 November, that’s in excess of 40 hours of content and the chance to learn from more than 150 speakers! Join fintech pioneers, investors, VCs, founders and industry leaders for two days of unmissable opportunity, only at MENA’s leading fintech festival.













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    Once registered you will receive a confirmation email to confirm your virtual pass. Approximately one week ahead of the event we will contact you to provide full details of how to access this year’s Fintech Abu Dhabi – join fellow participants on our live event platform and enjoy the chance to network virtually, watch sessions, ask questions and interact in our live polls. Alternatively, you can also stream all the content live from the website. Register for your virtual two-day pass below.

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    Register for the Search Global Tour: MENA & Turkey

    Fintech Abu Dhabi brings together the global fintech community, join us for MENA's leading fintech festival. Register your details below to be kept up to date with the latest news, features and speakers.









    The Search, the Fintech Abu Dhabi Global Tour

    Select as many tour stops as you'd like to attend, and you'll receive a joining link via email ahead of each stop.

    All 2021 stops

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    October 2021

    MENA & Turkey, 6 October 2021

    Israel, 13 October 2021

    Italy, 26 October 2021

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    Privacy notice: ADGM is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy, and we’ll only use your personal information to administer your account and provide the products and services you requested from us. We will not disclose your name, e-mail address or contact number to any third parties. You can unsubscribe anytime by clicking the unsubscribe link in the footer of our emails.. For more information on how we handle your personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy