TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

That has accelerated card acceptance –– with 90% card acceptance rates in the UAE and Saudi Arabia by some estimates — in the region. “It’s taken all this time since historically, banks have been extremely reluctant to partner with fintech companies, to help co-create financial products and services,” Aziz said.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The exceptional capacity of Langoo in its local business with Riiid Tutor was the main reason for this acquisition,” said co-founder and CEO of Riiid YJ Jang. The company expects to address local remote learning and education in the market. How is edtech spending its extra capital? arm, Riiid Labs, in Silicon Valley.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The plan for the company is to provide merchants with access to accounts, cards, local payment networks and lending. This suite of services is essential in the primary markets in which Nomod is aiming to build a significant merchant base, like Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bangladesh.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2022

After scaling its B2B grocery delivery across Egypt for over three years, it intends to utilize its network and relationships with local and multinational suppliers and advance full distribution into Morocco, which now accounts for 10% of MaxAB’s business, and entry into Saudi Arabia by the end of 2023.

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TechNode

APRIL 28, 2024

Chinas food delivery giant Meituan is hiring Arabic- and English-proficient talent for its likely entry into Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, as the company puts expansion beyond China on its agenda as domestic consumption falls.

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2021

Other countries where Private Relay won’t be available include: Belarus, Colombia, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkmenistan, Uganda, and the Philippines. China is one of ten countries not getting the feature.

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TechNode

JULY 22, 2024

Meituan is reportedly set to officially launch in Riyadh in September or October, according to Chinese media outlet NBD, as the food delivery giant looks to replicate its growth in Hong Kong and mainland China in Saudi Arabia.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Volopay’s platform provides startups and enterprises flexibility by issuing virtual and/or physical prepaid multicurrency corporate cards in their local currency (SGD, AUD, INR, IDR, PHP, etc) with up to 5% cashback on all card transactions. In addition, Volopay will hire aggressively in each of its new markets. .

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The Verge

JULY 12, 2021

One of the more interesting new features available with iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey is iCloud Plus, Apple’s upgraded iCloud subscription service that adds a few key privacy features. Here’s how to use it: To start, you’ll have to be using iOS 15, iPadOS 15, or macOS Monterey and be a subscriber to one of Apple’s iCloud plans.

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TechNode

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Chinas Hozon Auto said on Monday that it is partnering with EIH Automotive&Trading, an Abu Dhabi-based car distributor, to help launch its Neta range of electric vehicles and services in the United Arab Emirates in 2024. Geely-affiliated Zeekr signed sales agreements with partners in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain last month.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2022

The company says it provides the underwriting, credit in local currency and the payment rails “for any business spend across countries and currencies.” Jeeves was founded in 2020 under the premise that startups have traditionally had to rely on financial infrastructure that is local and country-specific.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 28, 2022

But buying a bunch of prepaid debit cards from the local corner store and then surveying the recipients every week to see if it’s helping isn’t a scalable solution, and the lack of data is a major reason why city governments are reluctant to fund it. Anita Ramaswamy digs in here. Read more from Annie Njanja here.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

Video calls are coming to X CEO Linda Yaccarino confirmed in her first TV interview that video calls will be a new feature coming to the service, as part of its transformation into an “everything app.” The service was recently renamed to XBlue during the Twitter rebrand to X. Lawsuit time.

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Care2

AUGUST 29, 2008

For someone who grew up in an era when sources of political information were few and narrow (the newspaper, TV news) and when venues for ordinary people to speak up about politics were also few (local town halls, letters to the editor), the Dean campaign was a truly exciting revolution. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

For someone who grew up in an era when sources of political information were few and narrow (the newspaper, TV news) and when venues for ordinary people to speak up about politics were also few (local town halls, letters to the editor), the Dean campaign was a truly exciting revolution. All Care2 terms of service and privacy policies apply.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2021

Regional expansion (with an imminent entry into Saudi Arabia this year) is one of Paymob’s objectives following this raise. The company also recorded a total payment volume of more than $5 billion from over 35,000 local and international merchants like Swvl, LG, Breadfast, and Tradeline. . million initially.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Local media outlet The Paper reported that the man, surnamed Yuan in police reports, slept around three or four hours nightly, with the rest of his time spent at work. Wang did not provide numbers of each type of Meituan delivery service provider in the email. Details: In the internal letter, Wang mentioned that approximately 4.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2022

Swvl , an Egyptian startup that provides shared transportation services for intercity and intracity trips, has expanded into Turkey through an acquisition of Volt Lines , a B2B transportation-as-a-service operator. have received permits to provide driverless ride-hailing services to the public on open roads in Beijing.

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TechNode

MARCH 5, 2025

Meituan, Chinas local services platform, is accelerating its global expansion with a renewed focus on grocery retail, international markets, and artificial intelligence, CEO Wang Xing announced in a recent internal meeting. Meituans overseas food delivery platform, Keeta , is rapidly expanding in Saudi Arabia.

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