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E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Edtech

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

The UAE-based online-grocery delivery platform InstaShop has been acquired for USD 360 million by Delivery Hero.

Focus on deals | The Middle East Weekly Roundup | KrASIA

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Focus on deals | The Middle East Weekly Roundup

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The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

Latest US filings show that Saudi’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) dissolved its stakes in BP, Boeing, Facebook, Disney, Marriott, Citigroup, and Bank of America.

Snapchat launches Spectacles 3 in Saudi, Uber Connect launches in Egypt, and other news | The Middle East Weekly Roundup | KrASIA

Snapchat launches Spectacles 3 in Saudi, Uber Connect launches in Egypt, and other news | The Middle East Weekly Roundup

Electric Vehicles

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Etsy Payments, the payment processing arm of global marketplace Etsy.com, is now available for merchants in 7 new countries including Morocco and Turkey.

Mubadala invests in Xpeng Motors, GoDaddy launches in Arabic, and other news | The Middle East Weekly Roundup | KrASIA

Mubadala invests in Xpeng Motors, GoDaddy launches in Arabic, and other news | The Middle East Weekly Roundup

A blockchain, originally block chain, is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data.

Blockchain

Startupbootcamp, which already operates Dubai’s Smart City Accelerator and Qatar’s SportTech Accelerator, establishes headquarters in Dubai.

Tunisia legalizes crowdfunding, Beehive expands to Saudi Arabia, and funding news | The Middle East Weekly Roundup | KrASIA

Tunisia legalizes crowdfunding, Beehive expands to Saudi Arabia, and funding news | The Middle East Weekly Roundup

Saudi Payments and JCB International agree on a partnership to enable the acceptance of JCB cards in Saudi Arabia.

Tata receives a license in Saudi Arabia, Uber launches a bus service in Egypt, and other news | The Middle East Weekly Roundup | KrASIA

Tata receives a license in Saudi Arabia, Uber launches a bus service in Egypt, and other news | The Middle East Weekly Roundup

The Saudi Ministry of Tourism issues the first license for touristic rental of private property, similar to Airbnb.

UAE among global top 20 e-governments, Carrefour opens e-commerce center in Dubai, and Tadawul trades derivatives | The Middle East Weekly Roundup | KrASIA

UAE among global top 20 e-governments, Carrefour opens e-commerce center in Dubai, and Tadawul trades derivatives | The Middle East Weekly Roundup

The UAE announces government changes to empower digital transformation, creates new Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology.

Hill & Knowlton Europe now managed out of Dubai, e-sports recognized by the Arab Olympic Committee, and deal news | The Middle East Weekly Roundup | KrASIA

Hill &#038; Knowlton Europe now managed out of Dubai, e-sports recognized by the Arab Olympic Committee, and deal news | The Middle East Weekly Roundup

This week in MENA: Saudi Customs begins applying 15% VAT on incoming e-commerce packages.

Careem partners with VISA, digital gold now available in the UAE, and more | The Middle East Weekly Roundup | KrASIA

Careem partners with VISA, digital gold now available in the UAE, and more | The Middle East Weekly Roundup

GroupM predicts overall advertising spend to drop by 25% in 2020.