Over 66% of the 463 million inhabitants in the Middle East and North Africa region live in the top 5 most populous countries

The UAE, Israel and Qatar enjoy political stability, economic prosperity, and social cohesions that rank these states as safer and more secure than the United States on the Fragile States Index.

Fintech adoption  around the world has been consistently doubling every two years since 2015, with emerging markets leading the way.

Emerging Markets have been dominating in terms of global fintech adoption, whereas only 3 developed markets are in the top 10

At the end of 2020, there were a total of 87 fintech unicorns globally. 2021 was a fintech breakout year, minting 119 fintechs in the first 9 months of 2021 alone.

Fintechs globally raised $131.5B USD of capital in a single year, posting nearly 150% growth since the last record-high year of 2018.

All four quarters beating any previous years’ quarterly fundraising results and with Q4 being the largest quarter ever reaching $37.8 billion.

Digital Lending was the fastest growing vertical in fintech fundraising. All except two verticals reached triple digit growth that year.

Digital Payments and Currency Exchanges fundraised the most in Saudi Arabia

The two largest fundraising segments in Saudi Arabia by funding stage was Sale/Exit, followed by Corporate Round and Series A financing.

The largest segment of fundraising deal sizes in Saudi's fintech market is $1 million to $10 million USD