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Leading Investment App SwissBorg Arrives In The UAE
The all-in-one crypto investment app is now available in the UAE, helping Emirates residents build portfolios, earn yields and stay updated on the latest crypto developments.
Investment startup SwissBorg, a leading European cryptocurrency wealth management platform, has just announced its arrival in the UAE. The award-winning company offers a safe and straightforward way to invest in Web 3.0 assets, taking the guesswork out of the often complex process of building a crypto portfolio.
SwissBorg raised nearly 55 million USD via a successful Initial Coin Offering in the first year of its operation. 25,000 people contributed from across the globe, resulting in a wildly successful platform (and accompanying app) that now boasts 700,000 active users and strong relationships with leading banks.
In the UAE, crypto adoption is rapidly gaining traction, with local and international players setting up various startups across the region. According to the “Global State of Crypto” report, 35% of UAE residents have adopted some form of crypto, compared to the 17% average across developed nations. SwissBorg hopes to capitalize on the UAE’s crypto enthusiasm by entering into a partnership with local leader Crypto Oasis, as well as working with local authorities to help build a deeper sense of trust over the long term.
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“We are pioneering a new era in asset management and private banking supported by blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies assets. We see cryptocurrencies as a serious investment, and our goal is to provide a variety of long-lasting crypto financial products that everyone can use to participate in the largest wealth transition in human history. The UAE serves as our perfect Middle Eastern launch pad because it is the region’s commercial, technological and cultural hub,” says Anthony Lesoismier, co-founder and CSO at SwissBorg.
So is the hype surrounding SwissBorg justified? Well, for one, SwissBorg is the first company to offer complete transparency on Proof of Assets and Liabilities. The app itself offers a live dashboard with comprehensive analytics, fiat exchange in 16 currencies, and an Order Management System that searches for the best prices for users.
If you like the sound of SwissBorg’s platform, you can find out more at their official website, where you’ll also see links to the Google and iOS versions of the app.
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Visa’s Return To Syria Starts With A Test And A Bank In Lebanon
Foreign visitors will be the first users to benefit, but whether Syria’s own banks and cardholders follow is still an open question.
Visa is returning to Syria. Its first live international card transaction in the country was a test rather than a launch, and the milestone event ran through a Lebanese bank.
The acquirer (the bank on the merchant’s side of a card payment) was Fransabank Lebanon, with Paymera as the other named partner. Nadim Moujaes, who heads a Fransabank Group subsidiary, describes the test as both the culmination of “longstanding efforts to link Syria back to international payment networks” and “the first step in a larger path”.
Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa makes the first electronic payment in Syria using a @Visa card at a store in Damascus, following the lifting of US sanctions on Syria. pic.twitter.com/lpAN7nQ6Fc
— Tech Magazine (@TechMGZN) August 27, 2026
“We are excited to have successfully tested live transactions today as we plan to enable international visitors to use their Visa cards while in Syria,” says Leila Serhan, Visa’s senior vice president and group country manager for the North Africa, Levant and Pakistan region. Although a significant first step, that plan doesn’t come with a hard date for when a visitor’s card will work normally.
Mohammed Safwat Raslan, governor of the Central Bank of Syria, says the test paves the way for international card acceptance in Syria and that maintaining strong compliance, risk management and operational controls will remain essential. Serhan likewise stresses that Visa has worked within applicable legal, regulatory and compliance requirements. For a test transaction, it seems there was a great deal of attention paid to the rules, with the entire operation being carefully managed.
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The test is the latest step in a sequence that began in December 2025, when Visa announced a strategic roadmap to support Syria’s integration into the global digital economy. In February 2026 it hosted its first industry gathering of banks, ecosystem partners and policymakers in Damascus and, the same month, signed an agreement with Syria’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in San Francisco.
Michel Kattouah, Paymera’s CEO, called the test “the return of international card acceptance,” but while that’s positive news, there’s no word yet on when a Syrian bank will issue a Visa card to a Syrian customer.
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