Techstars and Emirates NBD partner to accelerate enterprise-grade AI and FinTech solutions across the MENAT region

Partnership fast-tracks enterprise-grade AI solutions and aims to solidify Dubai’s position among the top four global financial centres

Dubai, UAE, 6 July 2026: Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the Middle East, North Africa, and Türkiye (MENAT) region, and Techstars, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators, announced a strategic partnership to drive AI and FinTech innovation in the region.

The collaboration marks a shift from traditional startup mentorship towards a commercially-driven “Acceleration-to-Enterprise” model, designed to integrate high-growth AI and FinTech innovations directly into Emirates NBD’s banking ecosystem encompassing multiple markets. This partnership follows Emirates NBD’s recent #1 ranking in the inaugural Evident AI Index for Banks – Middle East and Africa, where it was the only bank to achieve top three performance across Talent, Innovation and Leadership, underscoring the bank’s position as one of the region’s most advanced financial institutions in artificial intelligence maturity.

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