ACQUISITION RIYADH
PayTabs signs SAR 35M MoU to acquire Saudi payment gateway SeaPay
The six-month MoU for SAMA-licensed SeaPay is PayTabs' fifth roll-up move on the road to $100B in volumes and a listing.
SAR 35M (~$9.3M)
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Acquisitions
Exits and consolidation, reported with what the buyer is pricing in.
November 2026 1
October 2026 3
ACQUISITION DOHA
Snoonu acquires YC-backed US startup BiteSight to add video food discovery
Qatari super-app Snoonu, majority-owned by Jahez Group, buys New York food-discovery app BiteSight; its co-founders will build from Doha.
Undisclosed
ACQUISITION MANAMA
barq Group signs deal to absorb Beyon Money
Bahrain's Beyon swaps its consumer fintech arm for equity in Saudi payments group barq, in a cross-border consolidation deal pending regulatory approvals.
Undisclosed
ACQUISITION DUBAI
NEOPAY moves to take 65% of noon payments in regional payments tie-up
A definitive agreement would merge Mashreq-founded acquiring rails with noon's gateway across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, pending regulatory approvals.
Undisclosed
September 2026 2
ACQUISITION RIYADH
Salla acquires Paylink to put the payment rail under its storefronts
The Saudi e-commerce platform buys a SAMA-licensed payments company for an undisclosed sum, adding online and in-person acceptance, SoftPOS and multi-currency.
Undisclosed
ACQUISITION AMMAN
Abwaab acquires Egyptian edtech Eduact, its second Egyptian buy of 2026
The Amman-based learning platform adds a teacher-and-learning-centre SaaS to move from B2C learning into B2B tooling; terms undisclosed.
Undisclosed