barq

“Saudi fintech barq secures $329.5 million in Series A funding at a $1.85 billion valuation, achieving unicorn status rapidly.”

“The Riyadh-based digital payments giant, licensed by SAMA, rapidly expanded to 15 million users across 210 nationalities... barq focuses on strategic partnerships across banking, insurance, travel, e-commerce, and international payments like Alipay+ and UnionPay International.”

“barq ... raising the largest round of the week ($329.5M) at a $1.9B valuation”

“With 35 deals raising $1.3B, the mean ($38.5M) is nearly double the median ($20.0M)”

“barq — Saudi digital payments and money-transfer app licensed by SAMA, based in Riyadh. Notable for raising the largest round of the week ($329.5M) at a $1.9B valuation”