“Can a Bahrain-based digital banking platform become the default infrastructure layer for traditional banks across the GCC/MENA region going digital?”
Founded in 2017 in Bahrain as a digital banking software platform aimed at enabling traditional financial institutions to go digital. Aion Digital evolved from a pure digital-banking front-end vendor into a full-stack platform provider offering eKYC/digital onboarding, retail and corporate digital banking suites, and an AI/ML personalization engine under the Aion Hikmah brand. The company further expanded into Open Banking infrastructure via its Spire Technologies investment and launched Aion Rubix, positioning itself as a FaaS/BaaS middleware layer for banks across the GCC/MENA region.
Aion Digital connects to bank accounts through Spire Technologies.
Aion Digital was founded by Ashar Nazim and Sameer Altaf and is founded in 2017, headquartered in Manama, Bahrain.
Aion Digital has raised $5M in total (latest round: Later Stage VC).
Aion Digital's acquisitions include Spire Technologies (2022).
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