“Can a regulated open banking infrastructure player in MENA become the full-stack embedded finance OS for banks, lenders, and non-financial platforms across the Gulf?”
Founded in 2018 in Bahrain as MENA's first licensed open banking gateway (AISP/PISP), Tarabut Gateway built its initial moat as a regulated API aggregator connecting banks and fintechs. After raising a Series A with Visa in 2023, the company expanded from pure open-banking connectivity into an Embedded Finance platform, offering SME lending orchestration, BaaS APIs for banks and insurers, and AI-driven credit decisioning. By 2025, the company was pitching itself as the full-stack infrastructure layer enabling banks, lenders, and non-financial platforms to embed financing into everyday consumer and SME journeys across MENA.