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Feb 2024
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The dating app that requires your credit...

Augustus Media
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Top Stories Today:

  • The UAE will exit a watchdog’s dirty money list following a clamp down on illicit financial activity
  • New dating apps are setting higher credit score requirements: will the Middle East adopt similar measures?
  • Abu Dhabi start up The Cloud has secured $12MN and acquired a UK startup KBox
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