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GCC Platform Signals: The Money Layer Gets Funded

Two market signals to 26 September 2026 — Saudi's BNPL champion raises at US$6.5 billion on its way to the public market, and a two-year-old payments app turns unicorn with one of the region's largest Series A rounds. What is moving, and who should act.

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26 SEPT 202615 MINCLOSED

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Overview — two signals, one story

Between 14 and 16 September 2026, two funding announcements landed on GCC financial platforms within roughly forty-eight hours of each other — and together they say more about where the region's platform economy is heading than any quarter of earnings. Signal 1 — Tabby, Series F. Saudi Arabia's buy-now-pay-later champion raised US$233 million at a US$6.5 billion valuation , led by Hong Kong's Blue Pool Capital (the family office associated with Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai), with HSG, Wellington Management and Arbor Ventures participating and Mubadala remaining on the cap table. The round …

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