Emirates NBD, DIFC and Microsoft launch accelerator programme for metaverse start-ups – The National

Emirates NBD, DIFC and Microsoft launch accelerator programme for metaverse start-ups – The National

Emirates NBD, Dubai's biggest lender by assets, has joined forces with Dubai International Financial Centre’s FinTech Hive and the US technology company Microsoft to launch a 10-week global accelerator programme for metaverse start-ups.

The programme aims to transform the future of banking and improve customer experience in the digital economy.

It positions the bank as a “leader in the next phase of banking innovation in alignment with the Dubai Metaverse Strategy”, which aims to make the emirate one of the world's top 10 metaverse economies, supporting more than 40,000 virtual jobs by 2030 and adding $4 billion to Dubai’s economy in five years.