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mBridge at $55 Billion: The Multi-CBDC Rail Reshaping MENA Payment Corridors

By Punit Thakker2026-09-039 min read
Punit Thakker— Payments

mBridge at $55 Billion: The Multi-CBDC Rail Reshaping MENA Payment Corridors

Project mBridge cleared $55.49B across 4,047 transactions. With UAE and Saudi Arabia aboard, here is what this means for MENA cross-border payment corridors.

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Punit Thakker

Executive Director — Fintech, Blockchain & Digital Assets, ASK Group · Founder, Drongo Ventures

Punit has spent more than two decades inside the machinery of payments — from the founding team that brought PayPal to India to advising the Central Bank of the UAE.

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