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Wizz Air announces Google and Apple Pay services
Wizz Air expands digital payment options with Google and Apple Pay purchases
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UAE and Saudi embrace digital payments as online shopping and buy-now-pay-later thrive
UAE and Saudi shoppers adopt digital payments as BNPL and online retail replace cash purchases
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How du Pay will move UAE towards a cashless economy
Telecom giant launches du Pay to simplify financial services in the UAE
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Mastercard: Advancing the future of digital security
In today’s global economy, cybercrime reigns as the world’s third-largest economy, behind only China and the US. Despite this stark reality, Ajay Bhalla Mastercard’s president of Cyber and Intelligence Solutions explains that Mastercard’s robust ecosystem security integrates biometrics, generative AI and cutting-edge technologies to transform payments into a seamless and secure experience
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Kamel Pay: Transforming the financial ecosystem for the underbanked across the GCC and South Asia
A leading fintech company driving financial inclusion for the unbanked segment across South Asia and the GCC, Kamel Pay’s CEO and co-founder Ehsan Rahman explains how their distinct products, solutions, and ongoing efforts are helping drive financial inclusion to empower this segment
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Israel bans cash use for payments over $1,760
The ban comes as part of the country’s efforts to combat financial crime through digital payment platforms
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Adoption of digital payments to boost SME growth
The growing e-commerce sector, facilitated in part by a rapidly evolving digital payment ecosystem, can help SMEs unlock new markets
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Al Mouj Muscat offers residents payment option for cooling, service charges on Thawani Pay fintech app
A local start-up success story, Thawani Pay is the sultanate’s first non-banking financial company (NFBC) to be granted a Payment Service Provider (PSP) license by the Central Bank of Oman (CBO)
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Accenture picked to lead a revolution in the UAE’s payments eco-system
UAE Central Bank selects Accenture-led consortium to build and operate the national instant payment platform over the next five years
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Why Saudi SMEs are hopeful for the future, according to Mastercard
Saudi Arabia has the highest percentage of optimistic small businesses in the MENA region, finds Mastercard’s MEA SME Confidence Index
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UAE’s largest lender unveils payments subsidiary Magnati
Existing payments business is now a fully owned subsidiary as it looks to build on $18bn deals in 2020
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Online payment giant Stripe’s entrance to UAE will ‘propel forward the fintech sector’
The tech company operates in over 40 countries, primarily in Europe, and is valued at $95 billion
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Online payment solution Stripe makes its way to Dubai
Stripe’s market entry – supported via a partnership with Network International – will provide UAE-based businesses with the infrastructure they need to better connect with users around the world and trade internationally
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Is ‘buy now, pay later’ the future for Gulf digital payments?
Fintech provider Tabby wins $23m funding to grow its ‘instant credit’ network
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Video: Contactless payment will continue to grow in the post-Covid world
J.K. Khalil, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Levant region Cluster Head for Mastercard, reveals the future for contactless will continue, with recent surveys in the Kingdom showing 80 percent won’t revert to cash.
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Video: Vijay Shekhar Sharma wants to bring a billion people to digital payments in India
To say that Vijay Shekhar Sharma is ambitious is an understatement. The founder of Paytm, India’s largest digital payments company, has already revolutionised the way 400 million people spend money – whether it’s buying dinner, paying an electric bill or sending money to a friend.