Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB), Qatar’s leading digital bank, announced the launch of Samsung Wallet, a secure and easy-to-use mobile payment service for all QIB Debit, Credit and Prepaid cardholders owning Samsung devices. Samsung Wallet is a robust mobile payment platform that supports the shift towards digital wallets and provides a secure e-payments avenue around the […]

Phased roll-out has begun with US flights from Abu Dhabi, offering facial recognition facility and an end to multiple passport and boarding pass checks Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi Airports is gearing up to launch advanced biometric technology, which uses a passenger’s facial features as their passport to offer a seamless experience […]

Pakistani telecom company, PTCL has signed an agreement with evision – the media and entertainment wing of global telecom services provider, e& – to launch its own video streaming platform in Pakistan. The new Digital Video Over-The-Top (OTT) platform will host the richest collection of Hollywood and Pakistani entertainment content besides a rich assortment of […]

Carrefour, owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim in Pakistan, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bank Alfalah to launch its first ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ initiative. This first-of-its-kind solution means that customers with an Alfa account can now scan a product’s QR code to pay in instalments in-store without experiencing any price […]

Vodafone Qatar’s Infinity Payment Solutions (IPS), a separate financial entity and 100% subsidiary of Vodafone, has announced the launch of iPay,  Qatar’s first licensed  e- wallet. Licensed by Qatar Central Bank, iPay, is a secure e-wallet developed by Infinity Payment Solutions, in strategic partnership with Commercial Bank of Qatar (CBQ), Gulf Exchange and Paytm. iPay […]

JazzCash, Pakistan’s leading fintech, partners with Pakistan State Oil, Pakistan’s leading energy company, to provide DIGICASH users payment gateway and card top up facility via the JazzCash app. This collaboration will also enable JazzCash users to apply for DIGICASH directly from their JazzCash app. PSO, pioneer in Fuel Card business, revolutionized the concept of fueling […]

Today YouTube announced the expansion of its monetisation system with YouTube Partner Program (YPP). YouTube shared that it is expanding the platform’s monetization system to allow more creators to join the program by new ways for creators to earn revenue through Shorts, and re-imagining the music industry and creator dynamic by opening up ads monetization […]

Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, has launched an exciting new offer for holidaymakers planning a trip to Dubai between 22 September and 8 December 2022. all Emirates customers can now enjoy a complimentary ticket to the Museum of the Future – one of the city’s most famous landmarks. Starting today, this special offer is […]

Financial technology leader FIS® announced that it is revolutionizing the way small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) gain access to embedded payments and finance solutions through software providers with the launch of Worldpay for Platforms™. This new software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution combines the power of the global merchant and banking capabilities of FIS with embedded payments technology built on […]

Omgyno founded by Doreen Toutikian and Elisabeth Milini in Greece and Lebanon, Siira founded by Sandra Salame in Lebanon, and Maternally founded by Yasmin El Mouallem in the UAE were crowned the winners of the MENA region’s first digital-health FemTech Accelerator Program. Launched in October 2021 during Expo 2020 by partners Organon and Flat6Labs to address unmet women’s healthcare needs, the […]