Nandan Mer spoke with Arabian Business as Network International revealed a 16.5% year-on-year increase in revenues for H1 2021
Payment solutions
banking industry
How fingertip authentication technology will transform MENA contactless payments market
Biometric cards that eliminate fraud-risk and the need for transaction limits are to be launched regionally and globally in October
airline industry
Dubai-based Emirates launches world-first account-based payment method
White label solution Emirates Pay has been jointly developed with IATA and in partnership with Germany’s Deutsche Bank
Buying patterns of consumers
What are the possibilities of payments?
Most see payments as something that sits between them and their customers, purely a source of cost, rather than a lever of the possibilities of growth, revenue, customer excellence and ultimately profit
cashless payment
Saudi launches instant payment system in drive towards cashless society
Saudi Payments has collaborated with IBM and Mastercard to launch ‘Sarie’, which is the Arabic word for ‘fast’
digital payments
Global payment tech major picks Dubai for regional HQ
Dutch giant Adyen announces Middle East expansion with a move to the Dubai International Financial Centre
banking business
New CEO hired to lead UAE payments major Network International
Simon Haslam, currently group CEO, has decided to retire after 40 years in the financial services sector
Financial Services
Video: GCC is moving in the right direction in the fintech space
Hisham Al-Falih from fintech firm Lean Technologies believes the GCC has done a good job in enabling fintech companies to enter the markets, but says more can be done on the regulatory and security fronts.
