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Tarabut and BENEFIT form Open Banking partnership in Bahrain

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 08 Mar 2024

Tarabut has partnered with Bahrain-based fintech BENEFIT to launch a consent authentication method that streamlines Bahrain’s Open Banking ecosystem.

Open Banking, partnership, fintech, data, financial inclusion

Navigating the sands of innovation: Open Finance in the GCC

Voice of the Industry | Online & Mobile Banking | 26 Feb 2024

Serena Sebastiani from PwC Middle East embarks on a journey through innovation in the GCC's financial sector with a focus on Open Finance. Discover the region's strategic evolution.

Open Banking, Open Finance, regulation, report

The Paypers Global Partnerships Analysis Q3 2023 – Banking and Fintech

Voice of the Industry | Online & Mobile Banking | 17 Nov 2023

Building onto our previous reporting related to the partnerships that took place in Q3 2023 within the payments and commerce space, this analysis focuses on the banking and fintech industry.

banking, fintech, fraud prevention, financial crime, Open Banking, Open Finance, crypto, web3, The Paypers Quarterly Analysis series

BNPL technology: harness card rails for a smooth ride

Voice of the Industry | Online Payments | 06 Nov 2023

Rudy Gunawan, Managing Director of OpenWay Asia, and Lana Konakova, Global Product Marketing Manager, Regional Marketing in North and South America, share insights on payment processing technology that is required to meet BNPL customer expectations for on-POS, ecommerce and in-app checkouts.

payment methods, BNPL, customer experience, KYC, ecommerce, digital wallet, banks, carding

NPA: modernising payments in the UK – ACI Worldwide exclusive interview

Interviews | Online Payments | 27 Oct 2023

We sat down with Richard Albery and Andy Morris from ACI Worldwide to discuss the UK’s New Payments Architecture (NPA), its goals and propositions, and how companies such as ACI adapt to the new initiative.

online payments, account-to-account payment, Variable Recurring Payments, regulation, real-time payments

ACI Worldwide launches digital central infrastructure solution

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 13 Sep 2023

Real-time payments software provider ACI Worldwide has launched its digital central infrastructure, a single ISO 20022 native solution that bundles digital overlay services with ACI Central Infrastructure.

product launch, banking, fintech, paytech, payments , real-time payments, fraud prevention, financial services, financial institutions

Eazy Financial Services partners with JCB

News | Online Payments | 20 Jun 2023

Eazy Financial Services has partnered with JCB in order to enable JCB Card acceptances across EazyPay’s POS, as well as the merchant network in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

partnership, online payments, mobile payments, digital payments, payments , card scheme

Tarabut Gateway partners with Qarar to improve lending in MENA

News | Payments General | 25 May 2023

UAE-based Tarabut Gateway has partnered with credit analytics technology provider Qarar to improve the lending experience of MENA’s population.

partnership, lending, Open Banking, credit scoring

Ripple opens new office in Dubai

News | Cryptocurrencies | 09 May 2023

US-based crypto solutions provider Ripple has expanded its presence in MENA by opening a new office location in Dubai.

SMEs, Ripple, cryptocurrency, money transfer, cross-border payments, remittances

CBK launches QR Code Standard to boost digital payment usage

News | Online Payments | 04 May 2023

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has announced the launch and implementation of the Kenya QR Code Standard 2023 to increase the usage of digital payments.

product launch, payments , digital payments, digitalisation, QR code, QR payments, payment methods, PSP, banks, card scheme, fintech, financial services, banking, mobile money, POS, ecommerce, Issuer, financial inclusion

Tarabut Gateway secures USD 32 mln Series A for Open Banking in Saudi Arabia

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 03 May 2023

MENA-based Open Banking platform Tarabut Gateway has announced the successful completion of a USD 32 million Series A funding round. 

investment, Open Banking, fintech, Open Finance, Open Data Economy

BenefitPay announces beta test launch for augmented in-app features

News | Mobile Payments | 20 Mar 2023

Bahrain-based fintech BENEFIT has announced the release of BenefitPay’s beta test launch, to gather feedback and further augment the app’s functionalities and user experience.

digital wallet, mobile payments, product launch, contactless payments, cashless

Open Banking in the GCC: picking up pace

Voice of the Industry | Online & Mobile Banking | 14 Dec 2022

Serena Sebastiani from PwC Middle East shares insights into the Open Banking state of affairs in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.

Open Banking, Open Finance, Open Data Economy, regulation

Fintech take-off in the Middle East

Voice of the Industry | Online Payments | 28 Sep 2022

Jean Sideris, Director at Edgar, Dunn & Company, analyses the characteristics that fuelled fintech development in the Middle East and looks at elements driving future growth.

fintech, mobile payments, digital payments, ecommerce, BNPL, digital wallet

Russia, India to create RuPay – Mir connectivity

News | Online Payments | 24 Aug 2022

The Russian and Indian Governments have gotten closer to an agreement to have cards based on Russia’s Mir payment system be accepted at ATMs and POS in India.

Russia Ukraine War, financial sanctions, UPI, cross-border payments

Backbase partners with Bahrain FinTech Bay

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 22 Jun 2022

Key engagement banking platform provider Backbase has partnered with Bahrain FinTech Bay (BFB) as part of BFB's Venture Acceleration Platform, according to zawya.com.

 

partnership, digital banking, fintech, financial institutions

ACI report: UAE real-time payments scheme to boost economy

News | Online Payments | 11 May 2022

ACI Worldwide, in partnership with GlobalData and the Centre of Economics and Business Research (Cebr), has published the ‘Prime Time for Real-Time’ report on real-time payments, according to ZAWYA.

real-time payments, ACI Worldwide, report, instant payments

Citi sells Taiwan consumer banking presence to DBS

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 01 Feb 2022

Singapore-based DBS has decided to buy Citi’s consumer-banking business in Taiwan for cash equivalent to the net assets transferred plus a premium of roughly USD 704.2 million, according to Banking Dive.

Citi, acquisition, retail banking

Tarabut Gateway, Zain Bahrain now offer Open Banking payments

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 07 Dec 2021

Tarabut Gateway has partnered with Zain Bahrain to create a use case for Open Banking payments within a telecom app in the Middle East.

Open Banking, B2B payments, KYC, real-time payments

The underdogs of Open Banking

Voice of the Industry | Online & Mobile Banking | 03 Dec 2021

Vlad Macovei, content editor at The Paypers, shares key insights on the state of Open Banking across the globe 

Open Banking, Open Finance, data sharing, banks, fintech