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Telr gets in-principle approval from CBUAE

News | Payments General | 05 Apr 2024

UAE-based online payment gateway Telr has been granted in-principle approval for the Retail Payment Services & Card Schemes License from the Central Bank of UAE (CBUAE).

digital payments, ecommerce, central bank, payment gateway, fintech

STC Bank launches in Beta

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 05 Apr 2024

STC Bank has announced the launch in Beta, as the financial institution received formal approval from the SAMA in order to continue its development journey. 

product launch, banking, online banking, mobile banking, digital banking, financial services, financial institutions

stc pay collaborates with EWA

News | Mobile Payments | 19 Feb 2024

Bahrain-based mobile wallet for digital financial transactions stc pay has announced its collaboration with the Electricity and Water Authority (EWA). 

payments , mobile payments, partnership, digital payments, financial inclusion

stc pay partners with Mastercard

News | Payments General | 15 Jan 2024

Bahrain-based stc pay has entered a strategic partnership with Mastercard to enhance its digital payment offering and improve customer experience.

partnership, customer experience, digital payments, financial services, financial inclusion

Nearpay secures USD 14 mln in Series A funding

News | Payments General | 18 Dec 2023

Saudi Arabia-based fintech Nearpay has bagged USD 14 million in Series A funding led by Sanabil Investments.

funding, investment, SoftPOS, expansion, payments infrastructure

Confronting the infrastructural payment challenges of the MENA region

Voice of the Industry | Online Payments | 23 Feb 2023

Vladimir Kuiantsev, Managing Partner at Akurateco, elaborates on the benefits of confronting the infrastructural payment challenges of the MENA region with an on-premise white-label payment orchestration platform.

cross-border payments, ecommerce, payments orchestration, payment methods, fintech, marketplace, local payment method

Exploring the advantages for merchants and PSPs in receiving cryptocurrency payments: an interview with TripleA

Interviews | Cryptocurrencies | 02 Feb 2023

Eric Barbier, the CEO of TripleA, presents the benefits merchants and PSPs can reap from accepting crypto payments once their concerns are addressed.


cryptocurrency, payment methods, Bitcoin, merchant, digital wallet, chargebacks

The benefits merchants and PSPs can reap from accepting crypto payments – interview with TripleA

Interviews | Cryptocurrencies | 18 Jan 2023

Eric Barbier, CEO of TripleA, shares the benefits merchants and PSPs can reap from accepting crypto payments once their concerns are addressed

merchants, ecommerce, cryptocurrency, cryptocurrency exchange, online payments, risk management

Thales to develop smart city technology for Saudi Arabia

News | Digital Identity, Security & Online Fraud | 13 Dec 2021

France-based technology company Thales has signed a MoU with stc (Saudi Telecom Company) to collaborate on a broad range of technologies, including e-SIMs and smart cities.

digital identity, cybersecurity, mobile payments, biometrics, digitalisation, partnership

Saudi Arabia to grant operating license to more digital banks

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 29 Nov 2021

Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) Governor Fahd Al-Mubarak has announced that the Kingdom will grant operating license to more digital banks.

digital banking, financial inclusion, banking, banking license

The evolution of the alternative payments landscape in 2021 and beyond

Voice of the Industry | Payments General | 30 Sep 2021

Jonathan Bennett, CCO of DOCOMO Digital, explains how adoption of digital and mobile payments surged during the coronavirus pandemic leading to a wider payments landscape

DOCOMO Digital, digital payments, online payments, mobile payments, e-wallet

STC Pay gains digital banking licence

News | Online & Mobile Banking | 24 Jun 2021

STC Pay has announced being converted into a digital bank with paid-up capital of USD 666.7 million after Saudi Arabia's cabinet approved licences for two digital banks.

digital banking, banking licence, banks, Western Union, fintech

stc Bahrain, AFS partner to launch POS solution for retail SMEs

News | Online Payments | 25 Feb 2021

Telecom operator stc Bahrain and Arab Financial Services (AFS), a Bahrain-based digital payments and financial technology solutions provider, have partnered to launch a POS solution for retail SMEs.

stc Bahrain, Arab Financial Services, partnership, POS

STC Pay, Thales join forces for contactless card payments

News | Cards | 15 Feb 2021

The Saudi Telecom Company (STC) mobile wallet app STC Pay has teamed up with France-based technology provider Thales to introduce contactless cards into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

STC Pay, Thales, partnership, contactless payments, card payments, mobile wallet, POS, ATM, ecommerce, withdrawals, Saudi Arabia

Boku launches direct carrier billing for Microsoft in South Korea and Saudi Arabia

News | Mobile Payments | 11 Feb 2021

Boku, a global provider of mobile payment and identity solutions, has announced that it has launched direct carrier billing as a payment method for Microsoft in both South Korea and Saudi Arabia.

Boku, direct carrier billing, Microsoft, South Korea, Asia, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, mobile payments

Western Union to acquire a minority stake in Saudi Digital Payments Company

News | Online Payments | 23 Nov 2020

Western Union has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a minority stake in Saudi Digital Payments Company, or stc pay, a fully owned subsidiary of Saudi Telecom Company. 

acquisition, Western Union, STC Pay, digital wallet, cross-border payments, remittance

STCPay e-wallet selects Temenos to expand digital payments portfolio

News | Online Payments | 06 Oct 2020

Temenos has announced that the e-wallet STCPay has selected Temenos Payments and Temenos Transact running on a private cloud to expand its digital payments capabilities.

Temenos, STCPay, e-wallet, digital payments, cashless, contactless, retail

A new maximum amount for the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (STC Inst) scheme is live

News | Payments General | 01 Jul 2020

The new maximum amount for the SEPA Instant Credit Transfer (STC Inst) scheme has come into effect on July 1, 2020.

cross border payments, higher value payments, Europe, SEPA Instant Credit Transfer, STC Inst, payments

stc Bahrain, NEC Payments to launch stc pay virtual prepaid Mastercard

News | Mobile Payments | 22 May 2020

Bahrain-based TELCO stc Bahrain has partnered with digital banking and payment technology company NEC Payments to launch the stc pay virtual prepaid Mastercard.

stc Bahrain, NEC Payments, launch, STC Pay, prepaid, MasterCard, contactless payments, Bahrain, mobile wallet

Moven announces to shut down its operations

News | Online Payments | 30 Mar 2020

Moven, an US-based digital bank, has announced it is shutting down its operations, informing its clients that their bank accounts will be closed by April 30, 2020.

digital bank, Moven, coronavirus, software, Moven Enterprise, TD Bank, Westpac, STC Pay, US