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Jordan

Saudi INET invests 'millions' in Jordan's Gate2Play

Jordanian based payment service provider, Gate2Play, announced yesterday a strategic partnership and investment by Saudi virtual...

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U.A.E

Payment gateway Telr to target MENA and Southeast Asia on strength of Series A round

Online payment gateway Telr, based between Singapore and Dubai, has secured Series A funding from Hatcher and iMENA,...

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Telr and Innovate Payments merge to boost e-commerce in global emerging markets

Telr, the payment gateway for emerging markets based between Dubai and Singapore, has announced that it will merge with Innovate Payments,...

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Yamsafer tackles region's payment challenge with cardless bookings

Faris Zaher, CEO and co-founder of hotel bookings site Yamsafer, thinks his team may have come up with a solution to the region’s payment r...

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Lebanon

ShopBuilder hopes to boost e-commerce in Lebanon

After realizing the huge opportunity for e-commerce in Lebanon, Emile Boustani, a Lebanese entrepreneur who spent 20 years in the...

lebanon Payment Gateways E-commerce

Ex-PayPal MD launches Singapore-based payment gateway for the Middle East, Africa, Asia

Can a new payment gateway finally make it easy to transact online? Elias Ghanem, previously of PayPal, announced today the launch ...

Telr Payment Gateways

Two new online payment options emerge in Morocco as telecom monopoly ends

[Update: this article has been edited to add corrections concerning Fast Payment and the FNEM following a discussion with El Amine...

Payment Gateways E-commerce

PayPal brings new mobile payment option to rapidly developing East Africa

M-PESA, a mobile payment scheme launched in 2007 by Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom, has fundamentally changed the way Kenyans...

mobile payments Payment systems Kenya

New payment solution in Kuwait wants cloud-based tokens to replace cash registers

Some say that in order to see a new startup ecosystem really take off, you just need to build one billion dollar company. Just one...

Payment systems Payment Gateways

Cards & Payments Middle East 2014 in Dubai

Cards & Payments Middle East is one of the region’s largest smart card, payments and ID events. With over 5,000 attendees and 200+ inte...

Payment systems Payment Gateways

e-Innovate Day in Dubai

e-Innovate Day in Dubai will be held on November 12, 2013 at the Westin Hotel Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina, offering a...

Payment Gateways Conferences E-commerce

5 ways to compete with Amazon, and why its model isn't 'profitless'

After almost two decades in online retail, Amazon is still the punchline to jokes about profitability. “Amazon, as best I can tell, is a ...

Amazon Scaling Payment Gateways

Jordan

Can Jordan's Voga Closet scale its e-commerce store without offering cash-on-delivery?

[Update: Voga Closet is now offering Cash on Delivery] Needless to say, online payment is a serious issue for e-commerce websites in...

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How to reduce cash-on-delivery in Middle East e-commerce

At a roundtable hosted by PayPal last week, representatives from some of the region’s biggest e-commerce players gathered to discuss the r...

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What are the most surprising e-commerce trends in the Middle East this year?

After PayPal released its Insights report yesterday, which details trends in e-commerce in the Middle East, we chatted with Elias Ghanem,...

PayPal Payment Gateways E-commerce

How CashU spinoff PayFort is trying to improve Cash on Delivery

The region’s newest payment gateway is pioneering some interesting new options for consumers to buy online. Launched in Dubai in late ...

Payment Gateways E-commerce

What PayPal's new partnership with Qatar National Bank means for online shoppers

After opening in Egypt this March, PayPal is continuing its expansion throughout the Middle East, announcing a new partnership with...

PayPal Payment Gateways

Mobile payment solution launches in Kuwait, looks to region

Finding the right platform for online and mobile payment continues to be one of the top challenges for Arab startups selling online. Over...

Payment Gateways Mobile E-commerce

Event Management Startup Faces Steep Hurdles in Saudi Arabia

One new startup in Saudi Arabia lets you better organize and personalize your social gatherings, but they ran into some big obstacles when...

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PayPal Answers Your Questions: When, Where, and How Will It Expand in the Middle East? [Wamda TV]

After our recent interview with Elias Ghanem, General Manager PayPal Middle East, at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Dubai, several...

E-commerce Payment Gateways PayPal

Weekly Wrap-Up: February 17-21

This week's content included a number of announcements, from Turkish entrepreneur Bedriye Hulya's Social Entrepreneur of the Year award at...

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Payment Gateways in the Arab World: 2013 [Infographic]

If you're looking to startup an e-commerce company in the Middle East, here's our cheat sheet showing the availability and cost structure...

PayPal Payment Gateways E-commerce

How Gate2Play Supports E-Commerce Growth in the Middle East [Wamda TV]

In an interview at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit, founder and CEO of regional payment solution Gate2Play, Muhannad Ebwini, discusses ...

E-commerce Investment Payment Gateways

How PayPal Plans to Expand Across the Arab World in 2013 [Wamda TV]

Fresh off their partnership with Aramex announced late last year, PayPal’s General Manager for the Middle East and North Africa, Elias Gha...

E-commerce Payment Gateways PayPal

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