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Visa to Bring Contactless Payments to World Cup
Visa to Bring Contactless Payments to World Cup
November 17, 2022  |  VISA

Visa is bringing a contactless payments network to this year’s World Cup, joining a legion of companies attempting to make paying easier for sports fans....

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Qatar World Cup Boosts Ride-Hailing, Food Delivery Demand Across MENA
Qatar World Cup Boosts Ride-Hailing, Food Delivery Demand Across MENA
November 17, 2022  |  International

Ahead of the World Cup opening ceremony on Sunday (Nov. 20), soccer fans from around the globe have been arriving in Qatar, giving an economic...

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Weak Pound Makes UK Tech Investment Bargain for Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds
Weak Pound Makes UK Tech Investment Bargain for Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds
October 30, 2022  |  Investments

Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are emerging as major centers of economic gravity whose movements affect the entire world, so...

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PYMNTS GCC Series: Big Tech Firms Set Up Shop in Qatar
PYMNTS GCC Series: Big Tech Firms Set Up Shop in Qatar
July 19, 2022  |  emea

In this fifth installment in a PYMNTS series on the state of FinTech in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, we take a look at...

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Microsoft Qatar Teams With CWallet Whose Tech Stack Will Move to Azure
Microsoft Qatar Teams With CWallet Whose Tech Stack Will Move to Azure
June 27, 2022  |  Partnerships

Microsoft Qatar is teaming up with FinTech startup CWallet to offer end-users more secure payments as well as increased security and improved scalability, according to...

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Qatari eCommerce Startup Snoonu Buys Omani Food Delivery Platform Akeed
Qatari eCommerce Startup Snoonu Buys Omani Food Delivery Platform Akeed
May 29, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Snoonu, the tech startup from Qatar, has acquired Akeed, an Omani food delivery platform, a press release says. This will help the company towards its...

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i2C, Qatar’s KARTY Form Digital Wallet Partnership
i2C, Qatar’s KARTY Form Digital Wallet Partnership
February 14, 2022  |  Mobile Wallets

Digital payment firm i2C has joined forces with FinTech KARTY to launch a digital-first prepaid mobile wallet for customers in KARTY’s home country of Qatar....

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i2C, Ooredoo to Bring Digital-First Payments to Qatar 
i2C, Ooredoo to Bring Digital-First Payments to Qatar 
December 14, 2021  |  Digital Payments

The digital payments and banking firm i2C is working with the telecommunications company Ooredoo to offer new payments solutions — including digital-first prepaid cards and...

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Qatar’s Commercial Bank Rolls Out Online Service for Tax Payments 
Qatar’s Commercial Bank Rolls Out Online Service for Tax Payments 
November 16, 2021  |  International

Qatar’s largest private sector bank, Commercial Bank, has teamed with the General Tax Authority (GTA) to offer a direct payment service whereby funds from the taxpayer’s...

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