Egypt/page/2 news and trends

PayTabs Egypt and Souhoola Partner on BNPL for eCommerce Merchants
Buy Now Pay Later // February 26, 2024

PayTabs Egypt, a provider of digital payment solutions, partnered with Souhoola, an Egyptian buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform. Via the collaboration, PayTabs Egypt will add another BNPL option to its portfolio of payment solutions, the companies said in a Monday (Feb. 26) press release....

Visa and Egyptian Banks Co Partner on Remittance Solutions
Partnerships // February 12, 2024

Visa signed an agreement with Egyptian Banks Company to introduce new solutions around electronic payment services, digital wallets and other offerings. The partnership aims to expand the scope of instant payments and streamline the receipt of international remittances from Egyptian expatriates, the companies said in...

Mastercard and Ingiz Collaborate on Digital Payments App in Egypt
Partnerships // August 28, 2023

Mastercard has partnered with Ingiz, a family financial management startup in Egypt. This collaboration aims to introduce a digital payments application that will drive financial literacy and inclusion among Egypt’s youth, a market segment that has remained largely untapped and underserved, the companies said in a Sunday (Aug. 27)...

Bank of Egypt Ups Withdrawal Limits for Instant Payments
Real-Time Payments // March 12, 2023

Egypt’s central bank has increased the amount of money that can be withdrawn via payment service providers. The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) said last week that it amended its daily and monthly withdrawal limits through payment service providers (PSP) applications under its rules for...

Interviews & Exclusives
Legacy Payments Infrastructure Holds Small Merchants Back in Emerging Markets

February 16, 2023
The imbalance between payments issuance and acceptance is a major pain point in emerging markets. According to Islam Shawky, co-founder and CEO at Cairo-based digital payments service provider Paymob, that challenge is holding back businesses, particularly small mom-and-pop shops, from unlocking their full business potential. “We’re looking at markets that are very advanced in issuance […]

MENA Food Retailers Tap Tech to Improve Supply Chain Inefficiencies

November 29, 2022
In Egypt, small firms, including mom-and-pop stores, make up about 90% of local food and grocery sector, with the “Walmarts and the Walgreens of Egypt only representing a very tiny...

Mobile Wallets Offer Egypt Digital Transformation and Use Case Expansion

August 18, 2022
According to World Bank data, in 2021 just 22% of the Egyptian population over the age of 15 owned a debit or credit card, and only 2% of the population...

Online Car Marketplaces Drive Profits for MENA Startups

June 02, 2022
With almost 2,000 cars sold daily and nearly 750,000 vehicles sold on a yearly basis, the Egyptian used car market, representing a Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) of about $10 billion,...

Quick Reads
Cartona Raises $8.1 Million to Expand B2B Platform Across MENA

August 05, 2024
Cartona has raised $8.1 million in a Series A extension fundraise to continue growing the product rollout, verticals and offerings of its B2B platform for businesses in Egypt and, in the future, other markets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The platform currently digitizes and empowers mom-and-pop stores, hotels, restaurants, cafes, fast-moving consumer […]

PayTabs Egypt and Souhoola Partner on BNPL for eCommerce Merchants

February 26, 2024
PayTabs Egypt, a provider of digital payment solutions, partnered with Souhoola, an Egyptian buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform. Via the collaboration, PayTabs Egypt will add another BNPL option to...

Visa and Egyptian Banks Co Partner on Remittance Solutions

February 12, 2024
Visa signed an agreement with Egyptian Banks Company to introduce new solutions around electronic payment services, digital wallets and other offerings. The partnership aims to expand the scope of instant...

Mastercard and Ingiz Collaborate on Digital Payments App in Egypt

August 28, 2023
Mastercard has partnered with Ingiz, a family financial management startup in Egypt. This collaboration aims to introduce a digital payments application that will drive financial literacy and inclusion among Egypt’s youth, a market segment...