Spanish retailer Mango has made its online selling available for the first time in countries such as Ghana, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. It has also strengthened its commercial presence in Sri Lanka, Cameroon and Kenya, where it already has physical stores.
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Bahrain’s Bank ABC has launched instant blockchain payments with J.P. Morgan’s Coin Systems marking the first time a bank has introduced the payment service in the Middle East
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Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has announced the expansion of its Direct Remit Service to Egypt as part of further upgrades to its money transfer service.
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Deliverect, an all-in-one platform that integrates online orders in the food service industry, processed over 101 million global online orders in the first half of 2023, the company has announced.
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Kuwait’s Gulf Bank has launched an ‘all-new’ version of its mobile application including several new features, the bank has announced.
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UAE’s Emirates NBD banking group has completed the roll-out of its enhanced mobile banking app, ENBD X which includes a newly-embedded digital wealth platform for its users.
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Author and founder of the Asian Banker, Emmanuel Daniel, tells Seamless Xtra why bankers need to get rid of outdated assumptions about what banking really is.
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Abu Dhabi-based Fuze has raised $14 million seed round to provide its regulated digital assets infrastructure to banks and fintechs across the Middle East and North Africa region.
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The Geopoll survey, which was conducted in four African countries, found that Facebook is leading the way for social media engagement in the region, boasting 82% of participants actively using the platform.
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Visa and NEOPAY, the payment subsidiary of Mashreq, have joined forces to introduce a new instalment payment solution in the UAE.
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In addition to modular carbon footprint management solutions Erguvan is said to offer Türkiye’s only environmental commodities marketplace.
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WhatsApp Channels, a new private broadcast service, has been launched globally by Meta allowing users to follow organisations, sports teams, artists, and thought leaders within the social media platform.
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RAKBANK has enabled UnionPay contactless payments to be accepted across all its payment terminals in the UAE, further driving contactless payments in the region.
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The RetailX Metaverse Almanac 2023 report has found that fashion-based retailers are entering the Metaverse at double the rate of other segments.
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Payments technology company, Flutterwave has launched Swap, a digital FX platform for Nigerians in partnership with Wema Bank and Kadavra BDC
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Dubai-based Fintech, Qashio is bringing its leasing and corporate expenses solution to vehicle ownership as part of a new partnership with Carasti, a car subscription service.
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Kunal Gupta, Head of Global Supply Chain at Kitopi explains to Seamless Xtra how its multi-brand restaurant has been leveraging advances in technology to help meet time demands.
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The in-app feature, which allows users to ‘stock up on necessities in one go’, is being rolled out across the UAE following a successful trial in the UK.
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The deal between Hyperpay and Paymentology comes as the Fintech industry in the MENAP region is expected to increase from $1.5 billion in 2022 to $4.5 billion in 2025.
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WebEngage’s Managing Director UAE and Vice President MEA, Hetarth Patel, talks to Seamless Xtra about the perception of MarTech, implementing AI and tapping into the Saudi business ecosystem.
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