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Regional

Is ecommerce MENA's biggest digital market? [Infographic]

This is an edited crosspost from LinkedIn. Consumers have become smarter and faster in making buying decisions online,...

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Global

Stripe announces Atlas to help any startup register in the US

Inside Stripe offices. (Image via Stripe) MENA startups will soon be able to register their companies in the US, as Stripe announced last...

Stripe Atlas Stripe START

Regional

Digi-teens' online spending habits [Infographic]

The teens love their brands. (Image via International Digital Marketing) Today's teens are the market for many ecommerce...

mobile shopping Payfort teenagers

Regional

MENA's social media strongholds [Infographic]

Social media has a huge influence on business in the Middle East, be it as a marketing tool or a company platform through which...

google plus snapchat Payfort

Regional

How credit card processing works

What goes on when you click that 'buy' button? (Image via Papdan.com) Credit cards are everywhere these days, but few people know what...

White Payments Payfort credit cards

Regional

PayFort releases two new tools for ecommerce startups

Omar Soudodi during Mix N'Mentor Dubai in December 2015. (Image via Wamda) PayFort announced December 15 the release of two new...

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Egypt

RiseUp Summit meets expectations, beats them

A closing keynote: how does entrepreneurship impact on the economy? Well, it depends who you ask. (Images via Rachel...

Oak Investment Partners YCombinator US Aid

Regional

The problem with e-payments

What traditional payment solutions look like. Google ‘payment solutions Middle East’ and you’ll see tens of solutions, which can lead...

e-payments fin-tech Payfort

Lebanon

Marketplace Edition pulls in the entrepreneurs for Mix N’ Mentor Beirut

Getting to know you. Mix N' Mentor Beirut kicks off. (Images Wamda with Sam Fakhoury) Not too far from the location of recent...

ElementN Diwanee term sheets

Global

Will wearables be the future of mobile payments?

Bank Audi displays its 'Tap2Pay' at ArabNet Beirut earlier this year. (Image via Payfort) In his second piece on mobile payments,...

Payfort mobile payments

Global

Google, Apple and Samsung, pitching the mobile wallet

Bye to coins and receipts, hello to the phone? (Image via issaasad.me) What will the wallet of the future look like? This question...

samsung android Payfort

U.A.E

Payfort acquires White to build dead simple payment solutions to startups

White Payment's Yazin Alrihayem (left) and Payfort's Omar Soudodi. (Image via PAYFORT) PAYFORT, announced today the...

White Payments Payfort online payment

Jordan

With Facebook and Google on board; Mix N' Mentor Marketplace Edition hits Amman

As we count down to our second Mix N’ Mentor of the year, this time in Jordan’s Amman, we’re really excited to share the mentors that will ...

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Regional

Ecommerce set to reach $13.4 billion by 2020, Payfort reports

Payfort announced today the release of its annual report: The State of Payments in the Arab World, at the Ecommerce Show Middle East 2015...

State of Payments 2015 Payfort Report

U.A.E

Can small payments lead to big business?

This article is a crosspost with the Payfort blog. There was a time when the motto of the internet was “information wants to be free." But ...

online transactions e-payments micropayments

Regional

A Tale of Five Founders: What I wish I had known on day one

‘I wish I had known then what I know now’ is something that must be on the mind of every founder. Imagine if you could go back in tim...

Hatch Travelstart Middle East Duplays

Regional

5 predictions for ecommerce in the Arab World in 2015

This article is a crosspost with the Payfort blog. At Payfort, we always gather our teams in January to discuss and plan for...

Payfort

Saudi Arabia

Report sheds new insights on booming Saudi ecommerce market

This post was originally published on Firnas.org Ecommerce is growing exponentially in Saudi Arabia; the market is expected to...

Payfort online payment Saudi Arabia

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