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Visiting Dubai Shopping Festival? Here’s how you can maximise value paying with Visa
If you are considering visiting Dubai, there is no better time to plan a trip than the eagerly awaited Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) 2018/19, a six-week long extravaganza offering shoppers unbeatable deals on everything from fashion and jewellery to electronics and entertainment. The 24th edition of the world’s biggest shopping festival will run from 26 …
Visa to sponsor CAF Africa Cup of Nations 2019, 2021
Visa has a long and proud history of supporting football, having been a sponsor of the FIFA World Cup since 2007.
Visa readies B2B Connect for market launch in 2019
As part of the B2B Connect platform, Visa is integrating open source hyper ledger fabric framework from the Linux Foundation with Visa’s core assets.
Visa launches ‘City of Dreams’ mobile game to boost financial literacy
Visa announced the launch of a new mobile game called ‘City of Dreams,’ aiming to enhance the financial management skills of consumers and entrepreneurs.
Visa launches Visa Security Week in Egypt to help shoppers stay safe
92% of consumers have positive outlook on QR code payments, trust high at 79%, according to Visa survey
Ivorian government, Visa sign agreement to digitise payments
The Ivorian government, represented by the minister of finance and economy, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Wednesday with Visa, the global leader in payments, to digitise government services and ensure financial services are accessible to more Ivorians. Ivorian Minister of Finance and Economy Adama Koné and Andrew Torre, Visa’s regional president for Central and …
NBE, Visa launch second phase of NBE Pay
The National Bank of Egypt (NBE), in cooperation with Visa, plans to launch the second phase of NBE Pay services, which allows clients to make transfers using the NBE’s Visa cards, along with the services currently available within the first phase, including internet banking, paying school fees, and paying bills. According to Yehia Aboulfotouh, vice …
Our cooperation with Central Bank of Iraq focuses on driving financial inclusion, digital payments culture: Visa GM for North Africa, Levant
Visa connects more than 3.2bn accounts, 46m merchant locations in 200 countries, territories
Zlatan Ibrahimović joins Visa ahead of 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia
Visa Inc today announced professional footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović will be the new face of its global marketing campaign in anticipation of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™. As the Official Payment Services Partner of FIFA, Visa, in collaboration with Ibrahimović, will help fans not miss a moment of the action this summer. “I am incredibly proud …
Egyptian government has bold vision to develop, digitise its economy: Visa CEO
Migration to digital payments improves lives of individuals, spurs economic progress, prosperity
NBE, Visa, e-finance sign partnership to push cashless society
Helwan University to become first university in Egypt with pillars of financial inclusion
Visa appoints Marcello Baricordi as general manager for MENA
Visa announced, in a Monday press statement, the appointment of Marcello Baricordi as its general manager for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Baricordi, a Visa and payments industry veteran, replaces Ihab Ayoub. He will be responsible for all aspects of Visa’s operations in the MENA region. Baricordi will report to Andrew Torre, regional …
Visa cooperates with Banque Misr, ExxonMobil to achieve financial inclusion: Visa GM for North Africa
Newly launched City of Dreams proved games can be powerful teaching tools
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Visa showcases pop-up payments, financial inclusion efforts at Cairo ICT 2017
Visa, the global payments technology company, is using its participation at Cairo ICT 2017 to exhibit the latest innovations in payments technologies, including biometrics and wearables designed to provide a seamless experience for everyday purchases. The solutions are part of a pop-up laboratory concept that will allow visitors to interact with prototypes developed by the …
Visa Everywhere Initiative attracted Egyptian startups, innovators: Visa GM for North Africa and Levant
63% of Egyptian Millennials shop online at least once a week
4 Egyptian startups qualify for Visa’s Everywhere Initiative finals
Four Egyptian companies from the dynamic technology startup community reached the final round of Visa’s Everywhere Initiative, according to a press statement released on Sunday. Visa’s Everywhere Initiative is an innovation program designed to encourage the development of the Next Big Thing in Payments industry. The Initiative has three real life business challenges: enabling electronic …
How Dsquares changed the concept of loyalty programs ?
Dsquares works with top local & international brands like Vodafone Egypt, Orange Jordan, NBE
Visa addresses ‘future of payments’ innovation at Middle East and Eastern Europe Security Summit
Global payments company, Visa (NYSE:V) hosted its Security Summit for Middle East and Eastern Europe, bringing together key stakeholders to discuss the trends, challenges, and innovations in payments’ security that are transforming the way we pay both regionally and globally. The summit theme—The Future is Digital: Securing a Connected World—reflects the growing connectedness of an …
Egypt has a solid financial system: GM of Visa in North Africa and the Levant
Building a culture of electronic payments across society has a direct impact on the economy
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Banque Misr, Egypt Post, Visa sign to co-ordinate in digital financial services
The agreement includes integration of traders in financial coverage system and provision of ATM machines at the post offices
Egypt’s FM called on Egyptians travelling to Schengen to be aware of its entry rules
The ministry received notes that travel agencies convince citizens of possibility of getting visa from any Schengen country
Visa helps merchants easily adopt new, global specifications for QR code payments
Visa Ready Program simplifies onboarding for small and medium-sized merchants who want to deploy QR Code digital payments
Visa expands global transaction processing with facilities in Singapore and United Kingdom
New processing centres designed to meet the growing demand for digital payments around the world
Visa changing way we pay, creating creative rich, immersive experiences: Elhousseiny
mVisa offers a new innovative, seamless, and secure channel for mobile payments in Egypt
Visa launches first “Everywhere Initiative” in MENA to foster regional payments innovation and Fintech Entrepreneurship
Visa to award $100,000 to developers in the region addressing three payment related challenges
Visa, FEDCOC launch first Egypt Card Security Week
Week-long consumer education campaign is to promote safe online shopping habits and protection against different types of payment-related frauds
Egyptian-Sudanese agreement regulates issuance of entry visa
Free six-month visa for holders of regular Egyptian or Sudanese passports
Financial inclusion needs strategic vision and government support: Visa director in Egypt
Egyptian government is striving to spread financial inclusion and is taking concrete steps to achieve this, says Mahfouz
mVisa offers new innovative, seamless, and secure channel for mobile payments in Egypt: Elhousseiny
The new solution digitises everyday spending, accelerates acceptance, and alleviates the need for POS infrastructure
Social life in Al-Ahmar’s Granada: a free visa to travel with time and live a real fairytale in Andalusia—Arab-Muslim Spain
If you would like to live a fairytale in the Arab-Muslim Granada, you only have to include “Social life in Granada during Al-Ahmar’s era”. The book is written by Emirati Ahmed Thani Al-Dousri, for which he achieved the PhD from the Moroccan University of Mohamed Al-Khames. Granada was the last Islamic city in Andalusia, and …