Mashreq Bank news and trends

UAE’s Mashreq, Visa Collaborate on Corporate Expense Platform
B2B Payments // October 26, 2021

The United Arab Emirates’ Mashreq Bank is working with Visa on a digital reconciliation platform that can track, trace and analyze company expense accounts, The FinTech Times reported. The partnership between the digital-first bank and the credit card giant has led to the launch of...

How Digitalization Soothes Cross-Border Payment Pain Points
Smarter Payments // June 09, 2020

For UAE's 90 percent expatriate population, sending remittances back home often means paying exorbitant fees and dealing with glacial processing times. But use of local switches and remittance-as-a-service has a real potential in disrupting the old ways of remitting money, according Mashreq Bank’s Executive Vice...

Fixing The UAE’s $46B Remittance Problem
Smarter Payments // June 08, 2020

Cross-border payments are expected to hit $39 trillion by 2022, with $572 million worth of payments consisting of remittances sent from migrant workers to their families abroad. These payments can be painstakingly difficult to process, however, with excessive fees and sluggish payment speeds that many...

Visa Checkout Gets New Financial Partner
News // May 29, 2015

After bolstering its presence in the U.S., Australia, and Canada, Visa is now eyeing new markets with its latest partnership with UAE’s largest financial institution Mashreq. With the partnership, Visa is now enabling Mashreq cardholders in the Central Europe, Middle East and Africa region to...

Interviews & Exclusives
Fixing The UAE’s $46B Remittance Problem

June 08, 2020
Cross-border payments are expected to hit $39 trillion by 2022, with $572 million worth of payments consisting of remittances sent from migrant workers to their families abroad. These payments can be painstakingly difficult to process, however, with excessive fees and sluggish payment speeds that many migrant workers cannot afford. Many of the problems associated with […]

Quick Reads
DIFC Selects Tarabut Gateway for MENA’s First Open Finance Lab Partner 

June 28, 2022
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has chosen the open banking platform Tarabut Gateway as the preferred technical platform partner for its new Open Finance Lab, formally launching Tuesday (June 28), according to a press release.  The UAE’s Open Finance Lab initiative is a six-month program with four banks and a FinTech company participating — […]

UAE’s Mashreq, Visa Collaborate on Corporate Expense Platform

October 26, 2021
The United Arab Emirates’ Mashreq Bank is working with Visa on a digital reconciliation platform that can track, trace and analyze company expense accounts, The FinTech Times reported. The partnership...

Visa Checkout Gets New Financial Partner

May 29, 2015
After bolstering its presence in the U.S., Australia, and Canada, Visa is now eyeing new markets with its latest partnership with UAE’s largest financial institution Mashreq. With the partnership, Visa...