Crypto.com says United Arab Emirates residents can now use its platform to make government payments in cryptocurrency. That announcement came Monday (May 11) after the UAE granted the cryptocurrency platform a stored value facilities (SVF) license, making it the first such virtual assets service provider (VASP) to be...
Mastercard has launched a cybersecurity partnership with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The collaboration will see Mastercard and the UAE Cyber Security Council (CSC) collaborate on best practices and develop “forward‑looking cybersecurity policies,” while also launching a report on the state of the UAE cybersecurity landscape, the payments...
A new artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to support the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) technological sovereignty was announced Tuesday (Jan. 27) by G42, Cerebras Systems and the Institute of Foundation Models (IFM) at Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI). The new K2 Think...
HSBC has launched a United Arab Emirates (UAE) asset management business that it said will play a key role in its Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT) wealth franchise. The bank also announced that it registered 10 new onshore investment funds with the UAE’s...
June 24, 2025
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is solidifying its position as a global leader in digital shopping, with more consumers relying on mobile devices for their retail transactions. Biometrics are gaining widespread acceptance as a way to make sure that transactions are seamless and secure. This mobile-first mindset, detailed in the 2025 “Global Digital Shopping Index: […]
February 17, 2025
Checkout conversion is the name of the game in eCommerce. Merchants who increase their conversion rates typically boost their sales as a result. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “To Boost Conversion,...
February 07, 2025
For online merchants — no matter in which country they operate, no matter what they are selling — there are two sides to what might be called the eCommerce coin....
July 23, 2024
The payments landscape is a global one, meaning winning innovations have boundless room to scale. It also means that geographical positioning can help with strategically driving forward various innovations. “The...
September 17, 2026
Citi has launched Mastercard’s subscription management capability, Smart Subscriptions, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Mastercard said in a Thursday (Sept. 17) press release. The launch marks Citi’s first deployment of Smart Subscriptions anywhere in the world, and Mastercard’s first deployment of the capability in the Middle East, according to the release. With Citi’s launch […]
May 11, 2026
Crypto.com says United Arab Emirates residents can now use its platform to make government payments in cryptocurrency. That announcement came Monday (May 11) after the UAE granted the cryptocurrency platform a stored value...
February 05, 2026
Mastercard has launched a cybersecurity partnership with the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The collaboration will see Mastercard and the UAE Cyber Security Council (CSC) collaborate on best practices and develop “forward‑looking cybersecurity policies,”...
January 27, 2026
A new artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to support the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) technological sovereignty was announced Tuesday (Jan. 27) by G42, Cerebras Systems and the Institute of Foundation...
