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World Cup Runs Dry as Qatar Bans Booze at Stadiums

World Cup Runs Dry as Qatar Bans Booze at Stadiums
World Cup Runs Dry as Qatar Bans Booze at Stadiums
November 18, 2022  |  International

More than one million fans are expected to travel to Qatar for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 as the so-called “beautiful game’s” biggest stage kicks off...

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Visa to Bring Contactless Payments to World Cup
Visa to Bring Contactless Payments to World Cup
November 17, 2022  |  VISA

Visa is bringing a contactless payments network to this year’s World Cup, joining a legion of companies attempting to make paying easier for sports fans....

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Qatar World Cup Boosts Ride-Hailing, Food Delivery Demand Across MENA
Qatar World Cup Boosts Ride-Hailing, Food Delivery Demand Across MENA
November 17, 2022  |  International

Ahead of the World Cup opening ceremony on Sunday (Nov. 20), soccer fans from around the globe have been arriving in Qatar, giving an economic...

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Weak Pound Makes UK Tech Investment Bargain for Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds
Weak Pound Makes UK Tech Investment Bargain for Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds
October 30, 2022  |  Investments

Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are emerging as major centers of economic gravity whose movements affect the entire world, so...

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PYMNTS GCC Series: Big Tech Firms Set Up Shop in Qatar
PYMNTS GCC Series: Big Tech Firms Set Up Shop in Qatar
July 19, 2022  |  emea

In this fifth installment in a PYMNTS series on the state of FinTech in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, we take a look at...

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Microsoft Qatar Teams With CWallet Whose Tech Stack Will Move to Azure
Microsoft Qatar Teams With CWallet Whose Tech Stack Will Move to Azure
June 27, 2022  |  Partnerships

Microsoft Qatar is teaming up with FinTech startup CWallet to offer end-users more secure payments as well as increased security and improved scalability, according to...

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Qatari eCommerce Startup Snoonu Buys Omani Food Delivery Platform Akeed
Qatari eCommerce Startup Snoonu Buys Omani Food Delivery Platform Akeed
May 29, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Snoonu, the tech startup from Qatar, has acquired Akeed, an Omani food delivery platform, a press release says. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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i2C, Qatar’s KARTY Form Digital Wallet Partnership
i2C, Qatar’s KARTY Form Digital Wallet Partnership
February 14, 2022  |  Mobile Wallets

Digital payment firm i2C has joined forces with FinTech KARTY to launch a digital-first prepaid mobile wallet for customers in KARTY’s home country of Qatar....

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i2C, Ooredoo to Bring Digital-First Payments to Qatar 
i2C, Ooredoo to Bring Digital-First Payments to Qatar 
December 14, 2021  |  Digital Payments

The digital payments and banking firm i2C is working with the telecommunications company Ooredoo to offer new payments solutions — including digital-first prepaid cards and...

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