Tap Payments and Al-Futtaim Group signed a deal to power online payments for their brands across the Middle East. Ahmed Alaradi, Group EVP of Business, and Jamie Verheij, Director of Merchant Acceptance, Tap Payments signed a milestone agreement with Himanshu Shrivastava, Chief Technology Officer and Paul Carey, EVP Cards & Payments, from Al-Futtaim Group to support the growth for Al-Futtaim’s brands online across the GCC. Key brands that will be powered by this partnership include B&Q, Watsons and Blue Rewards.
Speaking about the partnership, Ahmed Alaradi, comments, “It is an honour and an incredible achievement for Tap Payments to support the Al-Futtaim Group, a company that provides some of the world’s most-loved brands to its customers across the region, with its payment services. We look forward to expanding this relationship across MENA and beyond.”
Himanshu Shrivastava, Chief Technology Officer at Al-Futtaim added, “Driven by our customer-centric approach, we continuously seek out best in class technology solutions to support our brands’ expansion objectives and ensure the best possible shopping experience for our customers. We’re excited to work with Tap Payments to deliver seamless payment experiences for our customers so they can pay for purchases quickly and conveniently.”
