Egypt News MSMEDA, Visa partner to drive digital payments for Egyptian SMEs Aya Anwar Jul 28, 2025 0 Egypt’s Medium, Small, and Micro Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) and global payments firm Visa on Monday…
News Visa plans expansion in Egypt Aya Anwar May 7, 2025 0 Visa plans to boost its investments in Egypt, with a focus on digital transformation and expanding the use of…
Initiatives Egypt Post partners with Visa to boost financial inclusion Aya Anwar Feb 11, 2025 0 Egyptian Post has signed a cooperation agreement with Visa, a global leader in digital payments, to expand…
Featured Egypt’s Investment Min. discusses digital payments collaboration with Visa Aya El Sayed Jan 22, 2025 0 Egypt’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Hassan El-Khatib, held a meeting with Robert Thomson, Global…
Egypt News Egypt’s c. bank launches cell phone payment card tokenisation Nada Ali Dec 12, 2024 0 The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has launched the tokenization of payment cards on mobile apps and enabled Apple…
Featured French economy gets lift from Paris Olympics – Visa Aya El Sayed Aug 7, 2024 0 The Paris Olympics are providing a boost to the French economy through increased consumer spending, according to a…
Money Britain sets new obligations for Mastercard, Visa Aya El Sayed May 21, 2024 0 Britain's Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) highlighted the lack of effective competition in core credit card…
Featured Denmark’s GDP outlook brightens with exports, gas Aya El Sayed Mar 20, 2024 0 The Danish central bank nearly doubled its economic growth forecast for this year on Wednesday, according to…
Tech/AI US firms plan to invest up to $1b in Philippines Nada Ali Mar 11, 2024 0 US companies plan to invest over $1 billion in the Philippines, focusing on solar energy, electric vehicles, and…
Banks JPMorgan chooses France’s CB over Visa, Mastercard Aya El Sayed Mar 5, 2024 0 JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced on Tuesday its partnership with France’s primary payment network, Cartes…
Tech/AI Visa launches $100mln generative AI ventures initiative Nada Ali Oct 4, 2023 0 Visa launched on Monday a new $100 million generative AI ventures initiative to invest in companies harnessing…
Tech/AI Visa inaugurates new office in Egypt Sama Mousa Sep 26, 2023 0 Visa inaugurated a new office in Egypt on Monday in an e-built facility designed to allow for a hybrid work…
Banks Arab Investment Bank, Visa team up to boost e-payments in Egypt Nada Ali Aug 30, 2023 0 EFG Holding’s Arab Investment Bank (aiBANK) has entered into a long-term partnership agreement with Visa, to…
Africa News Top 10 African countries with highest economic mobility based on visa-free travel in 2023 Nada Ali Jun 18, 2023 0 A report done by Henley & Partners which ranks all passports in the world in terms of their Henley Passport…
Banks CBR works on alternative payment system Yassmine Elbehnaihy Apr 18, 2023 0 The Central Bank of Russian Federation (CBR) is working on a new payment system for Russians, cooperating with…
Financial Institutions etisalat by e& signs agreement with Visa to boost digital payments Nada Ali Feb 8, 2023 0 etisalat by e& has signed on Tuesday a strategic partnership with the largest payment card network processor in…
Money Visa debuts She’s Next programme in Middle East to back female entrepreneurial ecosystem Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 29, 2020 0 Visa launched on Monday “She’s Next, Empowered by Visa” in the Middle East, a global initiative which focuses on…
Tech/AI Visa Launches 1st competition on celebrating women entrepreneurs aya salah Mar 11, 2019 0 Calling all women entrepreneurs! In celebration of International Women’s Day, Visa reinforced its dedication to…
Tech/AI Visa, Stanford identify key factors to improve daily travel Amwal Al Ghad English Mar 7, 2019 0 Visa in collaboration with Stanford University, launched one of the largest global studies examining the growing…
Financial Institutions Visa currently uses 40% renewable electricity – Egypt chief Ahmed Ali Jul 28, 2018 0 Visa Inc currently uses around 40 percent renewable electricity across its global operations, part of a plan to go…
Financial Institutions Global largest payments network operator Visa posts 11% up in Q4 profit Yomna Yasser Oct 25, 2017 0 Visa Inc, the world’s largest payments network operator, reported Wednesday an 11 percent increase in its…
International News Trump’s administration red tape tangles up visas for skilled foreigners, data shows Yomna Yasser Sep 20, 2017 0 Trump administration is making it more difficult for skilled foreigners to work in the United States, challenging…
Tech news Visa mulls extending ‘war on cash’ business incentives outside U.S. Yomna Yasser Jul 15, 2017 0 Visa is hoping to extend its "war on cash" agenda to businesses in the U.K. after unveiling new incentives for U.S.…
Egypt News Egypt’s tourism ministry to facilitate visas for Arab Gulf residents, Maghreb citizens Yomna Yasser Jun 14, 2017 0 Egypt will facilitate visa and entry procedures to Gulf residents accompanying tourists from the Arab Cooperation…
International News Trump’s administration approves tougher visa vetting, including social media checks Yomna Yasser Jun 1, 2017 0 The Trump administration has rolled out a new questionnaire for U.S. visa applicants worldwide that asks for…
International News Trump to seek changes in visa programme to encourage hiring Americans nada nasser Apr 18, 2017 0 U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday will sign an executive order directing federal agencies to recommend changes…
Egypt News Cairo denies backing maintenance of UN sanctions against Khartoum over Darfur nada nasser Apr 15, 2017 0 Egypt's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid denied Thursday evening recent reports suggesting that…
Tech news A leading Indian IT firm says Trump’s visa threat doesn’t scare us Yomna Yasser Mar 25, 2017 0 U.S. President Donald Trump's talk of visa reform is a major thorn in the side of India's software services firms,…
Egypt News Saudi Arabia pardons 30,000 Egyptian visa violators: minister Yomna Yasser Mar 21, 2017 0 Egypt's expatriate affairs minister Nabila Makram announced on Monday that Saudi Arabia has decided to pardon…
Banks QNB Al-Ahli Bank to roll out mVisa services in Egypt Yomna Yasser Mar 2, 2017 0 QNB Al-Ahli Bank has announced plans to roll out mVISA service in cooperation with Visa Inc, becoming the first…
Financial Institutions Visa to expand payment service mVisa to Egypt and 6 countries Yomna Yasser Mar 1, 2017 0 Visa Inc, the world's largest payments network operator, announced Monday that it will expand its QR-based…
Egypt News Egypt’s MP urges parliament speaker to cancel fee increase for tourist entry visa Yomna Yasser Feb 26, 2017 0 An Egyptian parliamentarian submitted on Saturday a letter to the country’s parliament speaker Ali Abdel-Aal urging…
Financial Institutions Visa signs 3 milestone partnerships at Cairo ICT 2016 Yomna Yasser Nov 27, 2016 0 Visa Inc. is signing Sunday and Monday three milestone partnerships at Cairo ICT 2016 that seek to increase the…
International News Turkey: give us EU visa freedom in October or abandon migrant deal Noha Gad Aug 15, 2016 0 Turkey could walk away from its promise to stem the flow of illegal migrants to Europe if the European Union fails…
Egypt News A new draft law to grant investors temporary residence permits in Egypt aya salah Aug 4, 2016 0 Egypt says it has sent a draft law regulating the residency of foreigners upon which investors can obtain…
Egypt News French journalist denied entry to Egypt Noha Gad May 26, 2016 0 A French journalist working in Cairo was detained for 30 hours at the Cairo International Airport and was refused…
Industry & Trade Visa, Microsoft to organise Egyptian internal trade information with $56mn: minister Noha Gad May 23, 2016 0 Egyptian supply ministry is currently executing largest project to organise information concerning internal trade…
Banks National Bank of Egypt receives PCI DSS certification for third year in row Yomna Yasser Apr 11, 2016 0 The National Bank of Egypt, the country’s largest public lender, has obtained the Payment Card Industry Data…
Tech news Visa Database Showed Vulnerability to Hacking Ghada Ismail Apr 3, 2016 0 Cyber security experts have found vulnerabilities in a State Department system that could have allowed hackers to…
Egypt News Egypt secures release of 43 citizens in Saudi Arabia aya salah Mar 2, 2016 0 The Egyptian consulate in Riyadh announced on Tuesday that it secured the release of 43 Egyptians detained for…