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WHY DO YOU NEED BUY NOW PAY LATER? In context of the high interest rates being applied on loans, inflation and economy’s slow healing process post the pandemic; the competition on the customers’ wallets is hiking and customer’s purchasing habits are evolving. In the past 2 years, online customers behavior has shifted towards adopting the…

Nowadays e-commerce is the vital spark of the global economy, given the customer behavior shift after the pandemic driving increasing demand for online transactions globally, the number of payment methods is naturally expanding as well. Why offering variety of online payment methods is crucial for merchant’s growth? Retailers must continually refine and work hard to…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 08, 2021: Telr Payment Gateway the award-winning payment gateway solutions provider, has appointed Esraa Gamal as its’ Chief Operating Officer. Gamal will collaborate with all divisions to implement Telr’s strategy and new upcoming expansion requirements. With over 15 years of experience in the financial sector, Gamal joined Telr as an…

Originally published in Arabian Business, 21 November 2017 To imagine a future in which payment for products and services is easily made on a mobile phone, this will undoubtedly be a beautiful and promising vision. Entrepreneurs’ expectations have long pointed to a multi-year social transformation, as we see the transition towards cryptocurrency and mobile payment…

Originally published in Arabian Business, October 2017 Social media in the UAE is a phenomenon worth considering. There is no other description to describe the way in which Emirati society has assimilated social media. The statistics show the rate of Facebook penetration in society, as it is estimated that 90% of Internet users in the…

More Recently, Retail businesses around the world have forever changed, especially during the pandemic as stores closed their doors given the governments restrictions around the World forcing consumers to remain at home. Accordingly, shifting the way customers making purchase decisions drastically. Previously, sales representative had an impact on customers’ decision as they visited the store…

Fully proprietary technology refers to companies that build and maintain their systems and have complete control over their technology including payment gateways who meets the above criteria. Platform businesses are moving rapidly, and business needs are different from one platform to another one, which in turn calls out for customization, personalization, and localization in providing…

Lately we have been hearing a lot about basket abandonment, a term that may not be so common for small business conventional retailers, kind of common for larger conventional retailers, and now becoming an issue for Online retailers. Basket Abandonment Basket Abandonment by definition, is the percentage of store visitors that add items to their…