Al Etihad Payments

4 results about this entity

Period: 18 Apr 2024 - 14 Apr 2025

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Al Etihad Payments signs co-badging deals with international card schemes

Al Etihad Payments (AEP), a subsidiary of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), has announced the signing of strategic co-badging agreements with leading international card schemes, including Discover, Mastercard, UnionPay and Visa.

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Al Etihad Payments and UnionPay International to issue co-badged cards in the UAE

Al Etihad Payments (AEP), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE), which operates the UAE’s national card switch (UAESWITCH) and manages domestic card scheme “Jaywan”, and UnionPay International (UPI), a global leader in payment solutions, have signed a strategic agreement to launch co-badge “UnionPay – Jaywan” cards in the UAE market.

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ISO 20022: Powering Instant Payments in the UAE

FinextraTV and Al Etihad Payments’s CEO Jan Pilbauer, dive into the evolving landscape of ISO 20022 and the challenges of being a brand-new national payments entity and subsidiary of the central bank. AI Etihad Payments discuss how they, in collaboration with Unifits, are automating testing and in turn, innovating payments processes for individuals and businesses in the Emirates. The importance of rigorous testing and simulation is also discussed as a key route to ensuring a seamless and secure transition for all stakeholders.

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Fime to support set up of UAE’s domestic card scheme Jaywan

Fime has been selected by Al Etihad Payments, a subsidiary of the Central Bank of the UAE, to play a key role in the establishment of the UAE’s domestic card payment scheme, named Jaywan.