PayTabs launches social commerce across GCC

PayTabs launches social commerce across GCC

DUBAI, UAE/PRNewswire/ -- PayTabs, MEASA's award-winning payments powerhouse, today announced that millions of freelancers, artisans, consultants, home based business owners, personal trainers and micro vendors across the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will now be able to receive instant payments over PayTabs social commerce platform, Paymes.

Paymes will serve as PayTabs social commerce platform across the MENA region. Designers, tailors, yoga instructors, tutors, painters, musicians, landscape artists and others will have the opportunity to log into the Paymes platform, set up their digital store front and turn their passionate business ideas into profit, immediately. The entire process, including uploading freelancer documentation, would be facilitated by PayTabs and Paymes within minutes.

According to data from the World Economic Forum and owing to the pandemic, the UAE saw a 197% increase in the recruitment of digital freelancers in 2020. This presents a huge opportunity in terms of engaging these freelancers to make secure payments over social media to benefit their profession.

Commenting on the launch of Paymes in UAE, Neelam Keswani, General Manager PayTabs UAE said: "Paymes helps the merchant to build a cart for the customer and share it in the same mode they're communicating with them be it WhatsApp,