UAE: Astra Tech, Ant Group to launch digital payments solution aimed at tourists, visitors

UAE: Astra Tech, Ant Group to launch digital payments solution aimed at tourists, visitors

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Consumer tech company Astra Tech has partnered with the Ant Group, one of the world’s largest digital payment platforms.

The collaboration will see the integration of Alipay+’s global cross-border digital payment and marketing solutions through the PayBy merchant network, covering the entire Abu Dhabi fleet of nearly 7,000 taxis and over 3,000 merchants nationwide.

Set to kick off this month, the integration aims to enable over 1.4 billion wallet users to conduct transactions seamlessly, directly from their home e-wallets while visiting the UAE, devoid of any currency conversion.

Astra Tech is among the first regional partners to launch Alipay+ solutions, adding to the company’s portfolio of groundbreaking fintech offerings on its Payby and Botim platforms.

Benefits for customers according to Astra tech

Under the partnership, the first wave of implementation will see PayBy’s merchant network capable of accepting payments from six Alipay+ partner e-wallets.

Catering to tourists from regions such as China, South Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Italy, and more via their respective native e-wallets such as Alipay, MPay, Kakao Pay, GCash, TrueMoney and Tinaba.

The collaboration aims to provide an unprecedented seamless payment and digital marketing experience for international visitors.

It facilitates settlement processes and mobile-based transactions through Alipay+, whether in physical