Mastercard and MoneyHash enhance merchant-focused payment platform in MEA

Details: Vaughan O'Grady; Category: Enterprise Ecosystems; 22 December 2025; 10840 views

Payments giant Mastercard say it has partnered with MoneyHash, a payment orchestration platform built for emerging and global markets, to expand merchant access to the newly launched Merchant Cloud across the Middle East and Africa.

Mastercard describes Merchant Cloud as a next-generation payments platform that unifies services from Mastercard and its partners, including Payment Gateway, security solutions, data and Mastercard Agent Pay.

Mastercard says that by connecting to its gateway through a single unified API, merchants can simplify integration, streamline operations and enhance payment performance across markets.

Mastercard's Gateway, a part of the Merchant Cloud portfolio, is being made available through MoneyHash, which Mastercard describes as the leading payment orchestration platform in the region.

Businesses can now seamlessly connect to Mastercard's Gateway directly through MoneyHash's unified application programming interface (API), eliminating the complexity of multiple integrations and significantly shortening time to market.

The collaboration, the partners say, enables merchants to optimise transaction routing, improve success rates, reduce payment failures and gain comprehensive visibility across their entire payment operations through a centralised dashboard.

Mete Guney, Executive Vice President, Market Development, Mastercard, EEMEA, explains: “Our collaboration with MoneyHash represents a fundamental shift in the way payment infrastructure is delivered by moving from complex direct integrations to convenient unified access, addressing a critical pain point. Together, we aim to support merchants’ digital transformation journeys and enable seamless checkout experiences for online shoppers.”

Nader Abdelrazik, co-founder & CEO, MoneyHash, adds: “Our collaboration with Mastercard represents a significant milestone in our mission to simplify and optimise payment operations for businesses across the region. By enabling direct access to Mastercard Gateway, we are eliminating the complexity that has traditionally held merchants back from scaling their digital operations.”