Ooredoo Group selects GoSwiff as global Mobile Payments partner

Ooredoo has selected GoSwiff as its partner for the implementation of its international mPOS (mobile point of sale) platform.

The partnership will cover nine markets including Algeria, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Myanmar, Maldives, Oman, Qatar and Tunisia. It will include recruiting merchants to the platform, from large corporates to micro-merchants.

GoSwiff will provide an integrated multi-payment solution including mPOS, mobile money and airtime top-up for Ooredoo’s merchant clients. The service will also include Value Added Services, including merchant reward programs, to encourage a greater volume of transactions, and consumer loyalty tools that will enable Ooredoo to better engage with its customers.

As part of the agreement, Ooredoo Group is outsourcing managed services for mPOS to GoSwiff, including merchant profiling, segmentation and engagement with different industry verticals.

“Combined with its global footprint and extensive capabilities in outsourcing the deployment, merchant acquisition and merchant on-boarding in emerging markets, we are confident that our partnership with GoSwiff will enable us to broaden our offer and engage even more effectively with our customers,” said  H.E. Sheikh Saud Bin Nasser Al Thani, Group CEO, Ooredoo.

“Our focus will be on long term value creation, offering a seamless buying experience to customers, benefitting Ooredoo’s customers both online and at the point of sale. We look forward to developing new services jointly in the future and bring innovation into the countries we operate in together,” said Stefano Diemmi, COO, GoSwiff. 

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