Elevate your business
in the Middle East
with Nium’s advanced
payment solutions

From Saudi Arabia’s SARIE to the UAE’s instant networks, partner with Nium to help you capitalize on the Middle East’s fast-evolving payment landscape.

Middle East market overview

Payment instruments penetration for Middle East

76%

Smartphone
Penetration

75%

Internet
Penetration

Key Language

Arabic

Population

245,000,000

Cross-Border
E-Commerce Revenue

$2 Trillion

Modernizing the mobile payment landscape

Market Opportunites

Modernizing the
payment landscape

The Middle East is experiencing a digital renaissance, with e-commerce markets forecasted to soar in the coming years. The shifting from cash to digital is also picking up speed. With Saudi Arabia and the UAE leading with real-time networks such as SARIE and the upcoming IPP, businesses are primed for unparalleled growth.

Market Opportunites

Building a cross-border ecosystem

The Middle East’s embrace of digital payments and the GCC’s Afaq platform signal a new era for regional commerce. Nium can help you capitalize on these developments and the region’s $2 trillion cross-border flow to expand your market reach.

Payout

Payin

Issue Cards

Local Currency Wire Transfer

AED

T+1

Foreign Currency Wire Transfer (SWIFT)

USD, EUR, SGD, GBP, AUD, CAD, HKD, JPY, CHF, NZD

T+1

Visa Direct

AED

T+2

Currency

Payment methods

Support for the most
popular payment
methods

Regulated in 35+ markets, instantly benefit from Nium’s global license portfolio. We’ve built one of the world’s most comprehensive networks to power on-demand money movement in the Middle East. Nium customers can make transfers using Visa Direct, wire transfers, ACH bank account in Saudi Arabia and UAE.

Discover Nium’s capabilities

Nium has worked with leading institutions across the world to gain access to a number of the leading real-time payment networks.

Using a secure, modular API suite, global businesses can access fully compliant payment rails, with regulatory licenses and authorizations in over 40 countries, enabling seamless payment acceptance regardless of geography.

Global Payins

Speed up your business expansion by accepting payments through both local and international methods.

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Global Payouts

Send payouts to 220+ markets with real-time payments infrastructure for on-demand business.

Explore Payouts

Global Accounts

Simplify funding, collection, conversion, and disbursements to drive borderless growth for multiple currencies.

Explore Accounts

Global FX

Avoid the high-cost intermediaries and get transparency and control to move money anywhere in real time.

Explore FX

Global Card Issuing

Launch physical and virtual card strategies quickly and easily with authorization models that work for you.

Explore Issue Cards

Premium content

Guide to Global Payroll Payments

This white paper explores the payments challenges global payroll providers face, the features needed to solve those challenges and how Nium's payment  solutions can transform these challenges into opportunities.

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Premium content

The Death of the Payday

A discussion on global payroll and instant payments

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Premium content

Prioritizing Global Payouts

Marketplaces have rapidly reshaped the online retail space by facilitating services for buyers and sellers to create a seamless experience for all stakeholders. However, as platforms look beyond domestic markets, cross-border growth will require a new approach to the seller experience, particularly when it comes to seller payouts. In this ebook learn why marketplaces need to invest in real-time global payouts to meet the needs of cross-border sellers.

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