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What the AFS and Tabby partnership means for UAE retailers at checkout

AFS and Tabby partnership

The AFS and Tabby partnership puts instalment payments on shop counters across the UAE. Arab Financial Services, a Bahrain-based payments company, has plugged Tabby into the card terminals it supplies to local merchants. Merchants on its network can now offer Tabby at the till, letting customers split a bill into instalments. AFS and Tabby announced […]

How the AI Boom Is Changing the Outlook for UAE Energy Stocks

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AI and energy are becoming increasingly dependent on each other, turning the UAE’s oil, gas, and power companies into technology stories as well as commodity ones. This growing relationship was a key theme at this year’s ADIPEC, where Dr Sultan Al Jaber, ADNOC’s Managing Director and Group CEO, highlighted the potential for AI to transform […]