QNB has marked a new milestone in regional payments innovation by becoming the first bank in the GCC to enable digital wallet acceptance through a single unified integration on the Mastercard Gateway hosted checkout platform.
The solution utilizes Mastercard’s latest hosted checkout capability, enabling digital wallets through a single integration flow for both web and mobile environments. This approach simplifies technical processes, accelerates time-to-market, and boosts merchant satisfaction—particularly benefiting SMBs that rely on ready-to-deploy payment solutions.
With the rollout, all new e-commerce merchants onboarded through QNB’s Hosted Checkout are automatically enabled to accept digital wallets, while existing merchants will be seamlessly upgraded without additional development costs or time.
Leadership Statements
Adel Ali Al Malki, QNB Group Retail Banking Senior Executive Vice President, said:
“QNB continues to lead in Cards and Payments by offering best-in-class payment solutions to our merchant community. Through this unified integration, we are delivering not only advanced technology, but also a more robust and secure next-generation digital commerce.”
Erdem Cakar, Mastercard Country Manager for Qatar and Kuwait, added:
“Our collaboration with QNB to introduce the GCC’s first unified digital wallet integration demonstrates our focus on empowering merchants with streamlined payment solutions. This milestone advances our vision of building a thriving, inclusive digital economy.”
Driving Digital Payments Leadership
As the largest acquirer in Qatar, QNB has consistently driven payment innovation across industries. This latest initiative positions the bank at the forefront of digital transformation in commerce, providing merchants with a scalable, secure, and seamless digital wallet acceptance solution.
