BENEFIT and Ant International have signed an MoU to integrate Bahrain’s national QR infrastructure with Alipay+, enabling inbound QR payments from global digital wallets by 2026. The collaboration will allow over 15,000 Bahraini merchants to accept Alipay+ partner wallets and explores future outbound capabilities for Bahrain-issued payment methods abroad. Both sides will work on technical alignment, readiness initiatives, and merchant adoption to support Bahrain’s wider push toward globally connected digital payments.
BENEFIT–Ant Deal to Bring Alipay+ QR Payments to Bahrain by 2026
