BENEFIT–Ant Deal to Bring Alipay+ QR Payments to Bahrain by 2026

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.