i2c Partners with Ooredoo to Launch Digital-First Payment Initiatives in Qatar
14.12.2021 15:05:00 EET | Business Wire | Press release
i2c Inc., a leading provider of digital payment and banking technology, today announced its partnership with Ooredoo, a global leader in telecommunications. By leveraging i2c’s agile payments technology, Ooredoo will launch modern payment solutions for their users in Qatar, including digital-first prepaid cards and mobile wallets.
Through this partnership, i2c will enable Ooredoo to issue physical and digital Visa prepaid cards, allowing users to access tap-to-pay or QR-powered payments at point of sale, among other contactless payment functionalities.
“Our mission is to enrich the lives of our customers by providing seamless connectivity and enhanced digital experiences,” said Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Thani, CEO at Ooredoo. “We’re proud to partner with i2c to achieve this vision, and to have access to their deep domain expertise within the global payments landscape, as we enable next-generation payment experiences in Qatar.”
“We are thrilled to enable Ooredoo’s digital-first payment initiatives in Qatar, as the company works to expand the payment possibilities for the country,” said Amir Wain, founder and CEO of i2c. “Our single-code platform was designed to remove the friction in everyday payments, with faster time to market and unprecedented reliability, and we’re excited to bring these elements to the Ooredoo partnership.”
About i2c Inc.
i2c is a global provider of highly-configurable payment and banking solutions. Using i2c's proprietary "building block" technology, clients can easily create and manage a comprehensive set of solutions for credit, debit, prepaid, lending and more, quickly and cost-effectively. i2c delivers unparalleled flexibility, agility, security and reliability from a single global SaaS platform. Founded in 2001, and headquartered in Silicon Valley, i2c's next-generation technology supports millions of users in more than 200 countries/territories and across all time zones. For more information, visit i2cinc.com and follow us at @i2cinc.
About Ooredoo
Ooredoo is an international communications company operating across the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. Serving consumers and businesses in 10 countries, Ooredoo delivers leading data experience through a broad range of content and services via its advanced, data-centric mobile and fixed networks. Ooredoo generated revenues of QAR 29 billion as of 31 December 2020. Its shares are listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.
To view this piece of content from cts.businesswire.com, please give your consent at the top of this page.
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211214005124/en/
Contact information
Heather Clifton
Chief Marketing Officer
media@i2cinc.com
About Business Wire
For more than 50 years, Business Wire has been the global leader in press release distribution and regulatory disclosure.
Subscribe to releases from Business Wire
Subscribe to all the latest releases from Business Wire by registering your e-mail address below. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Latest releases from Business Wire
Former SADA Executive Lusine Yeghiazaryan Joins Picsart as CFO to Drive AI-Native Video Growth Strategy3.9.2026 15:00:00 EEST | Press release
Picsart, the AI media production and distribution platform, where 100M+ creators and businesses worldwide make, market and monetize content, today announced the appointment of Lusine Yeghiazaryan as Chief Financial Officer. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260903569581/en/ Picsart, the AI media production and distribution platform, where 100M+ creators and businesses worldwide make, market and monetize content, today announced the appointment of Lusine Yeghiazaryan as Chief Financial Officer. Yeghiazaryan joins Picsart at a pivotal chapter in its evolution, as the company expands beyond its roots as a leading creative platform to build a video-first, AI-powered production ecosystem. Already in motion, Picsart users created over 1.1B AI videos and images since launch, with YTD AI usage up 270% year over year - underscoring the company’s accelerating push to capture a larger share of the fast-growing AI content m
NetApp and AWS Accelerate Storage Migrations with AWS Transform3.9.2026 15:00:00 EEST | Press release
NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced that AWS Transform now supports Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, making it even easier for enterprises to move applications and data to AWS. AWS Transform is an agentic AI service that automates the discovery, planning, and migration of workloads to the cloud. Now generally available, customers can use AWS Transform to migrate attached storage from their on-premises and cloud estates directly to Amazon FSx for ONTAP. “Cloud migration projects often take longer and cost more than expected because customers have to move applications, servers, networking, and storage separately,” said Pravjit Tiwana, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Cloud Storage and Services at NetApp. “With AWS Transform and Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, customers can simplify that process, reduce migration risk, and move to AWS faster without changing how their applications operate.” Amazon FSx for Ne
Hitachi Expands HMAX to Accelerate the Deployment of Physical AI3.9.2026 15:00:00 EEST | Press release
Hitachi, Ltd. ("Hitachi") today announced the expansion of HMAX by Hitachi ("HMAX")*, a next-generation suite of solutions that brings the power of AI to social infrastructure. The HMAX portfolio consists of Domain-Specific Solutions tailored to industries and business operations, as well as a set of foundry solutions that span across domains. As part of this expansion, HMAX Data Center has been added as a Domain-Specific Solution for data center operators. Additionally, HMAX Cyber, HMAX Data Fabric, and HMAX AI Operations are being introduced as foundry solutions that support not only Physical AI initiatives within HMAX but also integrate and support enterprises' existing systems across different domains and environments. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260903046122/en/ HMAX Solutions Portfolio Overview Today, social infrastructure operators face growing challenges as the number and complexity of facilities a
MultiBank Group Named Most Regulated Global Financial Derivatives Institution.3.9.2026 14:47:00 EEST | Press release
MultiBank Group has won the Most Regulated Global Financial Derivatives Institution Award at Money Expo India 2026. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260903046526/en/ MultiBank Group has won the Most Regulated Global Financial Derivatives Institution Award at Money Expo India 2026. The award highlights MultiBank Group’s strong global regulatory framework as it holds more than 18 regulatory licences across five continents, including the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), the UAE’s Capital Market Authority (CMA), reflecting its longstanding commitment to governance, compliance and transparency. The latest recognition adds to MultiBank Group’s growing award portfolio of more than 80 international industry awards, spanning areas including financial services, trading technology, reg
Humanoids Dominate the Headlines, but Specialized Physical AI Captures Value in $18 Billion Market, Arthur D. Little’s Blue Shift Finds3.9.2026 13:07:00 EEST | Press release
Arthur D. Little’s (ADL) Blue Shift, its forward-looking institute exploring the impact of emerging technologies on business and society, today published I, Robot. Despite the hype around humanoid robots, this report finds they are still immature, compared to other areas of physical AI (autonomous and versatile robots that can perceive, decide, and act in the physical world). ADL analysis shows that humanoid robots only account for $2-3 billion of today’s overall $18 billion physical AI market. Many demonstrations are pre-programmed, remotely operated or even totally AI-generated. The study highlights that specialized physical AI offers the real opportunity for innovation and value in the short-to-medium term, and that businesses should take action now. The overall market could reach $60-$100 billion by 2030, thanks to drivers including labor shortages, shifting work preferences, increasing needs for operational resilience and productivity pressures. Countries and regions are competing
In our pressroom you can read all our latest releases, find our press contacts, images, documents and other relevant information about us.
Visit our pressroom