PayTabs Group Acquires TAPn’GO to Accelerate Contactless Payments Across MENA

PayTabs Group, a Future 100 company and a leading payment orchestration powerhouse in the MENA region, has announced the acquisition of 100% of TAPn’GO technology, one of the UAE’s prominent providers of contactless payment solutions. The move marks another strategic milestone in PayTabs’ expansion journey and reinforces its ambition to build a fully integrated, seamless payment ecosystem across the region.
The acquired technology will be fully integrated into the PayTabs Super App, enabling businesses to deliver faster, real-time, and frictionless contactless checkout experiences. The solution is designed to support a wide range of industries including retail, hospitality, healthcare, entertainment, and regulated donation platforms, providing merchants with a unified and simplified way to accept payments across both physical and digital environments.
This integration strengthens PayTabs’ positioning as a regional payment hub by embedding smartphone-based and contactless payment capabilities into a single merchant ecosystem. It allows businesses to accelerate their digital transformation journeys, improve customer engagement, and unlock new revenue streams through more efficient and modern payment experiences.
A key advantage of TAPn’GO lies in its ability to streamline the entire checkout process. The system offers intuitive features such as bill splitting, tipping, and paperless receipts, all of which contribute to reducing transaction time, enhancing operational efficiency, and improving customer satisfaction. By digitizing in-store interactions, the technology supports faster service delivery and smoother customer journeys across multiple environments.
For many businesses across the region, fragmented payment systems have long created operational inefficiencies and inconsistent customer experiences. This acquisition directly addresses those challenges by enabling secure and unified payment acceptance across cards, digital wallets, and split payment methods. It also ensures full synchronization between POS systems and digital channels, creating a cohesive commerce experience.
PayTabs’ infrastructure already connects merchants across online, mobile, web, and in-store channels, and the integration of TAPn’GO further strengthens this omnichannel capability. The combined solution also includes built-in loyalty features and value-added services, allowing businesses to enhance customer retention and engagement while optimizing operational workflows across more than 30 industries.
According to PayTabs Group, more than 20,000 businesses across the region are expected to adopt the solution, reflecting strong market demand for streamlined and scalable payment technologies.
At the company’s headquarters in Saudi Arabia, PayTabs Group Founder and CEO Abdulaziz Al Jouf emphasized the strategic importance of the acquisition, stating:
“This acquisition strengthens our position as a regional distribution hub, connecting business and consumers through a flawless and integrated payment experience, across industries, in real time. It supports the growth of the wider regional economies while advancing financial inclusion and turning everyday transactions into smarter, more connected experiences that drive real impact, growth and business volume.”
From Dubai, TAPn’GO founder Cyrille Picard highlighted the broader regional impact of the deal, stating:
“We anticipate that this will be a gamechanger for the region. With this versatile and dynamic move TAPn’GO as a PayTabs Group’s proprietary technology will contribute significantly to the region's ongoing digital disruption, a win-win for all stakeholders involved.”
Although financial details of the transaction remain undisclosed, the acquisition comes at a time when the contactless payments sector in the MENA region is experiencing rapid growth, expanding at approximately 25% annually. Industry projections indicate that real-time transactions are expected to reach 3 billion by 2028, highlighting strong momentum behind digital and contactless commerce adoption.
With this strategic acquisition, PayTabs Group continues to position itself at the forefront of payment innovation, aiming to redefine how businesses and consumers interact through smarter, faster, and more connected financial experiences across the region.