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Freedom Unlocked
We talk about how to unlock the full potential of payment and commerce automation through efficient payment orchestration in MENA, for seamless online and mobile payments.


Payment Orchestration in MENA: A 2026 Complete Guide
Payment orchestration connects your checkout to multiple PSPs through one layer, reducing integration time and boosting approval rates. It lets merchants route transactions smartly, cut costs, and expand across MENA faster. Instead of coding new PSPs or rules, teams simply configure, test, and launch markets in days. This drives higher revenue, flexibility, and resilience in a complex payments landscape.

Sally Hanekom
Dec 2, 202513 min read


The Rise of Agentic Commerce: How AI Is Redefining Payments in the MENA Region
AI is transforming commerce, with payments at the center of this shift. As intelligent agents begin to buy, compare, and pay on behalf of users, Agentic Commerce is redefining how businesses and consumers interact. With global leaders like Mastercard, Stripe, Google, and OpenAI driving secure, autonomous payment standards, and MENA leading fintech adoption, early movers that become agent-ready will shape the future of digital commerce.

Sally Hanekom
Oct 15, 20255 min read


Open Banking & Payment Orchestration: The Future of Payments in MENA
MENA is entering a new era of digital payments. Open Banking is creating faster, cheaper, and more secure ways to move money, while Payment Orchestration ensures seamless integration across checkouts. Together, they unlock growth, reduce costs, and future-proof payments for merchants and fintechs.

Sally Hanekom
Oct 14, 20253 min read


BIN Routing - The Smarter Way to Maximize Every Payment
BIN Routing is a smart payment technology that directs each transaction to the best processor based on the card’s first 6–8 digits (the Bank Identification Number). These digits reveal the issuing bank, card type, country, and network, enabling Apaya to automatically route local cards to low-fee domestic processors and international cards to global gateways. The result: higher approval rates, lower fees, and seamless checkouts, no manual setup or complex integrations required

Sally Hanekom
Sep 19, 20252 min read


Payment Orchestration in MENA: How Smart Routing and Automation Are Helping Merchants Cut Costs & Take Control
Apaya.io helps MENA merchants reduce payment costs, improve success rates, and expand faster by combining payment orchestration, automation, and smart routing- built specifically for UAE, KSA, and Egypt.

Sally Hanekom
Jun 11, 20253 min read
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