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Can AFS become the dominant embedded payment infrastructure provider for telecoms and financial institutions across the Gulf and Middle East?

HQBahrain
IndustryFintech / Cross-border payments
The story

AFS (Arab Financial Services) operates as a payment solutions provider in the Middle East/Bahrain region, partnering with telecoms and financial institutions to deliver payment infrastructure. The stc Bahrain partnership signals a move toward telco-embedded payment products in the Gulf region. Broader company history and funding details are not available in the provided evidence.

Last 12 months
2023
Product timeline
2023
AFS partnered with stc Bahrain to launch payment solutions in Bahrain, as reported by IBS Intelligence.· payments
The stack
Payments / PSP
AFS Payment Solutions (self-operated)
Accounting gap: none