“Can a Saudi-licensed acquirer become the dominant full-stack merchant payments and software platform across MENA?”
Geidea is a MENA-region payment service provider founded in 2008 in Riyadh, originally focused on POS hardware and acquiring services for banks and merchants. It has expanded into a broader payment platform spanning terminals, gateway, payment links, online ordering, kiosks, and loyalty across KSA, UAE, and Egypt — competing as a full-stack merchant fintech under SAMA supervision rather than a pure embedded-finance vendor.
Geidea processes payments through Geidea Payment Gateway (self-operated), Geidea Payment Terminal (self-operated), Geidea Payment Links (self-operated), Geidea Mobile POS (self-operated) and Geidea HPP Checkout (self-operated).
Geidea was founded by Abdullah Faisal Al Othman and is founded in 2008, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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