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Majid Al Futtaim

Can a regional mall-and-retail conglomerate turn its loyalty program into a unified consumer-finance platform — wallet, card, BNPL — that captures the customer beyond Carrefour and the shopping mall?

Founded1992
HQDubai, United Arab Emirates
FoundersMajid Al Futtaim
IndustryRetail / Conglomerate (Malls, Retail & Leisure)
The story

Majid Al Futtaim is a Dubai-based conglomerate built around shopping malls, the Carrefour franchise in MEA, leisure and communities. Its embedded finance journey is consumer-loyalty-led: SHARE rewards became SHAREPay (a digital wallet + card built on i2c) in 2022, then absorbed BNPL via Tabby and valU and consumer finance via Lime Egypt. In 2026 the group consolidated acquiring onto Checkout.com to centralise payments across all brands — moving from brand-by-brand PSP relationships to a single unified payments framework.

Last 12 months
2026-01
2025-12
Product timeline
1995
Acquired exclusive franchise rights to operate Carrefour across the Middle East, Africa and Asia.· pivot
2022
Launched SHAREPay digital wallet and card with i2c as the payments technology partner — first of its kind in MENA.· card
2023
Long-term BNPL partnership with Tabby for in-store and online instalment payments across UAE malls.· lending
2023
Formed XSIGHT Future Solutions digital arm; partnered with FOO for fintech/digital customer experiences.· pivot
2026
Selected Checkout.com to unify payments across the group's brands and markets under a single framework.· pivot
The stack
Payments / PSP
Checkout.com
Card issuing
i2c
Lending
Tabby; valU (EFG Holding); Lime Consumer FinanceTabby BNPL in malls and SHARE app (SHAREPay BNPL integration)valU BNPL in Egypt mallsLime Consumer Finance instalments in Egypt
Accounting gap: none