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The Entertainer

Can a regional BOGO offers app become the embedded loyalty/rewards layer powering banks, card schemes, and consumer brands across MEA?

Founded2001
HQDubai, United Arab Emirates
IndustryMarketplace / Loyalty & Rewards
The story

the ENTERTAINER (The Entertainer FZ LLC, Dubai) began in 2001 as a consumer BOGO offers booklet/app in the UAE and has evolved into a digital rewards and engagement platform across the Middle East. The company has expanded beyond direct consumer subscriptions into a B2B platform offering white-label, co-branded, embedded/API, and rewards solutions to banks, telcos and brands — most notably the Mastercard MEA 'Buy 1 Get 1' program. Embedded finance exposure is light: payments and BNPL acceptance for membership purchases, with no banking, lending, or card-issuing footprint of its own.

Last 12 months
Product timeline
2001
the ENTERTAINER launched in the UAE as a Buy One Get One Free offers guide.· launch
2024
Operates white-label, co-brand, embedded API and rewards solutions for B2B partners via business.theentertainerme.com.· pivot
2025
Partnership with Mastercard powering 'Mastercard Buy 1 Get 1' program across MEA.· partnership
The stack
Accounting gap: none