Kuwait 22 December 2025:
PayTabs Kuwait, a member of the PayTabs Group – MENA’s award-winning payment orchestration powerhouse – today announced it has entered a strategic partnership with BEDE Kuwait, Powered by Zain. BEDE provides a powerful suite of business-grade payment services built to help businesses of all sizes launch faster, sell across channels, and get paid seamlessly. The alliance is designed to accelerate digital commerce across Kuwait and empower merchants with seamless, secure, and locally optimised financial technology solutions.
Announced during NEXUS 2025, the partnership introduced a pilot of the BEDE Shop, a rapid web-enablement social commerce platform powered by PayTabs, giving entrepreneurs and small businesses the ability to create a branded online storefront and begin selling in minutes. With a guided, few-click setup, merchants can add products, customize their store, and deliver a seamless cart-to-checkout experience without the cost of hiring developers or agencies.
The platform once fully rolled-out, will enable Kuwait’s ever-growing SME and startup economy to turn talent into instant payments through secure links shared across multiple social media platforms, including WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook, as well as accept contactless payments via a static QR code, one of the safest ways to get paid online or in-store.
BEDE is Zain Group’s FinTech brand for consumers and businesses, rolled out across several Zain markets as part of Zain’s ‘4WARD-Progress with Purpose’ strategy in driving financial inclusion and contributing to the evolution of the region’s digital ecosystem.
Speaking on the collaboration, Anwar AlQenaei, General Manager of PayTabs Kuwait, said:
“This partnership reflects our unwavering commitment to shaping Kuwait’s digital future. Together with BEDE, we’re enabling a new era of business agility, innovation and sustainable growth for Kuwaiti merchants. This alliance empowers entrepreneurs to transform their ideas into thriving digital businesses.”
Commenting on the partnership, Ahmad Al-Nafisi, General Manager of BEDE Kuwait, added:
“At BEDE, we are focused on building an integrated digital payments platform that enables merchants and entrepreneurs to manage their businesses with ease and security, whether through point-of-sale solutions or various online payment channels. Our partnership with PayTabs Kuwait allows us to offer innovative solutions that cater to merchants across sectors, equipping them with practical tools to grow and expand within Kuwait and beyond.”
By integrating PayTabs’ payment orchestration capabilities with BEDE’s expanding fintech suite powered by Zain’s market-leading digital infrastructure, the collaboration brings to life a fully connected digital commerce ecosystem. Businesses of every size from startups to national enterprises can now access a unified set of solutions that streamline payment acceptance, simplify invoicing, enhance security, and deliver a frictionless checkout experience tailored to the Kuwaiti market.
This alliance reinforces BEDE’s commitment to building a next generation fintech platform that enables businesses to operate with flexibility and confidence. It also strengthens PayTabs Kuwait’s mission to simplify digital commerce and champion merchant enablement through strategic, high-impact partnerships across the region.
PayTabs Kuwait continues to advance its broader vision of powering inclusive, future-ready financial ecosystems across the MENA region. The partnership with BEDE Kuwait represents a major milestone in strengthening Kuwait’s digital infrastructure and paving the way for a more dynamic, competitive, and digitally empowered merchant landscape.
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