{"id":84063,"date":"2026-01-05T14:41:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/?p=84063"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:41:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T12:41:46","slug":"qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"QNB and Mastercard expand payment services in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mastercard<\/a><\/strong> announced that QNB Group<\/a><\/strong>, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, was granted a Mastercard license to extend its issuing and acquiring activities in Syria, enabling it to provide Mastercard payment solutions – accepted locally and internationally- to individuals and businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move, which follows the memorandum of understanding signed between Mastercard and the Central Bank of Syria in September to support the modernization of the country\u2019s digital payments infrastructure, will expand access to seamless, secure and innovative digital transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The alliance marks an important milestone for Mastercard and QNB in their joint efforts to enhance digital banking experience, drive financial inclusion and create new opportunities through technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This collaboration also reflects QNB\u2019s commitment to spearheading digital innovation across its international network and underscores QNB Group\u2019s dedication to fostering more resilient growth in this high\u2011potential market. Together, QNB and Mastercard aim to contribute to the evolution of Syria\u2019s payments landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt Mastercard, we are deepening our commitment to Syria as early investors in a market undergoing meaningful transformation. By empowering our partner banks, we are enabling millions of citizens to access modern financial services and laying the foundations for a robust, future-ready payments ecosystem. Our work supports the country\u2019s vision for sustainable economic progress, delivered with full respect for regulatory and compliance standards,\u201d said Adam Jones, division president, West Arabia, Mastercard.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mastercard announced that QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, was granted a Mastercard license to extend its issuing and acquiring activities in Syria, enabling it to provide Mastercard payment solutions – accepted locally and internationally- to individuals and businesses. The move, which follows the memorandum of understanding signed between …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[487,4781],"class_list":["post-84063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-business","tag-mastercard-2","tag-qnb"],"yoast_head":"\nQNB and Mastercard expand payment services in Syria - Gulf Tech News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"QNB and Mastercard expand payment services in Syria\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"QNB and Mastercard expand payment services in Syria - Gulf Tech News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"QNB and Mastercard expand payment services in Syria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gulf Tech News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-05T12:41:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-05T12:41:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mastercard-Logo.jpg?v=1767616818\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1829\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1159\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"bessan helmi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"bessan helmi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/\",\"name\":\"QNB and Mastercard expand payment services in Syria - Gulf Tech News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mastercard-Logo.jpg?v=1767616818\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-05T12:41:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-05T12:41:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/c033626e357b2f7e127eac0570ddc05c\"},\"description\":\"QNB and Mastercard expand payment services in Syria\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mastercard-Logo.jpg?v=1767616818\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mastercard-Logo.jpg?v=1767616818\",\"width\":1829,\"height\":1159,\"caption\":\"QNB and Mastercard expand payment services in Syria\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"QNB and Mastercard expand payment services in Syria\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Gulf Tech News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/c033626e357b2f7e127eac0570ddc05c\",\"name\":\"bessan helmi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bb1e09a6f094e0fa605073926f8ad9eb228a8b0aacd381fda782c562612428cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bb1e09a6f094e0fa605073926f8ad9eb228a8b0aacd381fda782c562612428cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"bessan helmi\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/author\/bessan-helmi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"QNB and Mastercard expand payment services in Syria - Gulf Tech News","description":"QNB and Mastercard expand payment services in Syria","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"QNB and Mastercard expand payment services in Syria - Gulf Tech News","og_description":"QNB and Mastercard expand payment services in Syria","og_url":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/","og_site_name":"Gulf Tech News","article_published_time":"2026-01-05T12:41:45+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-05T12:41:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1829,"height":1159,"url":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mastercard-Logo.jpg?v=1767616818","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"bessan helmi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"bessan helmi","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/","url":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/","name":"QNB and Mastercard expand payment services in Syria - Gulf Tech News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mastercard-Logo.jpg?v=1767616818","datePublished":"2026-01-05T12:41:45+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-05T12:41:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/c033626e357b2f7e127eac0570ddc05c"},"description":"QNB and Mastercard expand payment services in Syria","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mastercard-Logo.jpg?v=1767616818","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mastercard-Logo.jpg?v=1767616818","width":1829,"height":1159,"caption":"QNB and Mastercard expand payment services in Syria"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/2026\/01\/05\/qnb-and-mastercard-expand-payment-services-in-syria\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"QNB and Mastercard expand payment services in Syria"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/","name":"Gulf Tech News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/c033626e357b2f7e127eac0570ddc05c","name":"bessan helmi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bb1e09a6f094e0fa605073926f8ad9eb228a8b0aacd381fda782c562612428cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bb1e09a6f094e0fa605073926f8ad9eb228a8b0aacd381fda782c562612428cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"bessan helmi"},"url":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/author\/bessan-helmi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84065,"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84063\/revisions\/84065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulftech-news.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}