Yuno and Tap Payments partner to simplify enterprise entry into MENA, combining Yuno’s global payments orchestration with Tap’s GCC licenses and local payment methods to speed compliant expansion.
From the sidelines of Web Summit Qatar 2026 in Doha, Yuno and Tap Payments have formalized a strategic partnership aimed at streamlining how global enterprises enter and scale across the Middle East and North Africa, addressing one of the region’s most persistent friction points: fragmented payment rules, licenses, and local schemes.
The collaboration deepens Yuno’s footprint in the Middle East, a presence it first signaled at last year’s Web Summit Qatar, and positions the company as a bridge between global merchants and the patchwork of MENA’s payment ecosystems. By integrating Tap’s regional infrastructure into Yuno’s orchestration layer, the two companies are effectively abstracting away country by country regulatory complexity that has historically slowed market entry, increased compliance risk, and added operational overhead for international businesses.
Under the agreement, Yuno’s enterprise merchants will be able to plug into Tap’s payment infrastructure, which spans more than 20 local and international payment methods and is licensed across all six Gulf Cooperation Council markets, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Oman. In practice, that means access to key domestic schemes such as mada in Saudi Arabia, KNET in Kuwait, and NAPS in Qatar, alongside major global networks, all through a single integration.
For enterprises, the promise is faster go to market timelines and fewer bespoke compliance workstreams. Instead of negotiating licenses, building local acquiring relationships, and mapping payments to each jurisdiction, merchants can route transactions through Yuno’s unified API while relying on Tap’s country specific regulatory coverage and relationships with local banks and networks.
“Partnering with Tap Payments aligns perfectly with Yuno’s mission to simplify global payments for enterprise merchants,” said Juan Pablo Ortega, Yuno’s CEO and founder, speaking from Doha. “With Tap’s unique regional licenses and local payment method expertise, we can offer our merchants a turnkey solution to expand across the GCC with unprecedented speed and compliance certainty.”
Tap’s co-founder and CEO, Ali Abulhasan, framed the deal as a response to the realities of operating in MENA. “Expansion here requires local licenses, local payment methods, and regulatory understanding in every market,” he said. “By combining Tap’s regional infrastructure with Yuno’s orchestration layer, enterprises can scale across the region with clarity, control, and confidence.”
The partnership also reflects broader consolidation in the global payments stack, where orchestration platforms like Yuno increasingly sit above regional processors and acquirers. Yuno currently connects more than 1,000 payment methods and fraud tools through its API, serving brands such as McDonald’s, Uber, GoFundMe, NetEase Games, inDrive, and Rappi across LATAM, North America, Europe, MENA, and APAC. Tap, meanwhile, counts over 120,000 businesses on its platform, including regional-heavy users like TikTok, Talabat, and Keeta.
Taken together, the companies are betting that enterprises expanding into the GCC will favor a model that blends global orchestration with deep local coverage, rather than stitching together multiple providers market by market. As digital commerce across MENA continues to grow, driven by rising smartphone penetration, expanding e commerce, and government led digitization , the ability to accept payments compliantly and efficiently remains a critical gatekeeper for international brands.
