Arab Financial Services (AFS), the MEA region’s leading payment solutions provider and FinTech enabler, has added seamless international bill payments services to its scope of offerings, in partnership with Decimal Factor, a UK-based aggregator that is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
 

AFS partners and financial institutions can avail of the company’s growing financial ecosystem which now includes local and international telco. payments. The initial service offering is International Prepaid Mobile Top Up, allowing customers to top up any international prepaid mobile phone account, digitally, in over 150 different countries, including neighboring GCC states, and with almost 700 different operators across the globe.
 

Mr. B Chandrasekhar, Chief Executive Officer of AFS said: “AFS’ market-leading technology brings a first-of-its-kind, innovative service to our partners in the Kingdom and across the region. Our international bill payments service offers superior, streamlined processes that further empower our partners and their customers while still maintaining all the controls and safety measures which we stand for as a company. We look forward to seeing how this new, technology-driven solution further shapes the financial landscape in which we operate.”
 

Manoj Karkhanis, CEO Decimal Factor, said: “It’s a pleasure to offer our bespoke UK platform and APIs to enable services for AFS. We believe AFS is revolutionizing payments in their region and we are happy to play our part to strengthen AFS’s initiative. In future we plan to work closely with AFS to bring acceptance of their digital solutions to UK merchants and take our relationship to new heights. This marks the beginning of a mutually beneficial relationship.”
 

AFS serves over 75 clients across the financial sector in more than 21 countries. It is owned by 37 banks and financial institutions and regulated by the Central Bank of Bahrain. The company offers innovative and end-to-end payment services and solutions that span card processing, merchant acquiring, FinTech and a state-of-the-art value-added services suite. AFS has offices and data centers in Bahrain, UAE and Oman, and was the first processor in the region to become Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) 3.2 certified. Recipient of several global awards, AFS has most recently been recognized as of ‘The Most Innovative FinTech Solution Provider 2018’ at the GCC Enterprise Awards 2018 and ‘Best Payment Service Provider – Bahrain 2017’ by Global Banking and Finance Review. Finzo, a wholly-owned FinTech subsidiary of AFS, is licensed by the CBB as Ancillary Services Provider and Payment Services Provider. The Finzo website can be accessed at www.finzodigital.com