More than 2.6 million Canadians work for themselves, and according to an annual RBC poll conducted in 2025, 59 per cent of Canadians aspire to own a business — the highest level since 2017. The appeal is understandable. A recent poll found that nearly two-thirds of people feel they have plateaued at work and see […]
Following the launch of guidelines for card tokenisation in 2023, international and local payment applications like Samsung Pay and Apple Pay were launched in the Sultanate. According to the Central Bank of Oman’s annual report, these applications allow users to make payments using smartphones and smart watches, instead of carrying cards. Samsung Pay was launched […]
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is set to end a lawsuit by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over his share purchases during his takeover of Twitter with a payment of $1.5million. Musk and the SEC agreed on the amount in a settlement disclosed on Monday that will be submitted to the assigned judge for […]
Muscat – Thawani Technologies LLC (Thawani Pay), an Omani fintech and the first non-bank payment service provider licensed by the Central Bank of Oman and Network International (Network), on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership to accelerate digital payment innovation and expand credit card capabilities in the Sultanate of Oman. This partnership builds on Thawani Pay’s continued […]
The Central Bank of Oman (CBO) has issued a regulation governing the practice of the ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ (BNPL) service to establish the necessary controls and procedures and ensure it is conducted in a disciplined and transparent manner. “The ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ service is considered one of the modern financing models that enables […]
