Towards Unified Gulf Payments

Promising horizons to establish and develop an integrated and shared infrastructure for Gulf payments

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Recent News

National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) Introduces “AFAQ” Payment System on its Mobile Banking

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Onboarding of STC Bank from Saudi Arabia to AFAQ

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H.E the CEO of the Central Bank of Oman and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Gulf Payments Company meets with the company’s employees at its headquarters in Riyadh

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The Fourth Meeting of the GCC “AFAQ” Bank Advisory Forum

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01 About Gulf Payments

We aim to achieve advanced stages of economic and financial integration among the GCC countries

The Gulf Payments Company was founded in accordance with the GCC Supreme Council resolution and aims to build and develop a system that connects payment systems in the GCC countries.

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02 Our Services

AFAQ System

Derived from the Arabic term for horizon, AFAQ stands for (Arabian Gulf System for Financial Automated Quick Payment Transfers), allowing the same-day execution and settlement of financial transactions in GCC local currencies, with low fees and supported by a safe and stable ecosystem.

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AFAQ cross currency service

Offering transfer services between local currency (from the originating country) to local currency (the receiving country).

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03 Our partners

GCC Participants Banks in AFAQ System

In cooperation with the GCC Central Banks, we build a joint payments system within a strategic program and in accordance with internationally recognized best practices and standards.

AFAQ Participants
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