MoneyHash and Tap Payments Unite to Streamline MENA Payment Solutions

Editorial Team

Last updated 27-01-2026

3 min

MoneyHash and Tap Payments are upgrading MENA’s payments “plumbing” through a new technical integration.

Merchants can access Tap’s gateway via MoneyHash’s single control layer, avoiding multiple dashboards.

The partnership aims to cut checkout friction and “fewer failed transactions” across regional markets.

Tap adds local coverage across nine MENA countries and support for varied payment preferences.

Founders hope smoother payments free them from firefighting and back to growing their businesses.

The payments plumbing across MENA is getting a quiet but meaningful upgrade. MoneyHash, which works as a payment orchestration layer for merchants in emerging and global markets, has teamed up with Tap Payments to widen access to modern payment infrastructure for businesses operating across the region. The tie-up centres on a new integration that lets merchants tap into Tap’s gateway through MoneyHash’s single control layer.

If you’ve ever sat with a founder trying to reconcile half a dozen dashboards just to understand why checkout conversions dipped on a Friday evening, you’ll know why this matters. At Arageek events, I’ve heard the same frustration more than once: payments shouldn’t be the thing slowing growth, yet they often are. This partnership is trying to tackle exactly that, by reducing what many teams see as a bit of a faff — stitching together different payment methods, markets, and reporting tools.

The thinking is fairly straightforward. As online commerce grows across MENA, businesses need to support how customers actually prefer to pay locally, while keeping performance and reliability spot on. MoneyHash sits between merchants and payment providers, helping route, monitor and optimise transactions across channels and geographies. By connecting with Tap Payments, which operates across nine MENA markets, merchants can extend payment method coverage without piling on extra operational work.

Mohamed Amir, Head of Sales and Solutions at MoneyHash, said that payment flexibility is no longer optional for businesses selling across borders and digital channels. He explained that bringing Tap into the platform strengthens MoneyHash’s ability to offer reliable infrastructure that reflects real payment behaviour across the region.

On the flip side, Tap Payments brings scale and local depth. Founded in 2014, the company now serves more than 120,000 businesses, offering online payment methods through a single integration, along with payout capabilities in licensed markets. Its infrastructure is designed for consistent settlements, operational visibility and support for different commerce models, including multi-currency setups — something that becomes critical once a startup starts expanding beyond its home market.

Anwar Marafi, Group Head of Business and Financial Institutions at Tap Payments, said the company’s focus has always been on helping businesses run reliable payments across MENA, with the local coverage and control teams need as they grow. Integrating with MoneyHash, he added, allows Tap to support merchants with an orchestration layer that helps them scale payment operations across markets with confidence.

I reckon the real value here is not the buzzwords, but the unglamorous details: smarter routing, fewer failed transactions, and clearer insight into what’s actually happening at checkout. When founders stop firefighting payment issues, they can get back to building product and winning customers — and that’s something to be chuffed to bits about. That said, orchestration is only as good as its execution, and merchants will be watching closely to see if the experience really is definately smoother day to day… you know?

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