Emirates NBD, the banking group for the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey (MENAT), is joining forces with Pine Labs, a merchant commerce omnichannel platform, to provide the latest payment solutions to companies across the region. Emirates NBD will leverage the Pine Labs Credit+ platform, to deliver cutting-edge merchant-acquiring processing solutions for its corporate and institutional clients, initially in the UAE and then across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Egypt. We will run their point-of-sale, payment gateway and run all their payment processing.”Mittal also explained how the partnership is enabling Pine Labs to expand its global influence. “This is not only for the UAE alone, but, with Emirates NBD, we plan to expand into two new markets: Saudi Arabia later this year, and Egypt next year. Emirates NBD currently boasts a presence in 13 countries, serving over nine million active customers.