Emirates Airline and Group has explored ways to strengthen its ongoing partnership with PayPal, a global digital commerce platform, at Emirates Group Headquarters.
The meeting was held between His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group and Suzan Kereere, President of Global Markets at PayPal.
During the meeting, Emirates and PayPal discussed opportunities to build on their 15-year relationship and deepen collaboration within the dynamic digital payments landscape.
Emirates currently offers PayPal on emirates.com in 34 countries, offering customers simplified, fast and secure checkout when locking in their travel, in addition to flexible payment options through value-added services like PayPal Pay Later. The airline has seen a marked increase in customer adoption, usage frequency and transaction volumes with PayPal in the last year.
PayPal recently opened its first-ever regional headquarters in Dubai to serve the Middle East and Africa, with the aim to support more consumers and businesses across emerging economies to advance their commerce capabilities and help businesses of all sizes sell across borders.
Dubai is rapidly emerging as a global fintech hub, leveraging its strategic location, business-friendly policies, and strong financial infrastructure. Dubai has attracted major fintech players, as well as nurtured homegrown startups.
The city has also set up fintech accelerators and clusters along with ‘sandboxes’ that allow startups to test innovations. All these initiatives, among others, are enabling Dubai to advance its D33 agenda to make the city one of the top four financial centers, with fintech as a key focus.
