Thawani<\/a>, an Omani FinTech company, has received an official Visa licence to issue credit cards in Oman. The development is step forward in the Sultanate\u2019s journey towards a digitally enabled, inclusive financial ecosystem.<\/p>\nThe new licence from Visa International empowers Thawani to issue Visa-backed credit cards offering seamless in-app onboarding and management through the Thawani app. Customers will benefit from global acceptance across point-of-sale and eCommerce channels, supported by advanced encryption, smart authentication, and market-specific offers designed for both individual and business users.<\/p>\n
The announcement was formalised at a signing ceremony in Muscat attended by senior executives from Visa and Thawani, along with representatives from Oman\u2019s banking and financial sectors. The event highlighted the growing synergy between global payment networks and local FinTech innovators in shaping the region\u2019s financial future.<\/p>\n
Eng. Majid Al Amri, Founder and CEO of Thawani<\/strong>, \u201cThis milestone positions Thawani as a trusted, innovative player focused on building a smarter, more inclusive and easier financial future,\u201d said Al Amri. \u201cOur goal is to link innovation with enablement, offering digital solutions that elevate user experience and open new horizons.\u201d<\/p>\nNasser Bdeir, Visa\u2019s General Manager for Oman<\/strong>,\u201cThis is an advanced step for Oman\u2019s FinTech development, reflecting strong local innovation and rising demand for digital solutions,\u201d Bdeir noted. \u201cVisa is proud to expand access to secure, reliable digital payments in the region.\u201d<\/p>\nThe partnership aligns with the objectives of Oman Vision 2040, which places strong emphasis on digital transformation, financial inclusion, and economic diversification. By combining Thawani\u2019s agile innovation with Visa\u2019s trusted global infrastructure, the initiative aims to redefine digital payments in the Sultanate enhancing convenience, security, and accessibility for users nationwide.<\/p>\n
Thawani\u2019s attainment of the Visa credit card issuance licence marks not only a first for Oman\u2019s FinTech industry but also a defining moment in the country\u2019s pursuit of a future-ready, innovation-led financial ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35851,"featured_media":570713,"parent":0,"template":"","categories":[11395,11381,41695,41779,11382,11375,11376,42764,11384,11397],"tags":[12663,11668,11649,12004,11438,11409,12429,11702,12801,11420,12428],"class_list":["post-570712","ibsi_news","type-ibsi_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analytics","category-artificial-intelligence","category-banking-as-a-service-baas","category-banktech","category-cloud","category-cybersecurity","category-digital-banking","category-digital-payments","category-payments","category-saas","tag-ai","tag-cross-border-payments","tag-digital-banking","tag-digital-lending","tag-digital-payments","tag-digital-transformation","tag-oman","tag-payment-processing","tag-payments","tag-payments-as-a-service","tag-uae"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Thawani secures Visa licence to power digital payments in Oman - IBS Intelligence<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thawani, an Omani FinTech company, has received an official Visa licence to issue credit cards in Oman.\u00a0The development is a step forward in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thawani secures Visa licence to power digital payments in Oman\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IBS Intelligence (IBSi) is the world\u2019s only pure-play Financial Technology focused research, advisory, and fintech news analysis firm, with a 30-year track record and clients globally. We take pride in covering 400+ technology vendors globally \u2013 the largest by any analyst firm in this space.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IBS Intelligence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ibsintelligence.cmc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thawani_pay_logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@IBSIntelligence\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Vriti Gothi\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c885626786b3d63adb1031392642e450\"},\"headline\":\"Thawani secures Visa licence to power digital payments in Oman\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-03T11:30:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-03T11:30:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/\"},\"wordCount\":325,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thawani_pay_logo.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"AI\",\"Cross Border Payments\",\"Digital Banking\",\"Digital Lending\",\"Digital Payments\",\"Digital Transformation\",\"Oman\",\"Payment Processing\",\"Payments\",\"Payments as a Service\",\"UAE\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Analytics\",\"Artificial Intelligence\",\"Banking as a Service (BaaS)\",\"BankTech\",\"Cloud\",\"Cybersecurity\",\"Digital Banking\",\"Digital Payments\",\"Payments\",\"SaaS\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/\",\"name\":\"Thawani secures Visa licence to power digital payments in Oman - IBS Intelligence\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thawani_pay_logo.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-03T11:30:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-03T11:30:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"Thawani, an Omani FinTech company, has received an official Visa licence to issue credit cards in Oman.\u00a0The development is a step forward in\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thawani_pay_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thawani_pay_logo.jpg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":200,\"caption\":\"Thawani\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Thawani secures Visa licence to power digital payments in Oman\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/\",\"name\":\"IBS Intelligence\",\"description\":\"Financial Technology News & FinTech Research\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"IBS Intelligence\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo.png\",\"width\":299,\"height\":80,\"caption\":\"IBS Intelligence\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ibsintelligence.cmc\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/IBSIntelligence\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ibsintelligence\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ibs-intelligence\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCLkzPazySerR8DzKFeFFGmw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c885626786b3d63adb1031392642e450\",\"name\":\"Vriti Gothi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d40985bccf64374382a6ff92677dcd06a639c27c38bcbc034bf80f07af24e692?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d40985bccf64374382a6ff92677dcd06a639c27c38bcbc034bf80f07af24e692?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Vriti Gothi\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Thawani secures Visa licence to power digital payments in Oman - IBS Intelligence","description":"Thawani, an Omani FinTech company, has received an official Visa licence to issue credit cards in Oman.\u00a0The development is a step forward in","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Thawani secures Visa licence to power digital payments in Oman","og_description":"IBS Intelligence (IBSi) is the world\u2019s only pure-play Financial Technology focused research, advisory, and fintech news analysis firm, with a 30-year track record and clients globally. We take pride in covering 400+ technology vendors globally \u2013 the largest by any analyst firm in this space.","og_url":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/","og_site_name":"IBS Intelligence","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ibsintelligence.cmc\/","og_image":[{"width":200,"height":200,"url":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thawani_pay_logo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@IBSIntelligence","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/"},"author":{"name":"Vriti Gothi","@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c885626786b3d63adb1031392642e450"},"headline":"Thawani secures Visa licence to power digital payments in Oman","datePublished":"2025-11-03T11:30:34+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-03T11:30:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/"},"wordCount":325,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thawani_pay_logo.jpg","keywords":["AI","Cross Border Payments","Digital Banking","Digital Lending","Digital Payments","Digital Transformation","Oman","Payment Processing","Payments","Payments as a Service","UAE"],"articleSection":["Analytics","Artificial Intelligence","Banking as a Service (BaaS)","BankTech","Cloud","Cybersecurity","Digital Banking","Digital Payments","Payments","SaaS"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/","url":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/","name":"Thawani secures Visa licence to power digital payments in Oman - IBS Intelligence","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thawani_pay_logo.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-03T11:30:34+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-03T11:30:34+00:00","description":"Thawani, an Omani FinTech company, has received an official Visa licence to issue credit cards in Oman.\u00a0The development is a step forward in","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thawani_pay_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thawani_pay_logo.jpg","width":200,"height":200,"caption":"Thawani"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/ibsi-news\/thawani-secures-visa-licence-to-power-digital-payments-in-oman\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Thawani secures Visa licence to power digital payments in Oman"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/","name":"IBS Intelligence","description":"Financial Technology News & FinTech Research","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#organization","name":"IBS Intelligence","url":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo.png","width":299,"height":80,"caption":"IBS Intelligence"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ibsintelligence.cmc\/","https:\/\/x.com\/IBSIntelligence","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ibsintelligence\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ibs-intelligence\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCLkzPazySerR8DzKFeFFGmw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c885626786b3d63adb1031392642e450","name":"Vriti Gothi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d40985bccf64374382a6ff92677dcd06a639c27c38bcbc034bf80f07af24e692?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d40985bccf64374382a6ff92677dcd06a639c27c38bcbc034bf80f07af24e692?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Vriti Gothi"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ibsi_news\/570712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ibsi_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ibsi_news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"Thawani\"](\"https:\/\/ibsintelligence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/thawani_pay_logo.jpg\"){kind=logo}
<\/p>\n