Customers of Lebanon-based Byblos Bank can now make host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments using ByblosPay, a new service developed by the bank with Visa, CSC Bank and mobile app developer Foo. “With the launch of ByblosPay, Byblos Bank becomes the first bank in Lebanon and the region extending from Jordan and Iraq to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait and from Egypt to Morocco to adopt HCE technology,” the bank says.
Lebanon-based Byblos Bank is the first lender in the Middle East to enable its customers to make host card emulation (HCE) based mobile payments using its platform ByblosPay. The service was developed in partnership with CSC Bank, Visa and mobile app developer Foo.