PayTabs Group, the Saudi Arabia-headquartered payment orchestration company, has acquired 100% of TAPn’GO, a UAE-based contactless payment technology platform. The deal, announced today from PayTabs Group’s Riyadh headquarters, folds TAPn’GO directly into the PayTabs Super App — the company’s unified commerce platform for merchants across the MENA region. Financial terms were not disclosed.
PayTabs Group has quietly built one of MENA’s most aggressive fintech acquisition playbooks — and its latest deal makes that clearer than ever. The Saudi Arabia-headquartered payment orchestration company has acquired 100% of TAPn’GO, a UAE-based contactless payment platform, folding it directly into the PayTabs Super App as part of a push to own the full merchant checkout stack across the region.
TAPn’GO enables businesses to accept smartphone-based contactless payments, with features including bill splitting, tipping, paperless receipts, and QR-code ordering. Its integration into the Super App is meant to give merchants a single, POS-synchronized checkout experience that works across in-store, on-site, and digital environments. The technology is currently live in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, integrated with select POS software, including Symphony, Quadranet, Watermelon, and Syrve.
PayTabs says over 20,000 businesses across the region are already set to adopt the solution post-acquisition. The company serves sectors including retail, hospitality, healthcare, entertainment, and regulated donation platforms — all of which stand to inherit TAPn’GO’s real-time checkout stack without needing a separate integration layer.
“This acquisition strengthens our position as a regional distribution hub, connecting business and consumers through a flawless and integrated payment experience, across industries, in real time. It supports the growth of the wider regional economies while advancing financial inclusion and turning everyday transactions into smarter, more connected experiences that drive real impact, growth and business volume.” — Abdulaziz Al Jouf, CEO & Founder, PayTabs Group
Cyrille Picard, founder of TAPn’GO, described the deal as a regional turning point. Speaking from Dubai, he said: “We anticipate that this will be a gamechanger for the region. With this versatile and dynamic move TAPn’GO as a PayTabs Group’s proprietary technology will contribute significantly to the region’s ongoing digital disruption, a win-win for all stakeholders involved.”
The timing aligns with a broader acceleration of contactless adoption across MENA. Real-time transactions in the region are projected to reach 3 billion by 2028, according to figures cited in the acquisition announcement, with the contactless segment growing at approximately 25% annually.
The TAPn’GO deal is PayTabs’ third known technology acquisition in four years. The company acquired Saudi POS firm Digital Pay and Turkey’s social commerce platform Paymes in 2022 — moves that extended its reach into physical retail and cross-border commerce. TAPn’GO now adds the hardware-light, smartphone-first checkout layer, completing a stack that spans online payments, in-store POS, and mobile contactless. For MENA’s payment infrastructure market, where fragmentation across channels remains a persistent problem for mid-sized merchants, that kind of vertical integration is rare — and increasingly valuable.
