Customers of various mobile money operators can now make transactions at Dubai Duty Free using their preferred digital wallets. Credit: Paisit Teeraphatsakool/Shutterstock.

Airport retailer Dubai Duty Free (DDF) has joined forces with digital payments company TerraPay, enabling over 100 million customers to use their home-country digital wallets for purchases.

Through this alliance, Dubai Duty Free, operating at Dubai International Airport and Al Maktoum Airport, will connect to TerraPay’s network, which includes more than 3.7 billion mobile wallets.

This integration is expected to allow for a seamless shopping experience, providing a new alternative to traditional payment methods.

TerraPay founder and CEO Ambar Sur said: “Our partnership Dubai Duty Free, the world’s largest single airport retailer, opened up new avenues for seamless digital wallet payments within its vast network at Dubai International and Al Maktoum International Airport utilising TerraPay’s robust cross-border payment infrastructure that has enabled us to deliver faster, more innovative, and transparent cross-border payment solutions to our partners around the world.

“This comes at a right time, with the launch of TerraPay’s Wallet Interoperability Council, to pave the way for the future of wallet interoperability, empowering consumers, and businesses to transact effortlessly across borders.”

Customers of major mobile money operators such Airtel Money, M-PESA, and MTN MoMo can now make transactions at Dubai Duty Free using their preferred digital wallets.

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Dubai Duty Free managing director Ramesh Cidambi said: “Dubai Duty Free has always been at the forefront of harnessing technology and partnerships to offer the best to our customers, and now with access to TerraPay’s vast network, we’re excited to offer this new payment solution.”

Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, TerraPay has a presence in over 12 countries, including offices in Bangalore, Dubai, Bogota, Dar es Salaam, Kampala, and Singapore.

With a regulated network in over 30 global markets, TerraPay’s platform enables payments to over 150 receiving countries, 210 sending countries, and connects to over 3.7 billion mobile wallets, 7.5 billion bank accounts, and more than 12 billion cards.

In November last year, TerraPay collaborated with Suyool, a licenced financial ecosystem regulated by Banque du Liban.