The Card & Payments Awards is among the leading networking events of the year for the Middle East card and payments industry. With over 1,100 guests attending on the night, from over 300 different companies, and with a compelling list of blue-chip sponsors. Enter here and book your tables now.
Recognising Excellence and Innovation in Payments
For two decades, The Card & Payments Awards has stood as the premier networking event for the UK and Irish card and payments industry. The event was founded 20 years ago by Michael Harty.
Building on this legacy of success, 2025 marked an exciting expansion with the inaugural Card & Payments Awards Middle East. Hosted in Dubai on April 17th, 2025, at the prestigious Ritz-Carlton, DIFC, this highly successful event celebrated best practice, innovation, and excellence within the region’s dynamic card and payments sector. It provided an invaluable networking platform, connecting key players and fostering new partnerships and collaborations to drive continued innovation across diverse verticals.
The Card & Payments Awards Middle East welcomes entries from credit, debit, prepaid, and charge card issuers, co-brands, merchant acquirers, payment processors, retailers, and other payments companies worldwide offering programs or initiatives within the Middle East. With a range of categories covering essential disciplines, the awards offer organizations a significant opportunity to showcase their achievements and contribute to a vital industry platform that recognizes and rewards the best in the Middle East.
Why Enter
Entering your company for an Awards Programme is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your achievements to the industry, while benchmarking against your competitors. Ultimately success at the Awards can be leveraged on consumer facing communications.
Some of the many reasons to consider an entry are listed below.
- A mark of quality assurance from the leading & longest-standing Awards in the industry
- Increase your brand exposure through media & PR coverage
- Increase your profile with top industry blue chip companies
- Increase your credibility and gain trust from consumers
- Differentiate your brand
- Gain a competitive edge
- Benchmark against others in the industry
- Drive best practice
- Receive recognition, network & celebrate with others in the industry.
Putting together an entry can seem a daunting task, so if you aren’t sure where to begin, get in touch with us and we will be able to advise.
Enter here and book your tables now to celebrate the industry’s biggest achievements, whilst meeting the key players from across the sector in the Middle East.
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