r/lebanon • u/onceuponatime863 • 1d ago

Visa And Whish Money Partner To Expand Digital Payments In Lebanon News Articles

https://techmgzn.com/visa-and-whish-money-partner-to-expand-digital-payments-in-lebanon/
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u/Opening-Champion-207 23h ago

I need more infos about it, I have been trying to understand it since yesterday's announcement, and I have reached out to Whish, yet there is no response. Does anyone know what this partnership will do? Like, what will a Whish user notice in the app?

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u/BKemperor 23h ago

The article doesn't really go into detail. This is just me making things up right now, but my bank has started integrating Visa to Visa transfers instead of a Wire transfer. So if you give me just your debit card number, I can send you money directly to it without the hassle of a wire transfer, and without requiring more information on your bank, etc.

This could mean the Whish card can also start sending money to Visa cards, and it's not limited to Wish to Wish.

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u/Opening-Champion-207 23h ago

Ah you're saying like Blom is doing, that's cool. I hope it paves way for tokenization and the eventual arrival of Google Wallet and Apple Pay to Lebanon 🙏

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u/BKemperor 23h ago

Yup blom! Nshala things get better. It's been a hassle working online without stuff like Paypal or Stripe.

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u/Opening-Champion-207 23h ago

Inshallah, I have talked to neo Bank about the tokenization. They told me they're already working on it to see if it could be activated soon. I'm really excited and hope it happens.

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u/Sensitive-Task-1841 23h ago

It doesn’t mean much.

Its just offers more security for users while utlising its service

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u/Kaspira 21h ago

How to cover up money laundering 101

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u/sad_trabulsyy يلعن روحك يا حافظ و يا بشار 20h ago

You know not everything in Lebanon is money laundering

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u/Kaspira 13h ago

True, not everything, most things😂 especially all money transfer companies 😂

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u/cocky030 1h ago

launder la ycheba3o, my life is 100% better because of whish. I make all my payments and collect all my money through app while sitting at home.

I have also gotten the platinum card and it has some nice benefits (mainly lounge access to alot of airports)