noon.com, is waiving set-up fees for noon payments giving local SMEs extra support in taking their businesses online during the Holy month.

During this period, noon payments is offered to all SMEs in need of a payment gateway including all benefits associated with accepting online payments such as no set up fees in UAE and KSA. This means direct savings of 1,000 AED/SAR for your business with the ease of accepting multiple payments methods with one integrated solution.

Benefits associated with accepting online payments include increased transactions and conversions, option to send payment links to customers, allowing customers to settle using Easy Monthly Installments, smooth checkout process, and more.

Mosam Gadia, noon payments, said of the waiver “Supporting local businesses, no matter their size, is of the utmost importance to noon. We’re happy to be able to give SMEs an extra hand during the Holy month, offering access to our homegrown and super secure payment gateway without set-up costs. We hope this makes taking business online even easier for SMEs.”

Prior to the pandemic cash-on-delivery (COD) was still a favoured form of payment for many customers in the MENA region. At the onset of COVID-19, consumer needs changed leaving many concerned with hygiene aspects of handling physical cash. As a result COD customers swiftly pivoted to digital payments, now the favoured form of payment in the region.

Using noon payments sellers can accept all payment methods under one integration (Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Mada, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Google Pay, Paypal, KNET and many more). Returning customers can also save cards for a faster one-click checkout.