Lean and Ziina Launch UAE’s First One-Tap Pay by Bank Solution

The new feature is powered by Lean's Deposits solution. It allows Ziina users to connect their bank account once and securely save the connection for future payments.

After the initial setup, users can top up their Ziina wallet with just one tap. They no longer need to enter their banking details or log in to their bank account every time they make a payment.

The launch shows that Pay by Bank in the UAE is moving beyond one-time transactions. With Open Finance regulations now in place, companies are focusing on creating simple and seamless payment experiences for everyday use.

The feature was developed through a partnership between Lean and Ziina. It combines Ziina's user-friendly payment app with Lean's Open Finance infrastructure to make account-to-account payments faster, easier, and more convenient.

Omar Hamada, VP of Sales at Lean, said, "Pay by Bank has been live in the UAE for some time, but until now, it has only been available as single instant payments. Working with Ziina, we've shown that the infrastructure is capable of supporting recurring, low-effort payment experiences, the kind that make a payment method genuinely part of how people pay every day. That is the direction the market is heading, and this is the first example of it.”

Talal Toukan, Co-Founder and Head of Engineering at Ziina, said, "People expect financial products to be as simple and intuitive as the best consumer technology they use every day. Funding your wallet is one of the most common actions within Ziina, so making that experience faster and more seamless was a natural next step for us. Working with Lean, we've been able to reduce friction in a way that makes managing and moving money feel more effortless for our users."

The announcement was made at Pay by Bank: The Default Way to Pay, Lean's main industry event. The event focused on the future of direct bank payments in the UAE.

More than 150 leaders from banks, fintech companies, businesses, and regulatory organizations attended the event to discuss how account-to-account payments can grow in the UAE and across the wider region.

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