(MENAFN- Mid-East.Info) UAE, Dubai: talabat, the UAE's leading food delivery and q-commerce platform has announced today that it has introduced an option for its vendors to accept cashless-only payments, and aims at reaching 100% cashless payments in the coming years.
The move supports the UAE's vision of remaining one of the top 10 cashless payment economies in the world, and is aimed to provide talabat customers with enhanced safety from exposure to COVID-19 and ease of payment, and vendors with faster reconciliation, and greater financial transparency.
Earlier this year, talabat UAE's online orders grew by 90%, based on January 2020 vs January 2021, and app downloads doubled in comparison to the same period last year. This growth in orders has created an increased need for cash-handling, and infrastructure upgrades resulting in the introduction of a small cash-handling fee, similar to a bank’s fee for online payments.
Commenting on the talabat's vision to fully shift to cashless transactions, Jérémy Doutté, Vice President UAE at talabat said :
'Moving forward, we see cashless payments as the primary currency. As a matter of fact, cashless already stands for the lion share of our transactions. Therefore, we want to support partners who want to engage in that transition. We will continue to offer cash-on-demand as a service while encouraging the usage of cashless payment methods. The future in the UAE is digital.'
'Going cashless brings several advantages including convenience, financial transparency, traceability and safety. It also reduces the risk of loss of physical money and the usage of paper, adding an environmental factor that is in line with talabat's sustainability mission. A cashless economy is no longer an ambition, it is the reality of the times that we live in, which has been rapidly accelerated by COVID-19.'
As part of its ongoing efforts, talabat remains committed to supporting its ecosystem – from partner restaurants and customers to its riders and employees – and the UAE's digital transformation vision through various partnerships with governmental and private entities.
About talabat :
When you think of food delivery in the MENA region, we'd be pretty surprised if talabat didn't pop into your mind first! Since delivering our first order in Kuwait in 2004, we've grown quite a lot over the past 17 years.
Today, we deliver hundreds of millions of food orders, grocery items and other products per year, to our customers in nine countries throughout the region. Our food delivery business works with well over 25,000 brands and almost 50,000 branches, while our q-commerce concept, talabat mart, now delivers groceries to customers in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman Qatar, and the UAE in 30 minutes or less!
Our customers, our partners, our people, our riders, and the communities in which we operate are at the heart of what we do. In 2020 alone, we facilitated the donation of well over 340,000 meals, and 44,000 medicine donations to those in need, as well as donated over 1.3million euros to charity with the help of our partners and customers. talabat is part of Delivery Hero, the global leader in online food delivery and q-commerce.
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