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Visa AI Payment

June 11th, 2026 - 09:59 GMT

P. Choiaqo

Visa to use ChatGPT for AI shopping

ALBAWABA - In AI’s next step into our lives, Visa plugged its payment network to ChatGPT to allow AI agents to fully shop and pay for users. From plane tickets to diapers, AI will have the ability to independently shop and complete the transaction without requiring any input from users, marking a new breakthrough for AI in managing human affairs. Visa has previously tested this technology, limiting it to a ...

Operations at Jordan's new terminal at Queen Alia International Airport will take off on March 21

February 10th, 2013 - 06:36 GMT

Jordan's new airport terminal ready for take-off

Jordan and Saudi Arabia signed new financing agreements for development projects last week

February 10th, 2013 - 04:00 GMT

Jordan and Saudi Arabia sign project financing plans

Oman has announced a decision to increase the minimum wage for nationals employed in the private sector to 325 Omani riyals from July 1

February 7th, 2013 - 01:09 GMT

Oman to raise minimum wage for private sector workers

Many victims, do not realise they have been robbed until much later, as the suspect often flees the scene

February 7th, 2013 - 12:16 GMT

UAE bank thieves robbing customers blind

The GCC-Europe rail connection could become a reality by 2018 depending on each of the countries involved

February 7th, 2013 - 10:41 GMT

Transcontinental railway ‘ready by 2018’

The Cabinet added one paragraph stating that the bidder had the right to have one or more companies

February 7th, 2013 - 08:44 GMT

Lebanon opens oil fields to exploration

Kurdistan is a cash-rich region and will capitalise on that to develop its market, attracting bigger investment

February 7th, 2013 - 08:31 GMT

Gulf mission to Iraq seeks to boost trade in ‘cash-rich’ Kurdistan

The Central Bank of Egypt announced that Egypt's total foreign reserves had dropped by $1.4 billion in January.

February 6th, 2013 - 01:25 GMT

Egypt's foreign reserves enough for 3 months of imports — Minister

Youth unemployment in the region is the highest globally at 23.2 percent.

February 6th, 2013 - 01:08 GMT

Youth unemployment in Arab region is highest in the world: International Labour Organization

It wants to replace the system with targeted subsidies, which would see only the most deserving members of society qualify for cheaper goods.

February 6th, 2013 - 12:59 GMT

Bahrain set to slash government spending on subsidies

Gas prices in Lebanon are continuing to rise, new figures show

February 6th, 2013 - 11:30 GMT

Gas prices in Lebanon keep on rising

Workers at Egypt's Ain Sokhna port are taking industrial action demanding employment contracts with port managers

February 6th, 2013 - 10:08 GMT

Workers on strike at Egypt's Ain Sokhna port