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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 ...

Egypt and the IMF are to hold talks on Monday over the $4.8 bilion lon

January 7th, 2013 - 09:44 GMT

Egypt and IMF set for talks tomorrow

Egypt's foreign reserves dropped by $21 million in December, the Central Bank of Egypt has said

January 7th, 2013 - 03:00 GMT

Egypt: Foreign reserves drop

A $200 million redevelopment project of Tripoli's seafront has come under fire

January 6th, 2013 - 10:56 GMT

NGO attacks seafront project in Tripoli, Lebanon

Dubai is at the centre of the global gold trade, accounting for 29 per cent of the marker

January 6th, 2013 - 10:23 GMT

Dubai no gold digger: Emirate accounts for 29 per cent of market

Morsi has fired his finance minister in a mini-reshuffle ahead of a new round of IMF talks

January 6th, 2013 - 09:56 GMT

Morsi fires finance minister ahead of IMF talks

Iran is planing a crackdown on social media in the Islamic Republic

January 6th, 2013 - 08:42 GMT

New plans in Iran to control social media access

Jordan is desperately trying to slash it's growing budget deficit

January 6th, 2013 - 08:02 GMT

Jordan increases effort to slash budget deficit

Egypt's President Muhammed Morsi is set to meet the IMF next week in an effort to restart talks on the $4.8 bilion loan to the country

January 6th, 2013 - 07:09 GMT

Morsi to meet IMF Monday, reports suggest

Lebanon's economy would suffer dramatically, should a pubic sector pay rise happen, the country's Economic Committee warned

January 6th, 2013 - 06:53 GMT

Lebanon: Public sector pay rises could lead to economic collapse, Economic Committee warn

Sudan and South Sudan have agreed a deal which could finally see oil exports to flow South Sudan through Sudan's pipelines

January 6th, 2013 - 05:48 GMT

Sudan and South Sudan agree demilitarised zone to allow oil exports

Ratings agency Fitch has praised Egypt's currency control regime

January 6th, 2013 - 03:00 GMT

Ratings agency Fitch praise Egypt's currency actions

Egyptian gas supplies to Jordan have returned to "normal levels", according to energy officials

January 6th, 2013 - 02:00 GMT

Egypt's gas supplies to Jordan back to "normal levels"