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OAB and Thawani
Technologies Sign
Partnership Agreement
ITA holds
educational
sessions to
mark safety day
T
he Information Technology Authority
(ITA) in Oman celebrated Safer Internet
Day. Represented by OCERT an event was
organised at Muscat Grand Mall consisting of
several awareness and educational activities
and sessions targeting parents, teachers and
children from five to 18-years-old.
The event was organised in partnership with
a number of government and private entities
including the Ministry of Religious Affairs
and Endowments, the Ministry of Education
and the Ministry of Social Development, with
Insight as an event sponsor.
The event started with a speech by OCERT
followed by an awareness session delivered
O
man Arab Bank (OAB) and Thawani
Technologies have entered into a
partnership agreement.
This will see OAB function as the banking
partner of the Thawani platform, an
innovative e-payment solution.
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Additionally, OAB will also work closely
with them on matters relating to risk
management and combating financial
fraud, alongside the execution of
all transactions via Thawani’s new
e-payment app.
The signing ceremony saw the presence
of Rashad Al Musafir, Acting CEO of OAB,
and Majid bin Fayil Al Amri, Founder and
CEO of Thawani. Al Musafir said: “OAB has previously
invested extensively in building its
e-payment gateway as part of its digital
transformation plan. This gateway was
successfully launched.
The agreement was signed at a press
conference held at the Grand Millennium,
Muscat. It was stated that OAB will act
as the banking consultant for Thawani to
ensure that the smart platform products
comply with instructions set by the
Central Bank of Oman (CBO) and other
market authorities. “The signing of this partnership
agreement with Thawani, for the launch
of this unique platform, the first of its
kind in the Sultanate, will greatly benefit
the retail and services sector. It will
further facilitate easy payment processes
while at the same time ensuring privacy,
confidentiality, and security.”
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by Sultan Bin Nasser Alamri from the Omani
Association for Hearing Impaired. He gave tips
with sign language on how to use information
communication technology safely.
An Omani IT specialist gave an awareness
session on how to select reliable software
providers online. The event also included a
number of educational activities involving
parents and children.
A number of messages were shared through
ITA’s Social media accounts under the
hashtag #SID2018 to raise awareness on
cybersecurity and promote the culture of
proper use of the Internet among adults.
The campaign also addressed Internet
risks for children and the best ways to deal
with them, as well as highlighting the legal
aspects of using the Internet and social
media channels specifically.
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