NEWS
KSA
Saudi Xerox introduces
‘Smart campus’ vision
Arabia’s education system and we
believe that the transition from print
to digital will play an essential role in
this process”, said Ihab Wahba, General
Manager, Xerox Operations in KSA.
Xerox’s solutions help educational
institutions to save tremendous amount
of time and money by taking innovative
approach that simplifies all the processes
and promotes efficiency and productivity.
Xerox helps schools, universities and other
educational establishments transform
slow, paper-based processes that used to
take weeks into fast, accurate, automated
processes that now take minutes. Xerox
Multifunction Printers are equipped
with Arabic user interface and designed
to meet growing needs of educational
institutions in the region.
Saudi Xerox has introduced its “smart
campus” vision at the opening of
Academia Arabia Conference in Riyadh.
The vision will be focusing on the
strategies for education sustainability,
e-learning, smart teaching and the
contribution of multiple industry
peers towards this reformation
process. By sharing its expertise and
innovative methodology, Saudi Xerox
is contributing to the Kingdom’s
education transformation and
revamping of its innovative learning
and teaching approach.
“Saudi Xerox is not only introducing
Xerox’s solutions and comprehensive
education industry services, but also
its “smart campus” vision. E-learning
and digitisation is the future of Saudi
NCB Saudi Arabia to
deploy contactless
EMV payment cards
Gemalto has been chosen by National Commercial Bank (NCB)
of Saudi Arabia to migrate its entire portfolio of credit cards
to fast, convenient and secure contactless EMV cards. NCB,
one of the country’s largest banks with more than four million
customers, will offer consumers the chance to save time when
shopping with speedy transactions, using Gemalto’s proven
Clarista contactless EMV cards. The card was customized to meet
the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) specifications and
Gemalto was first to achieve that certification for a dual interface
card in the kingdom.
Gemalto has a long-standing relationship with NCB and this
new contract will place the bank at the forefront of the country’s
fast-developing contactless payment market. According to
ABI Research, two million contactless cards will be deployed in
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“Academia Arabia conference is seen
as a great forum for educational
sector innovators to demonstrate their
capabilities and value add propositions.
Saudi Xerox’s main focus at the event is to
address schools’ and universities’ content
management and process automation
needs in this changing technology driven
environment,” added Ihab Wahba.
Saudi Arabia by the end
of 2016, with annual
growth of 25% through
to 2019. The number of
contactless POS terminals
is predicted to grow at
57% per annum over the
same period.
The launch of NCB’s contactless card portfolio supports the wider
efforts of the SAMA to encourage the move to a cashless society.
New regulations are also fuelling the trend to e-commerce and
m-commerce across the country.
“We have chosen Gemalto to migrate our entire credit card
portfolio based on the trust that has been built by the continuous
dedication of their team since 2010,” said Wael Abdulmoty
Mohammed Hussain, Head of Credit Cards Consumer Finance
Division Retail Banking Group for NCB. “Gemalto is fully
supporting NCB’s commitment to introducing the latest solutions
that meet the demands of our customers for a more seamless
shopping experience.”
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