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• DUBAI, UAE, May 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- PayTabs , MEASA's award-winning payment solutions provider, today announced a strategic partnership with FlapKap , MENA's leading revenue-based financing platform.
• The collaboration between the two firms aims to support new and existing PayTabs entrepreneurs, webpreneurs and small and medium e-commerce businesses (SMEs) based in the UAE to obtain a fast and flexible funding offer within hours.
• Under this landscape, PayTabs facilitates digital payment processing and offers merchants multiple payment acceptance methods including debit cards, credit cards and wallets - while FlapKap enables SME e-commerce businesses in the UAE to leverage on financing solutions via the FlapKap app .
• FlapKap and PayTabs share a similar agenda to impact the SME and Ecommerce segments; empowering them with data driven growth opportunities.

• Less encouraging is Fifa’s suggestion that this summer’s women’s football World Cup, hosted by Australia and New Zealand, may not be available to TV viewers across Europe.
• Apparently the amount broadcasters are willing to pay to show it in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and France is too low.
• And European financial regulations exempt spending on women’s football from their rules concerning club losses to encourage this form of spending.

Foul play?

• Some of those broadcasters will respond that as businesses, they need to make a profit.
• Those offers also depend on how much competitors are willing to spend as multiple bidders create an environment that pushes up prices.
• There is evidence that the impact of scheduling (for example, evenings and weekends) on TV audiences is crucial.
• And the negotiating tactic by Fifa to try increase bids is not a very strong one.

Failing the women’s game?

• This mainly relates to the men’s World Cup, but it does tell us how dependent Fifa is on European broadcasters.
• Well, viewers will still be able to watch coverage of the World Cup on Fifa’s own streaming channel.
• Meanwhile, Fifa will risk accusations of failing the women’s game rather than supporting it.

• "Through strategic partnerships with key players like MOIAT and Dubai Industrial City, EDB identifies developmental projects and deploys capital efficiently and quickly.
• Sustainability remains a key pillar for Dubai Industrial City and the UAE's overarching manufacturing roadmap, and the agreement signed between Dubai Industrial City and MOCCAE will promote decarbonisation in the industrial sector.
• Established in 2004, Dubai Industrial City is one of the region's largest industrial manufacturing and logistics hubs.
• Dubai Industrial City is part of TECOM Group's portfolio of 10 business districts, including Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City, Dubai Studio City, Dubai Production City, Dubai Science Park, Dubai Knowledge Park, Dubai International Academic City and Dubai Design District (d3).

• According to United booking data, international bookings are already 15% higher than the same period in 2022*.
• "With unprecedented demand for travel overseas, we'll have more service to popular cities while also adding new and unique destinations for customers to explore."
• On March 25, United launched daily service between New York/Newark and Dubai, UAE, operated on a Boeing 777-200ER aircraft.
• This summer, United will fly to 14 destinations in Europe from Chicago, more than any other airline.