From Ameinfo.com: Visa has said the number of payment transactions across the GCC has grown 19.4% in Q1 2010. Nominal payment growth also rose by 18.9% in the same period.
The increase was attributed to a number of key debit partnerships the payment solutions provider signed with GCC based banks last year including ADIB, Emirates NBD, HSBC, Dubai Islamic Bank, Doha Bank Qatar, Bahrain Islamic Bank Bahrain, NBK Kuwait and KFH Kuwait…………………………………..Full Article: Source