Tess Payments – Scaling Qatar’s Largest Payment Gateway

Levera also advised Tess Payments, now the largest payment gateway in Qatar, on its expansion and regulatory strategy in the Middle East.

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Our role:

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• Enabled regulatory navigation for licensing approvals in Qatar.
• Facilitated strategic partnerships with leading banks and ecosystem players.
• Structured a growth pathway to expand Tess’s cross-border payments footprint across the GCC.

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Impact:

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• Secured P2P license from QCB in FY 2024.
• Processed QAR 4.3 billion in e-commerce transactions (and growing).
• Enabled 2M+ transactions across sectors.
• Onboarded 900+ merchants, strengthening Qatar’s digital payments ecosystem.

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Tess Payments has emerged as a regional payments powerhouse, scaling rapidly while maintaining full regulatory compliance and setting the benchmark for digital payments in the Middle East.