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Visa AI Payment

June 11th, 2026 - 09:59 GMT

P. Choiaqo

Visa to use ChatGPT for AI shopping

ALBAWABA - In AI’s next step into our lives, Visa plugged its payment network to ChatGPT to allow AI agents to fully shop and pay for users. From plane tickets to diapers, AI will have the ability to independently shop and complete the transaction without requiring any input from users, marking a new breakthrough for AI in managing human affairs. Visa has previously tested this technology, limiting it to a ...

Bahrain's government will commit to shoulder in the first year BD200 for each graduate hired by companies and in the second year BD150

March 5th, 2012 - 09:44 GMT

Bahrain to launch $21 million jobs plan

US sanctions on Iran’s oil buyers, to begin July 1, have already forced its customers in Europe and Asia to curb purchases from the world’s fifth-largest crude exporter

March 5th, 2012 - 08:29 GMT

Saudi Arabia is taking steps to contain Iran oil threat

Lebanon’s economy is connected to Syria through trade, finance and tourism, so the Lebanese economy felt more the repercussions of the Syrian and Egyptian events

March 5th, 2012 - 07:42 GMT

Lebanon: Beirut stocks take a leap and extend gains

This act is aimed to end the Jordanian farmers suffers from marketing difficulties amid the prevailing regional unrest

March 4th, 2012 - 02:00 GMT

Iraq to discuss opening Iraqi market to Jordanian produce

The price hike came as a bid for citizens to carry part of the burden of rising electricity generation costs due to ongoing cuts in Egyptian gas supplies

March 4th, 2012 - 01:17 GMT

Jordan: Energy officials insist new electricity pricing accurate

Iran is looking to discover 2.5 billion barrels of recoverable oil and 23 trillion cubic feet of gas in the course of the country's fifth five-year development programme (2010-2015) now under way

March 4th, 2012 - 11:09 GMT

Iran discovers huge oil field

A privacy specialist at Pitmans law firm, Philip James called on Facebook to improve the security around the content system

March 4th, 2012 - 09:00 GMT

Facebook shares more users' personal information than it acknowledges

Dubai Statistics Centre reported in January a decrease in the rate of inflation in food; non-alcoholic beverage, housing, water, electricity, gas and fuel, entertainment and culture, and furniture, furnishings and household items

March 4th, 2012 - 08:19 GMT

UAE: Dubai dropped 16 places lower in the recent Cost of Living index

February 29th, 2012 - 01:00 GMT

New finance rules for UAE

The upcoming event will be the first major Apple product launch since the death of Steve Jobs, the company's Co-Founder and Former Chief Executive

February 29th, 2012 - 12:00 GMT

Apple expected to unveil iPad 3 in March 7 event

The government said initially that consumers using up to 650 kilowatt hours per month, who “constitute 92 per cent of total consumers”, will see no change in their monthly bills

February 29th, 2012 - 11:00 GMT

Jordan: Government promises to protect low-income consumers from higher electricity prices

The $5 billion bonds will be split into two categories: the first for $2 billion in Eurobonds, and the second $3 billion batch to replace the outstanding bonds both in Lebanese pounds and foreign currencies

February 29th, 2012 - 10:00 GMT

Lebanon: Government to tap local market in issuing $5 billion in new bonds