{"id":24001,"date":"2023-08-29T14:17:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T14:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/?p=24001"},"modified":"2023-08-30T15:44:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T15:44:12","slug":"tabbys-start-tabby-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2023\/08\/29\/tabbys-start-tabby-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Tabby launches shopping assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\n<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2023\/07\/26\/sama-grants-permit-to-tabby\/\">Tabby<\/a>, a Mena-based BNPL fintech platform, has launched its shopping assistant <em>Tabby Shop<\/em> to simplify the shopping process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The new app showcases more than 500,000 products from categories including fashion, beauty, home and electronics categories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The feature helps customers to navigate products without having to switch between shopping apps and sites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CEO and co-founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/tabby.ai\/en-AE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tabby<\/a>, Hosam Arab, said: \u201cWe\u2019re beyond excited to take the Tabby app to new heights and define a whole new era of shopping for the Mena region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;For shoppers, discovering their favourite brands and products is easier than ever, while giving our retailers the opportunity to tell their story to the region\u2019s most powerful shopping community\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tabby Shop features several shopping tools with smarter search, wishlist and deal alerts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The shopping app is now available on the Tabby app in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last month, The Saudi Central Bank gave\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/tabby.ai\/en-AE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tabby<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0a permit to run postpaid payment activity in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This made the company the fifth authorised entity offering BNPL solutions in the kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In June,\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/2023\/06\/26\/chimera-abu-dhabi-and-tabby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tabby<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0secured $50 million in debt financing from Abu Dhabi-based private investment firm Chimera, after bagging $58 million in Series C funding at a $660 million valuation from investors including PayPal in January.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tabby collaborates with small businesses and global brands, including SHEIN, Amazon, Adidas, IKEA, H&amp;M, Samsung and noon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The fintech firm is active in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait and is valued at $660 million.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UAE BNPL platform Tabby has launched the shopping assistant tool Tabby Shop for easy shopping experience <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":17575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4166],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24001"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24028,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24001\/revisions\/24028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meretailnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}