Payment processing and merchant acquiring platform across Middle East and Africa
Network International operates a regional payment infrastructure business spanning 50+ countries with direct relationships across 130,000 merchants and 250+ financial institutions. The tech stack shows a mature, regulated payments operation: legacy systems (HP NonStop, ISO 8583) paired with modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes) and active migration toward containerization and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Docker). PCI-DSS compliance appears across their top pain points and projects, indicating security and regulatory overhead shapes their engineering roadmap.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Product
Network International is a payments processor and merchant acquirer headquartered in the UAE, operating since 1994. The company manages the full consumer payments value chain: enabling merchants to accept payments (online and offline) and supporting financial institutions and fintechs with consumer credential and transaction processing. At 1,000–5,000 employees across 8 African and Middle Eastern countries, they serve over 16 million customer credentials and operate a diversified platform spanning POS, e-commerce, card acceptance, authorization, ATM management, and settlement services. Current strategic focus includes expanding the payment platform, automating manual processes, and improving data integration for consolidated reporting.
Core infrastructure: HP NonStop, ISO 8583 for legacy payment processing; cloud: AWS and Azure with Kubernetes orchestration; application layer: .NET Framework, C#, Java, Spring Boot, React; databases: Oracle and SQL. Actively adopting Docker, Terraform, and CloudFormation for modern deployment.
United Arab Emirates. The company operates in more than 50 countries across the Middle East and Africa, with active hiring in 8 regional markets including Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Tanzania, and the UAE.
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