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Whish Money Launches Region’s First Cardless Shopify Checkout

Whish Pay offers instant, secure, and fully cashless e-commerce payments for online merchants across the region.

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12 months ago

June 12, 2025

whish money launches region's first cardless shopify checkout

Whish Money, a fintech innovator headquartered in Lebanon, has announced the launch of Whish Pay on leading e-commerce platform Shopify. The integration marks the first regional introduction of a fully cardless checkout solution, and is poised to revolutionize digital transactions and bolster e-commerce growth across the Middle East.

“At Whish Money, we are committed to empowering businesses with innovative financial solutions. This integration is a game-changer for regional e-commerce,” said Toufic Koussa, Whish Money’s Co-Founder and CEO, adding: “Whish Pay on Shopify empowers merchants with a frictionless checkout experience, eliminating the pain points of online payments and providing entrepreneurs with the tools to succeed in a digital world”.

Whish Pay’s seamless, cardless checkout provides merchants and customers alike with immediate transaction settlements, eliminates chargeback risks, and boasts a highly competitive fee structure. Shopify merchants now have instant access to Whish Money’s growing base of over 1 million active users, who can effortlessly complete purchases directly from their Whish digital wallets, accelerating transaction speed and boosting merchant confidence.

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Commenting on the partnership, Jad Fakhani (also known as Wolfofbey), a prominent entrepreneur and e-commerce mentor in the region, highlighted its transformative potential: “Whish Pay on Shopify marks a transformative step for the region’s digital commerce. It empowers local businesses to expand rapidly, compete globally, and succeed with unmatched speed, security, and simplicity”.

Already recognized by leading platforms for its robust payment technology, Whish Pay’s integration with Shopify broadens its reach, further cementing Whish Money’s reputation as a trusted partner committed to advancing regional businesses through groundbreaking fintech innovations.

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At I/O 2026, Sundar Pichai Concedes AI Must Deliver Real Value

Gemini 3.5, a personal agent called Spark, agentic shopping, and Android XR eyewear are all aimed at making AI feel useful, not just impressive.

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2 weeks ago

May 20, 2026

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at io 2026 sundar pichai concedes ai must deliver real value

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Google’s annual I/O developer conference (I/O 2026) has recently become a status update on the same question: can the company turn its AI spending into products people use every day? This year, chief executive Sundar Pichai described Google as being in a phase of hyper progress, while conceding this is the part of the cycle where people want to see real value in the products they use on a day-to-day basis.

The strategy on display was to push agents — AI systems that act on a user’s behalf — into nearly every Google product at once. Search now has an “intelligent search box” that returns generated explainer videos alongside links. Gmail, Docs, YouTube and Maps are gaining their own agent layers, including a Docs Live feature that turns spoken instructions into drafted text with citations.

Two new models, Gemini 3.5 and a cheaper Gemini 3.5 Flash, arrived the same day. Google says 900 million people now use Gemini, and that more than 50 billion images have been generated with it. The pricing tier names are likely to confuse buyers: a new AI Ultra plan launches at $100 a month, while the older Gemini AI Ultra drops from $250 to $200.

The flashier announcements were Gemini Omni, a video generator pitched as a more realistic answer to OpenAI’s discontinued Sora 2, and Gemini Spark, a personal agent that handles recurring tasks across a user’s Google account. A new universal shopping cart lets agents complete purchases across multiple retailers from inside Google itself, placing the company between the merchant and the buyer, and also owning the checkout.

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Google also confirmed its Android XR eyewear, built with Samsung and frames from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster. Audio-only glasses ship this autumn; a display-equipped version, which would superimpose live translations into the wearer’s field of view, is still in development. Both sets translate, however only the display version shows you the result.

What Pichai did not resolve is the bargain underneath all this. An agent is only useful to the degree it knows your calendar, your inbox, your shopping history and your physical surroundings. Google has now confirmed that, in time, the same context may carry advertising.