Meydan Free Zone Partners with Ziina to Power Seamless Payments for Entrepreneurs
October 28, 2025
October 28, 2025
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Topic Summary
Topic Summary
1. Instant Payment Solutions for Startups
Starting a business in Dubai requires more than just obtaining a licence; it demands a payment infrastructure that allows entrepreneurs to receive funds immediately. The collaboration between Meydan Free Zone and Ziina ensures that founders, freelancers, and SMEs can accept payments from day one, facilitating smooth financial operations from the outset.
2. Integrated Payment Platforms for Efficiency
Ziina’s advanced payment gateway is integrated directly into Meydan Free Zone’s ecosystem, enabling entrepreneurs to manage transactions effortlessly within their business setup. This integration reduces operational hurdles and streamlines cash flow, which is crucial for business growth.
3. Enhanced Customer Experience
The partnership enables entrepreneurs to offer customers multiple, secure, and hassle-free payment options. Whether through digital wallets, cards, or direct transfers, this flexibility enhances client satisfaction and encourages prompt payments, boosting business credibility and reliability.
4. Support for Diverse Business Models
Meydan Free Zone’s collaboration with Ziina caters to a variety of business structures—from freelancers and startups to established firms—by providing tailor-made payment solutions that suit diverse operational needs, enabling scalability and adaptability in a competitive market.
5. Strengthening Dubai’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
By embedding seamless payment capabilities into the foundation of new businesses, this partnership not only supports individual entrepreneurs but also contributes to the broader goal of making Dubai a leading hub for innovation and commerce, reinforcing its position as a business-friendly destination.
Starting a business in Dubai isn’t just about getting your business license, it’s about being able to operate and get paid from day one. For founders, freelancers, and growing companies, that moment when a customer says, “Can I pay you now?” should be as simple as it sounds.
At Meydan Free Zone, that simplicity is now built into every setup. With the new Ziina partnership, founders can combine the UAE’s fastest digital licensing with instant, seamless payments, transforming how entrepreneurs launch, run, and scale in Dubai.
Faster, Smarter Payments for Meydan Free Zone Businesses with Ziina
Every successful business needs two foundations, a business license that protects it and a payment system that powers it. Meydan Free Zone already makes the first part effortless with the Fawri license, issued in under 60 minutes. It gives founders a Limited Liability Company (LLC) structure, 100% ownership, and the freedom to choose from over 1,800 Fawri business activities across three different sectors.
Now, the second foundation, payments, has become just as easy. Through the Ziina partnership, Meydan Free Zone business owners can access secure, modern, hardware-free payment solutions that allow them to accept money instantly through Tap to Pay, QR codes, or custom payment links. It’s a fully digital system that works the moment your license does.
Entrepreneurs no longer need to wait for merchant approvals or POS hardware deliveries. Their business, licensed and protected under Meydan Free Zone, can start receiving seamless payments on the same day operations begin.
From Business License to First Payment, Faster Than Ever
The Meydan Free Zone journey begins with speed. Once your business license is issued through the Free Zone’s award-winning digital platform, the next step, getting paid, now happens through Ziina. Licensed by the Central Bank of the UAE under the Stored Value Facilities (SVF) framework, Ziina offers seamless payments that make transactions instant and effortless. Founders can accept payments online, in person, or directly through their websites without the need for hardware or IBANs.
This integration means that Meydan Free Zone license holders can launch, bank, and transact, all within a single connected digital ecosystem.
Ziina: Payment Solutions That Move at the Speed of Dubai
Dubai’s business environment is built on momentum. Ziina matches that pace with payment solutions designed for modern founders who value speed, flexibility, and compliance. The platform enables instant card acceptance via Tap to Pay on iPhone or Android, simple QR-based checkout for walk-in customers, and secure online payment gateways for e-commerce.
Ziina’s system is fully compliant and built to support both small startups and growing companies that need scalable infrastructure. And through this partnership, every Meydan Free Zone license holder receives AED 10,000 in fee-free payments, an immediate advantage for founders who want to focus on scaling, not transaction costs.
This model perfectly complements Meydan Free Zone’s digital-first structure, where every founder manages licensing, compliance, banking, and payments through one interface with no queues or delay.
As highlighted by Gulf News, Ziina is redefining the way payments work in Dubai by making transactions as effortless as sending a message.
The Meydan Free Zone Edge: A Complete Digital Ecosystem
Meydan Free Zone is more than a place to register your company, it’s an ecosystem built to help entrepreneurs thrive. It’s 100% digital setup allows businesses to combine up to three activity groups under one trade license, benefit from 0%* corporate tax on qualifying income, and access the UAE’s most advanced compliance and support services.
The introduction of the Ziina partnership strengthens that ecosystem further. Entrepreneurs who join Meydan Free Zone can now move from business license to launch to first payment faster than ever, managing everything through the Free Zone’s digital platform. From bank account opening to residency visas, accounting, and now seamless payments, every part of business setup is built into one end-to-end experience.
This structure reflects Meydan Free Zone’s long-term vision of supporting Dubai’s ambition to be the global capital for innovation and entrepreneurship. By connecting licensing, banking, and fintech in one place, Meydan Free Zone ensures that business owners spend less time coordinating and more time creating.
A Step Toward Dubai’s Cashless Future
The partnership between Meydan Free Zone and Ziina aligns with Dubai’s D33 Economic Agenda and Smart City Strategy, both focused on accelerating digital transformation and building a cashless economy. By integrating digital business licensing with frictionless payment solutions, the collaboration gives every entrepreneur in the UAE access to world-class digital infrastructure from day one.
Founders no longer need to depend on traditional, time-consuming setups to manage transactions or operations. Meydan’s digital portal and Ziina’s technology work together to make launching, managing, and scaling a business in Dubai faster, safer, and more efficient.
One Platform, Unlimited Growth
The Ziina partnership is the latest addition to Meydan Free Zone’s expanding network of strategic collaborations that empower entrepreneurs to go further with less complexity. From DHL Express for global logistics and Alaan for corporate expense management to Musafir for business travel, each partnership adds real, practical value to business license holders.
With Meydan Plus, business owners already have access to guaranteed banking, mResidency for visa management, mAssist for business support, and mAccounting for financial services. Now, with Ziina, they can also manage seamless payments, completing a full-circle ecosystem where entrepreneurs can start, bank, transact, and grow from one place.
This ecosystem isn’t just convenient; it’s transformative. It means that every Meydan Free Zone founder can enter the Dubai market with the same level of efficiency and infrastructure as larger, established companies, but without the cost or complexity.
Meydan Free Zone and Ziina: Powering the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
Starting a business in Dubai no longer needs months of coordination or multiple third-party services. With Meydan Free Zone’s digital-first approach and the Ziina partnership, entrepreneurs can handle everything, licensing, banking, and payment solutions, in one integrated platform.
From obtaining your LLC trade license in under 60 minutes to receiving your first payment instantly, Meydan Free Zone brings every part of the founder journey together under one roof. With 2,500+ business activities to choose from, zero tax on qualifying income, and a dedicated team ensuring a compliant, fully digital experience, the process of launching in Dubai has never been this efficient.
When your business license, banking, and seamless payments all start in one place, scaling becomes second nature. Meydan Free Zone and Ziina aren’t just simplifying setup, they’re redefining how businesses are born and built in Dubai.
FAQs
1. What is the Ziina Partnership with Meydan Free Zone?
It’s a collaboration that gives Meydan Free Zone license holders access to Ziina’s secure, hardware-free payment solutions, including AED 10,000 in fee-free transactions.
2. How soon can I start accepting payments after getting my Meydan license?
Immediately. Once your business license is issued through Meydan Free Zone’s digital platform, you can activate Ziina and begin accepting seamless payments in minutes.
3. What makes Ziina’s Payment Solutions unique?
Ziina enables Tap to Pay on smartphones, QR payments, and online links without the need for POS machines or IBANs, offering a fully digital and compliant solution.
4. Is the partnership open to existing Meydan Free Zone companies?
Yes, all new and existing Meydan Free Zone license holders are eligible for the AED 10,000 fee-free payment benefit.
5. How does this partnership support Dubai’s business goals?
It advances Dubai’s D33 Strategy by combining Meydan’ Free Zone’s digital licensing with Ziina’s Payment Solutions to promote a cashless, future-ready business environment.
