Tamara (Kuwait)
Country: Kuwait (KW) | Payment Rail: bnpl
BNPL
Market Adoption: 30%
Tamara is GCC's premier BNPL unicorn platform, offering flexible split-payment installment options for Kuwait e-commerce shoppers.
🔄 User Payment Flow
- Customer selects Tamara at checkout and enters mobile phone number
- Tamara performs real-time credit check and displays installment plan
- Customer pays first installment with debit/credit card
- Merchant receives full settlement while Tamara collects remaining payments
⚙️ Characteristics & Settlement
| Instant Payment | YES |
| Supports QR | NO |
| Supports Recurring | YES |
| Supports Refund | YES |
🛠️ Merchant Integration Steps
- Merchant API passes order details to Tamara / gateway API
- PSP opens Tamara checkout modal
- PSP receives clearing confirmation and updates order status
🚀 Supported Payment Gateways & Acquirers (PSPs)
🔌 Checkout.com🔌 Tap Payments