The Card & Payments Awards remains the longest-standing and leading networking event of the year for the UK and Irish card and payments industry. With over 1100 guests attending on the night, from over 300 different companies, and with a compelling list of blue-chip sponsors. Michael Harty started the event 19 years ago.

The prestigious Card & Payments Awards is coming to the Middle East in 2025. This highly successful industry event, celebrating best practice, innovation and excellence, will be hosted in Dubai on the 17th of April 2025. The event promises to be a fantastic networking opportunity, bringing together the best of the best in the region's card and payments industry. This creates a valuable platform for these companies to connect, network and potentially forge new partnerships and collaborations helping the industry to continue to innovate across a variety of verticals. Entries will open on the 15th of July 2024 and will close on the 29th of November 2024. Judged by an independent judging panel of industry experts, this is a valuable opportunity to engage your clients and customers, create some excitement around your products and platforms and contribute to an important industry platform for the recognition and reward of the best that the industry has to offer in The Middle East.

The Card & Payments Awards are open across the different categories to credit, debit, prepaid and charge card issuers, co-brands, merchant acquirers, payment processors, retailers and other payments companies worldwide who are offering programmes or initiatives within the Middle East. There are a range of categories covering key disciplines and offering organisations the opportunity to showcase all of their achievements.