The AI race to secure Saudi Arabia’s payment boom

RIYADH: As the Kingdom continued to accelerate its technological transformation during the Year of Artificial Intelligence 2026, the rapid expansion of digital payments was creating new opportunities — and challenges — for payment security. Arab News spoke to Nitin Bhatnagar, regional director for India, South Asia and the Middle East at the PCI Security Standards Council, in Riyadh about the changes he had witnessed firsthand in the Kingdom. “We are encouraged by the growing engagement we are s

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