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MoneyHash, a New York-headquartered payment orchestration platform founded in Egypt, has announced a multi-year partnership with Visa to expand the deployment of Visa’s Cybersource payment platform across its infrastructure. The two companies entered into an initial collaboration in 2024 and are now expanding that partnership with a formal commitment to scaling Visa’s Cybersource platform across MoneyHash’s infrastructure in the MENA region.
Founded in early 2021 by Nader Abdelrazik and Mustafa Eid, MoneyHash was built from the ground up to fix the fragmented payments network in emerging markets. Operating similarly to AWS in cloud computing, the startup solves the complexity of payment infrastructure by enabling multiple payment gateway integrations through a single API, offering smart payment routing, multi-currency processing, and a unified dashboard for complete operational control.
The expanded partnership will see MoneyHash further enhance and scale CyberSource enablement within its orchestration layer. This will allow merchants to access Visa’s global payment infrastructure alongside a wider range of local and international payment methods, all through a single integration.
“This partnership reflects the natural evolution of our relationship with Visa – from collaboration to deeper infrastructure alignment,” said Nader Abdelrazik, CEO of MoneyHash.
A business operating across the MENA region will now be able to tap into Visa’s global acceptance network without managing a separate, direct integration with CyberSource. Merchants will now be routed through MoneyHash’s platform, which will act as a connecting layer between them and multiple payment providers, including Visa.
The combined offering will help merchants improve authorisation rates, expand payment acceptance, and accelerate market launches, without having to deal with the operational burden of juggling multiple direct integrations.
By pairing Visa’s global acceptance network and Cybersource capabilities with MoneyHash’s routing and performance optimisation layer, the FinTech startup will help businesses increase payment success rates, reduce processing costs, and unlock new revenue through improved conversion and failure recovery.
“By enabling Cybersource within MoneyHash’s platform, we’re giving merchants in MENA and beyond the ability to access Visa’s global capabilities while maintaining full control, flexibility, and performance optimisation through orchestration,” added Abdelrazik.
While merchants stand to benefit from access to Visa’s infrastructure, the deal also reinforces MoneyHash’s role as a central infrastructure layer between merchants and payment providers. For Visa, the deal extends the reach of CyberSource into high-growth territories across the MENA region.
