The Digital Dirham Is Live. Six Months In, the Region Still Hasn't Fully Grasped What That Means.
The Digital Dirham Is Live. Six Months In, the Region Still Hasn't Fully Grasped What That Means.The Digital Dirham Is Live. Six Months In, the Region Still Hasn't Fully Grasped What That Means.
The UAE's Digital Dirham has been live for retail payments since March 2026 — six months in, here's what MENA businesses and payment infrastructure leaders need to understand now.
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Punit Thakker
Executive Director — Fintech, Blockchain & Digital Assets, ASK Group · Founder, Drongo Ventures
Punit Thakker has spent more than two decades inside the machinery of payments. He started before it was called fintech — on the founding team that brought PayPal to India, when cross-border money movement still meant waiting days and hoping. Since then he has built acquiring businesses, launched QR payment rails across MENA, advised the Central Bank of the UAE on digital-asset and payments frameworks, and sat on both sides of the table in six fintech acquisitions.
Punit has spent more than two decades inside the machinery of payments — from the founding team that brought PayPal to India to advising the Central Bank of the UAE.
Punit advises on payments, digital assets and fintech strategy.
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