American Express Middle East Wins Best Service to Business Award 2026
American Express Middle East has been named “Best Service to Business” at The Card & Payments Awards Middle East 2026, recognising its Corporate Payment Solutions and their role in helping organisations manage business spending, improve operational efficiency and strengthen financial control.
The award recognises organisations that demonstrate excellence in serving corporate customers through innovation, customer value, operational efficiency and measurable business impact. For American Express Middle East, the recognition highlights its integrated approach to corporate payments, combining payment products, digital capabilities and dedicated account management to address the evolving needs of businesses across the region.
American Express Middle East Recognised for Corporate Payment Solutions
American Express Middle East received the award for its corporate payments ecosystem, which brings together cards, travel, procurement and supplier payments within an integrated offering designed to support business operations.
The solution combines integration with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platforms, partnerships with Travel Management Companies (TMCs), digital tools and dedicated account management. These capabilities help organisations simplify payment-related processes, improve visibility into business spending and strengthen compliance with internal spending policies.
For businesses managing expenses across multiple departments and activities, access to connected payment processes can support more consistent oversight and informed decision-making. Integrating payment information with existing business systems can also help organisations streamline administrative workflows and improve the management of expenses.
The award reflects the importance of corporate payment services that extend beyond transaction processing. Businesses increasingly need tools that help them understand where money is being spent, manage expenses efficiently and maintain appropriate financial controls across their operations.
Integrated Payments Help Businesses Improve Spending Control
American Express Middle East’s Corporate Payment Solutions are designed to address several practical challenges faced by organisations, including limited spending visibility, complex expense processes, policy compliance and cash flow management.
By bringing together corporate cards, travel payments, procurement and supplier payments, the offering aims to provide businesses with a more connected approach to managing their expenditure.
ERP integration is an important component of this approach, helping connect payment-related processes with the systems organisations use to manage their business operations. Meanwhile, partnerships with Travel Management Companies support corporate travel payment arrangements, while digital capabilities and account management provide additional support for business customers.
Together, these elements are intended to help organisations simplify processes and gain greater oversight of their spending activities.
Improved visibility can support more informed financial decisions, while streamlined expense management can reduce the complexity associated with handling payments across different business functions. Stronger policy compliance can also help organisations maintain governance standards and manage spending in line with internal requirements.
Leadership Highlights the Strategic Role of Corporate Payments
Commenting on the recognition, Mazin Khoury, Chief Executive Officer at American Express Middle East, highlighted the growing importance of corporate payments as a strategic business function.
“This award is a strong recognition of the role corporate payments now play as a strategic enabler for businesses across the region. At American Express Middle East, we are focused on building trusted partnerships that help organisations operate with greater confidence, agility and control in an increasingly complex environment. We will continue to invest in solutions that combine innovation, service excellence and deep client understanding to support our customers’ long-term success.”
Khoury’s comments emphasise the company’s focus on combining technology, service and customer relationships to support businesses operating in a complex commercial environment.
The recognition also highlights the broader role that payment solutions can play in helping organisations manage financial processes, improve operational agility and make decisions with greater confidence.
American Express Focuses on Everyday Business Challenges
Ihab Mawla, Vice President of Corporate Business at American Express Middle East and North Africa, highlighted the practical needs that the company’s Corporate Payment Solutions aim to address.
“Our Corporate Payment Solutions are designed to address the practical challenges organisations face every day, from improving spend visibility and streamlining expenses to strengthening governance and supporting cash flow. By integrating cards, travel, procurement and supplier payments with digital tools and dedicated account management, we help clients simplify processes, make more informed decisions and manage business spending with greater precision.”
His comments underline the importance of providing businesses with solutions that address day-to-day financial management as well as broader operational priorities.
For organisations handling a range of business expenses, a connected payments ecosystem can help bring greater consistency to spending oversight. Access to clearer payment information can also support financial planning, expense reviews and the enforcement of internal policies.
By combining payment products with digital capabilities and dedicated account management, American Express Middle East aims to support businesses in managing these requirements through a more integrated approach.
Supporting Business Efficiency Across the Middle East
The recognition at The Card & Payments Awards Middle East 2026 places a spotlight on the role of corporate payment solutions in supporting business efficiency and financial governance.
As organisations manage spending across travel, procurement and supplier relationships, they need processes that provide visibility while helping control administrative complexity. Payment solutions that connect these activities can support better oversight and help businesses make more informed spending decisions.
American Express Middle East’s Corporate Payment Solutions bring these functions together through an offering that combines cards, digital tools, system integrations and account management.
The company says its approach is focused on helping customers improve cash flow management, simplify expenses and strengthen governance. These capabilities are intended to give organisations greater clarity and control as they navigate changing business requirements.
Winning the “Best Service to Business” award recognises American Express Middle East’s efforts to deliver corporate payment services centred on customer needs, operational efficiency and integrated financial management.
The recognition reinforces the importance of corporate payments as part of the wider business infrastructure, supporting organisations as they seek more effective ways to manage expenditure, improve processes and maintain control over their financial operations.
Ahmed Abdul Wasey
Managing Editor, Eat ‘N Stays
Ahmed Abdul Wasey is the Managing Editor in Eat ‘N Stays, overseeing all editorial coverage of travel, hospitality, and food across Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf region. He sets the publication’s editorial direction and reviews coverage across hotels, restaurants, tourism, cruise, and industry news before it publishes.
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