official italki blog » middle east http://blog.italki.com Connect with the italki team Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:00:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 italki partners with cashU to provide more online payment options in Mid-East http://blog.italki.com/2009/08/italki-partners-with-cashu-to-provide-more-online-payment-options-in-mid-east/ http://blog.italki.com/2009/08/italki-partners-with-cashu-to-provide-more-online-payment-options-in-mid-east/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:27:36 +0000 Kevin http://blog.italki.com/?p=285 cashu

cashU from Maktoob

We’re excited to announce that we’ve now started accepting payments through cashU. cashU is a popular payment service that is used in many countries where credit card payments are not accepted. In the Middle East, for example, credit cards are not often used online due to fraud and security concerns. However, cashU has payment options such as prepaid scratch cards that are a secure method for handling online payments.

Roughly 15% of italki users come from the Middle East, and we hope that by expanding their payment options that more users will be able to participate in the language marketplace.

Prepaid Cards

Prepaid Cards

We believe that the potential market is all of these regions is immense, especially when compared with offline learning options. For example, we believe being able to learn English with online courses for $16 USD / year, and with professional online teachers, could radically change the language education market.

cashU is part of the Maktoob Group, which operates one of the Arabic region’s leading portals (Maktoob.com). cashU is offered in 28 countries around the world, including the Middle East, China and some European countries.

We’re planning to add more payment options in the near future, and we’ll let you know about those here on the blog.

Arabic Press Release (PDF)

The italki team

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