Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) signed three Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the Data and Human Improvement Authority (KHDA) in Dubai, in partnership with GTS Alive Center East – the consultant of the Worldwide Scholar Identification Card Affiliation within the Center East – in addition to with Parkin PJSC and PayPal on the sidelines of its participation in GITEX World (13–17 October 2025).
The MoUs have been signed on behalf of RTA by Mohammed Al Mudharreb, CEO of Company Know-how Assist Companies Sector. Signing on behalf of KHDA and the Worldwide Scholar Identification Card Affiliation have been Dr Saeed Mubarak Kharbash, CEO of Insurance policies, Analysis and Programmes Sector at KHDA, and Michal Lezo, Managing Director of GTS Alive Center East. The MoU with Parkin was signed by Mohamed Abdulla Al Ali, CEO of Parkin, whereas the MoU with PayPal was signed by Otto Williams Senior Vice President, Regional Head and Basic Supervisor at PayPal Center East and Africa.
The signing of those MoUs goals to increase and improve the usage of nol card by attaining a number of strategic aims. These embrace strengthening service integration to allow corporations and establishments to hyperlink their companies with the nol ecosystem, thereby permitting customers to learn from the cardboard throughout a number of fields past public transport; increasing utilization by growing the variety of entities accepting nol as a way of fee, together with shops, eating places, automobile parks, occasions, and leisure amenities; and selling digital transformation by lowering reliance on money and supporting good fee options consistent with good metropolis instructions.
The aims additionally cowl constructing strategic partnerships with the personal sector to open new avenues of modern collaboration for the event of nol-linked services and products; elevating buyer satisfaction by delivering a seamless and built-in expertise by means of a single card that facilitates each day transactions with ease and suppleness; diversifying income sources by means of partnership charges, value-added companies, and improvements linked to the cardboard; and supporting environmental sustainability by lowering reliance on paper tickets and money funds, thereby reinforcing eco-friendly practices.
Mohammed Al Mudharreb, CEO of RTA’s Company Know-how Assist Companies Sector, mentioned: “We’re really happy to collaborate with KHDA, GTS Alive Center East – the consultant of the Worldwide Scholar Identification Card Affiliation within the Center East – in addition to with Parkin and PayPal. These esteemed entities will work with RTA to develop the nol ecosystem with the goal of enhancing the companies supplied to the general public throughout all segments of society.
He added: “RTA is all the time eager to collaborate with the enterprise neighborhood, notably the personal sector on the native, regional, and world ranges, with the goal of exchanging data and experience to enhance and advance the companies supplied to RTA’s prospects, together with residents, guests, and vacationers.”
Dr. Saeed Mubarak bin Kharbash, Chief Govt Officer of the Insurance policies, Analysis, and Applications Sector on the Data and Human Improvement Authority (KHDA) in Dubai, mentioned: “Dubai’s training technique focuses on offering amenities and companies that all the time meet the wants of all college students, together with the adoption of modern and secure options that strengthen Dubai’s place as a world vacation spot for data and innovation. We worth our constructive collaboration with the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and GTS ALIVE Center East to launch the ‘Research in Dubai – nol ISIC’ card for college kids, which can be acknowledged and utilized by greater training establishments throughout Dubai. Along with providing life-style advantages and reductions throughout a variety of companies and experiences, this card will improve the general scholar expertise in Dubai. We sit up for this initiative assembly college students’ wants and enriching their academic journey in Dubai.”
Mohammed Abdullah Al Ali, Chief Govt Officer of Parkin, mentioned: “The partnership with Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) marks a pivotal step towards strengthening the strategic collaboration between each events and establishing a partnership constructed on the combination of efforts to develop good, complete, and sustainable companies that cater to all members of society—delivering a novel and distinguished expertise for them.” “This partnership will improve the interoperability between the digital fee methods of nol and Parkin, offering prospects with new and numerous fee choices. By this collaboration, each side will proceed to launch modern initiatives and options that contribute to attaining digital and operational integration, in assist of advancing city mobility and enriching the client expertise.”
Otto Williams, SVP, Head of Partnerships, MEA, PayPal, mentioned “Our partnership with RTA displays our shared imaginative and prescient for seamless, digital-first mobility pushed by belief, effectivity and innovation. As funds turn into woven into the best way the town and its individuals transfer, they remodel from easy transactions into the spine of city innovation. Collectively, we’re serving to form a future the place Dubai leads as a world hub for good, related cities – unlocking better entry for purchasers and new alternatives for enterprise throughout the digital economic system.”