Talabat now holds PCI-DSS Level 1 Certification in eight of its operational markets, including Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq, making it the region’s first food and q-commerce delivery platform. PCI-DSS is a global industry compliance and security standard for protecting cardholder data, and it is one of the most stringent security standards available.

That is largely consistent with an earlier Checkout.com report from September 2020 indicating that consumers’ embrace of online shopping is more of a long-term behavior change rather than a temporary shift resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.