By Hamed Mahmoud
Castle Development, a company that focuses on developing high-value real estate, and Fawry, the leading digital transformation & E-payment platform in Egypt signed a protocol where the latter is projected to help in collecting customer payments through their service. Eng. Ahmed Mansour, CEO of Castle Development, and Eng. Hossam Ezz El-Din, CCO of Fawry, along a lineup of representatives from both entities were present during the signing. The agreement allows for customers to pay installments through two different methods; through heading to any of Fawry’s locations, or pay online.
The agreement comes as part of Castle Development’s efforts to support their customers and eliminate any obstacles that may come their way; this service will save time and effort while reducing the chances of having to go to a bank or waiting in line for long periods of time to make a payment. This step is in line with Castle Development’s efforts to digitise its services, especially during these times, as well as with the Egyptian government’s work towards digitising all financial services and opting for electronic collection of payments as an alternative to traditional methods. Fawry’s services are spread across 194,000 locations in all of Egypt’s governorates. Based on its own-patented technology, that is fully compliant with international security standards of the ISA 27001 and PA DSS certifications, Fawry performs more than 3 million financial operations daily.
“We constantly strive to provide our customers with various aspects of convenience and safety while making their daily lives smoother. Recent challenges following the Covid-19 outbreak allowed us to take a more serious approach towards the different ways that ensure our customers are safe as they make payments for their future homes, and this is how we landed on Fawry, a company possessing the latest technologies in its feild,” said Eng. Mansour. He further added that “the application of digital solutions across varying sectors is no longer a choice; it has become a requirement as far as future endeavors are concerned. At Castle Development, we believe in the effect digitisation has on our work and how it aligns with the government’s efforts of creating a “digital Egypt” to achieve economic growth. It also has an immense impact on the country’s work towards exporting real estate as Fawry’s services accept payments in USD, EUR, and others, making our products more accessible.”
