4 years ago
Beyon Money: Teamwork makes the dream work!
A great team can either make or break a company. Teamwork at the workplace is essential to maximize the output and yield better productivity out of everyone involved. It is crucial to spark and maintain a continuous flow of motivation, enthusiasm, and encouragement within the team members throughout the process. Roberto Mancone, CEO of Beyon Money, shared an impressive and inspiring story with us recently that highlighted the power of great teamwork. The team’s management of the incident reflected the leadership quality and strong team spirit at the up and coming company. The team at Beyon Money has created a range of WhatsApp groups, each relating to a department or service – one of these, is related to handling issues faced within the app. The Incident One Friday night at around 11:45 pm, one of the employees noticed that there was a minor malfunction on the app. The team has in place a continuous process of testing of the app, monitoring any potential issues that some clients may face from time to time. The Response As soon as the first WhatsApp alert message was sent, everybody jumped in the group chat in a coordinated manner: one member started testing, another […]
4 years ago
Beyon Money: Leading Bahrain’s Fintech Revolution
Gulf Insider interviews Roberto Mancone, CEO and Executive Board Member at Beyon Money. Beyon Money is a newly launched super-app which intends to become a one-stop shop for its users, offering a marketplace with a wide range of financial products and services in one app. Roberto Mancone shares the purpose behind Beyon Money, its characteristics, their future plans, and predictions for the financial industry. What is the purpose of Beyon Money? Beyon money wants to fulfil two particular needs of clients who approach financial services—the element of choice and the speed of action. We want to make sure that our services will fulfill all the financial needs of all types of users, whether Gen Z, Gen Y, blue-collar, or white-collar. I call it the Netflix approach. When you use it, you will have a wide selection of genres and categories and you will find what matches your requirement. This is exactly what we want to achieve with our app; we want to provide you with that element of choice. The element of speed which we want to provide is one which offers the most convenience. For example, you download the app, upload one selfie, one ID, load a virtual card, and […]
4 years ago
Secure, Transparent, and Simple: Beyon Connect
Gulf Insider interviews Beyon Connect CEO, Christian Rasmussen. Beyon Connect is focused on delivering new technologies with great innovation potential, Software-as-a-Service platforms, and advanced IT solutions in the MENA region. Under the Beyon Connect umbrella, two new products were recently launched: One Box and One ID. One Box is an innovative digital postbox solution designed to enable national secure communication between the public sector, private businesses, and residents of Bahrain in one secure, convenient, and trusted digital space. OneID is a highly secure single e-ID which will be made available as a mobile application. It allows onboarding of Bahrain residents through an advanced e-KYC process supporting passport and national ID cards with facial recognition and liveness check. The new products are being developed to respond to the needs of the public and private sectors, addressing challenges that are becoming more commonplace in the changing digitized economy. What is the drive and purpose behind Beyon Connect? Our mission is to create better and more inclusive digital societies for individuals and businesses in the MENA region. To do so, we offer digital seamless communication solutions, in which transparency, security, and efficiency are key elements. We found that a number of society-created infrastructures […]
5 years ago
Batelco signs MOU with American University of Bahrain
Batelco signed an MoU with the American University of Bahrain (AUBH), the Kingdom’s first American-style University, to jointly launch academic and extracurricular initiatives, which aim at enriching the students learning experience and prepare them for their future. The signing ceremony took place at the AUBH campus in Riffa in the presence of a number of officials, and the MoU was signed by Shaikh Bader bin Rashid Al Khalifa, General Manager, Corporate Communications and CSR at Batelco, and Mr. William D. Hurt, Chief Operating Officer at AUBH. As part of the agreement, the AUBH student body will have the opportunity to take part in summer and semester-long internships at Batelco, and join executive experience programmes, giving them a chance to work on some of Batelco’s current projects. Students will also be able to volunteer for and help organise projects that fall under Batelco’s CSR programmes. The two institutions also plan to create initiatives to benefit the community and intend to hold panel discussions on topics of interest, as well as movie screenings on subjects like technology, and events that range from cultural and artistic to seasonal and athletic.
5 years ago
Here’s How AUBH is Pioneering Innovation & Student Centricity
AUBH launches Alexa Skills to connect with students through voice technology. Just recently, the American University of Bahrain (AUBH) launched two Alexa Skills, adding voice technology to its campus. This is aimed towards providing the students, parents, and educators alike with the ability to use their voice to deepen the learning experience and enrich university life whilst also providing critical academic and campus information. The AUBH Campus Alexa Skill offers convenient ways to navigate the campus. It also provides help in learning about what the University has to offer by asking questions to Amazon Echo devices installed inside the campus buildings. Students will also be able to connect to campus information and events through the AUBH student Alexa Skill. It also integrates with the University’s system, allowing students to access coursework, grades, and other school communication through the Alexa smartphone app. Committed to their promise to offer an innovative, high-tech experience to their students and faculty, AUBH launched these Alexa Skills in confidence that they will provide a unique, customized, and unmatched campus experience. The launch of the new Alexa Skills represents another milestone for the University in driving innovation, not just locally, but also regionally. It is in line […]
