CashU
cashU is a prepaid online payment method available in the Middle East and North Africa, a region with a large and young population with very limited access to credit cards. Because of this, cashU has become an alternative payment option for young Arabic online gamers and e-commerce buyers.
cashU was established in 2003 by Maktoob in Amman, Jordan but when Yahoo! acquired Maktoob in November 2009 the ownership of cashU was transferred to Jabbar Internet Group who also owns companies like Souq.com, Ikoo, Sukar and Tahadi Games.
Today cashU has established offices in Dubai, Amman and Cyprus
cashU is mainly used for paying for online games, VoIP, FX trading and download of music and software. Due to cashU's Arabic focus a strict policy on not accepting merchants who provide gambling and sexual related content is followed. cashU also provide a parental control feature allowing parents to limit and control where their kids spend money online.