Emirates has formally launched Crypto.com Pay™, permitting its clients to use the digital cost resolution on the airline’s web site and app platforms.
Customers with a Crypto.com account reserving on emirates.com and the Emirates App can now choose Crypto.com Pay™ at checkout, with transactions processed securely and in compliance with UAE regulatory requirements. Crypto.com Pay™ is on the market to eligible UAE residents for bookings priced and settled in Emirati Dirham (AED).
The launch marks the implementation of a partnership between Crypto.com and Emirates introduced in July 2025, when a Memorandum of Understanding was signed to discover the combination of Crypto.com Pay™ into the airline’s digital cost techniques.
“Bringing this initiative to life delivers on our commitment to expanding customer choice in how they pay for travel. It also reflects the rapidly evolving preferences of a younger, digitally fluent generation who manage their money and plan their journeys primarily from their phones and they expect the airlines they fly with to keep pace,” mentioned Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Deputy President and Chief Commercial Officer. “Moving from signature to launch with Crypto.com in under a year is a credit to both teams, and to a regulatory environment that makes this kind of innovation possible, reflecting the UAE’s and Dubai’s ambition to lead in fintech and the digital economy.”
“Partnering with Emirates is a milestone for Crypto.com and our Pay feature, which is renowned for its ease of use and seamless integration,” mentioned Eric Anziani, President and Chief Operating Officer, Crypto.com. “This collaboration is a testament to the UAE’s forward thinking approach to innovation and we’re proud to support Emirates as it embraces the digital payments space.”
The integration is powered by Crypto.com’s Dubai entity, the primary Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) to be granted a Stored Value Facilities (SVF) licence by the Central Bank of the UAE and operates inside the scope of the SVF framework.
How it really works
When clients attain the cost step of their reserving, Crypto.com Pay™ seems as a cost choice at checkout on emirates.com and the Emirates App:
● On cellular: Customers reserving by means of the Emirates App are directed to the Crypto.com app to full the cost from their pockets, earlier than being redirected again to the Emirates App to obtain their reserving affirmation and e-ticket.
● On desktop: Customers reserving on emirates.com ought to choose Crypto.com Pay™ on the cost step, then scan the QR code displayed on the reserving web page and approve the cost of their Crypto.com app. Once the cost is accepted, the reserving affirmation and e-ticket are issued on their display screen.
This launch helps the Dubai Cashless Strategy beneath the D33 Economic Agenda, which goals to make 90% of all monetary transactions throughout authorities and non-public sectors digital by the tip of 2026. It additionally builds on Emirates’ partnership signed with Dubai Finance final 12 months to advance digital funds and follows Crypto.com’s partnership with Dubai Finance to settle for digital funds for authorities companies.
