What Is Geidea?
Geidea is a leading fintech and payment solutions provider headquartered in Saudi Arabia, serving merchants across the Middle East and North Africa. Geidea offers a comprehensive suite of payment products including online payment gateways, point-of-sale terminals, and merchant services. The platform supports a wide range of payment methods including Visa, Mastercard, American Express, mada, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and regional Buy Now Pay Later options such as Tabby and Tamara.
Key Features
- Wide payment method support: Accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, mada, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and BNPL providers all through a single integration.
- Multi-region coverage: Operate across Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates with region-specific configurations and local acquiring.
- Hosted payment page: Geidea provides a secure, PCI-DSS compliant hosted checkout page, eliminating the need to handle sensitive card data on your servers.
- 3D Secure authentication: Built-in support for 3DS 2.0 authentication to reduce fraud and meet regulatory requirements.
- Refund and void support: Process full or partial refunds directly through the API.
- Multi-currency support: Accept payments in SAR, EGP, AED, QAR, OMR, BHD, KWD, USD, GBP, and EUR.
Supported Regions and Currencies
Geidea operates across three key markets in the Middle East:
- Saudi Arabia (SAR) — with full mada debit card support
- Egypt (EGP) — with Meeza QR wallet support
- United Arab Emirates (AED)
Additional supported currencies include QAR, OMR, BHD, KWD, USD, GBP, and EUR, making Geidea suitable for merchants serving international customers.
How Trinavo Integrates with Geidea
Trinavo provides a seamless integration with Geidea using the Checkout V2 hosted payment page. Once activated in your Trinavo dashboard, the Geidea payment option appears automatically at checkout. When a customer selects Geidea, they are securely redirected to the Geidea hosted payment page to complete their transaction, then returned to your store upon completion.
The integration handles the full payment lifecycle including session creation, secure redirection, payment confirmation via callbacks, and refund processing. Merchants simply need to configure their Geidea Merchant Public Key, API Password, and select their region to get started.
By offering Geidea on your Trinavo store, you gain access to a trusted local payment processor with strong acquiring relationships across the MENA region, competitive processing rates, and comprehensive support for the most popular payment methods used by customers in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the UAE.
