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Qatar Central Bank (QCB) has issued regulations on financing micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) against point-of-sale and verified electronic payment revenues within the State of Qatar, according to the text of an announcement attributed to the bank that reached Startup News in Arabic and English.

According to the announcement, the regulations cover financing extended against the revenues businesses generate through point-of-sale terminals and electronic payment methods, provided those revenues are verified and generated inside Qatar. The announcement names three categories of businesses: micro, small and medium enterprises.

The title of the regulations makes verified electronic revenue the basis for the financing, which means businesses that take customer payments through point-of-sale and electronic channels are the ones directly concerned.

What the announcement does not say: the available text gives no issue date or effective date, does not say which financial institutions the regulations apply to, and sets out no eligibility criteria, financing limits or ratios, and no mechanism for verifying revenues or repaying the financing. It also does not link to the full text of the regulations.

What founders can do: owners of small and medium businesses that rely on point-of-sale and electronic payments should follow Qatar Central Bank's official channels for the full text of the regulations, and ask their financial institutions how the rules will be applied.

Editor's note: Startup News based this report on the announcement text as it was received, without a direct link to the official page, and we have not yet been able to check it against the text published on the bank's website. We will update this story with details and the official link once they are verified, at startupnews.qa.