Tawtheeq

Governing entity

Ministry of the Interior

Status of implementation

Active

Legally binding redress mechanism

NA

URL

https://www.mcit.gov.qa

Last Updated

20/02/25

Claim digital ID

YES

ID or Civil Registry Act

YES

Regulation for digital ID

NO

Identity act codifies legal status

NO

Identity act sets up procedural rules for data management

NA

Identity act clarifies relationship with feeder documents

NO

Terms of data storage and sharing available

NO

National Data Protection Act exists

YES

Data leak disclosure process exists

YES

Data handling terms exist

NO

Uses biometrics

YES

Enables authentication

YES

Enables KYC

NA

Enables authentication via government portal

YES

Two or more sectoral use cases enabled

NA

Fawran

Payment system type

Interbank payment system

Status of implementation

Active

Operator

Central bank

National or Regional

National

Annual value of transactions (USD)

NA

Annual volume of transactions

NA

Cost of transactions

NA

Participants

2024- 8

Types of transactions supported

P2P, P2M

Type of settlement system

RTGS

URL

https://www.qnb.com

Last Updated

01/10/24

Active real-time payment system

YES

Cross-border payments

NA

QR code transactions

NA

Bank participation

YES

Non-bank participation

NO

Interoperability policy

YES

Participation rules

YES

Data-handling rules

YES

Reporting forum

YES

AML Law

NA

Base technical architecture

NA

Status of implementation

Active

Governing Entity

Ministry of Transport and Communications

Coordination unit

Ministry of Transport and Communications

National or Regional

National

Sector-specific or Cross-sectoral

Cross-sectoral

Permitted participants

Public

Ownership

Public

URL

https://www.mcit.gov.qa

Last Updated

01/10/24

Semantic interoperability

YES

Real-time sharing

YES

Scalable architecture

YES

Auditable

NA

Procedural rules for data mgmt

NA

Enrolment and participation information

NA

Used by more than one public entity

YES

Impact metrics

NA