Leo Technologies Ltd, a DIFC registered Company,  announces the launch of its brand-new app ‘Kiddo’ which, for the first time ever, allows parents to not only source and book exciting development programs for children of all development stages across the UAE, but also offers the convenience of in-app payments. This will alleviate the stress of managing children’s activities and allow for more quality family time. The one-click payment service is the first of its kind, making Kiddo an apt solution for both parents and service providers.

For any parent, the well-being of their child is paramount, however, this has evolved over the years with the focus shifting from wellbeing to raising smart, confident, successful and happy children. The current (digital) era has created a necessity for parents to inculcate a culture of continuous learning within their child(ren) to keep up with the transforming times.

Kiddo, the new path-breaking app launching in November 2019, allows parents to research and cherry pick from the best development programs available for their kids from the age of 0 to 25 years to assist with their requirement of continuous learning. Combined with its first of a kind feature called ‘KiddoPay’, which provides a simple, safe and secure payment option to enhance the experience of a busy parent.

This digital platform empowers parents to make smarter choices for their child’s development combining it with the ease of one-click payment. Kiddo allows parents to create profiles for each of their kid(s) based on their likes, interests and aspirations for the app to provides parents with choices of relevance based on these profiles. It further provides a feature to connect and share their experiences on such activities by sharing genuine reviews and ratings. Kiddo will enable parents to pay via Apple Pay, debit and credit cards and even installments, a feature planned to be launched at the end of the year.

Kiddo was created with the strong belief that every child deserves an opportunity to elevate and enhance their skills and competencies. Therefore, the service providers on Kiddo are carefully shortlisted bearing in mind the app provides parents with a perfect blend of options to promote skill-development, mental stimulation physical activities and fun & play.

Each available program is placed within one of the 6 key categories, i.e.: academics, science and technology, performing arts, fun and play, arts and crafts, sports, which can be easily booked and paid through the app. Kiddo has secured partnerships with more than 120 service providers within each of these categories before launch.

Through thorough research, Kiddo has identified that researching of the “best” and “most relevant” recommendations of various activities being the most challenging aspect for any parent, hence we have created special filters that include real and credible recommendations or the latest deals, for those looking for value-for-money. ‘Friends and Family’, another important feature of the application, allows users to check out where friends and families are going with recommendations / testimonies from trusted family and friends.

The app is vision of three international business heavyweights, Aarti Shah, Ralph Stobwasser and Bhavin Shah. With vast backgrounds in finance, business and marketing and communications, working for some of the biggest companies in the world, the trio have combined their incredible business acumen to develop one of the most transformative digital platforms in education and finance sector.

Aarti Shah, Founder and CEO said: “Kiddo is designed keeping in mind the challenges today’s parents encounter in planning and booking the activities and thus having limited quality time with their children. Kiddo revolutionises the way parents pay, by providing a seamless, secure and hassle-free mobile payment option. Whether it’s fees or extra curricular activities, there’s no more awkward follow ups, endless paperwork or shock subs – everything is completely digital, convenient, and secured.”

It’s not just for the user, Kiddo is a powerful tool for service provider, where they are provided a platform to interact with users and showcase offerings and enable one-click payments. Service providers can now request regular mobile payments directly from their clients thought KiddoPay. The users can pay via the app and are reminded to do so as well, eliminating the need for endless chasing.

With less time having to be spent writing cheques, remembering to log in to online banking or standing in long queues, it aims to bring ease of access and convenience  at the forefront of user experience.

Aarti continued: “The objective of our platform was not only to make a better user experience, but also to provide service provider’s with a platform to transact with its client in an easy, convenient and cost effective way, therefore, we have focused a lot to ensure the process of service provider on boarding is swift, efficient & seamless.

Through Kiddo’s merchant portal, service providers can manage all their financial transactions consolidated and presented real time. Furthermore, it provides a real-time dashboard, to avoid having to wait for monthly or weekly report, which means, the business can focus on operating efficiently through real time monitoring, providing operational and analytical KPIs there and then.”

Just in time for the festive season, Kiddo will also be launching gift vouchers called KiddoCard to present to friends, family and loved ones, which can be spent on the app. The perfect present for parents or kids, suitable for every special occasion.