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Emirates NBD partners with Dubai World to launch electronic debit services

  • United Arab Emirates: Thursday, February 21 - 2008 at 09:24
  • PRESS RELEASE

Emirates Bank, an Emirates NBD company, announced its partnership with Dubai World to introduce electronic debit services through the Central ePayment Gateway system of Dubai Trade, the innovative supply chain e-hub.

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  • From left to right:  Mr. Abdulla Qassem, General Manager I.T. & Operations and Chairman of Network International and Mr. Mohammed Al Muallem, Sr. Vice President and Managing Director, DP World - UAE.
    From left to right: Mr. Abdulla Qassem, General Manager I.T. & Operations and Chairman of Network International and Mr. Mohammed Al Muallem, Sr. Vice President and Managing Director, DP World - UAE.
The agreement was signed at a ceremony held at Dubai World offices by Mr. Abdulla Qassem, General Manager I.T. & Operations and Chairman of Network International, and Mr. Mohammed Al Muallem, Sr. Vice President and Managing Director, DP World - UAE, in his capacity as a member of the board of Dubai Trade in presence of Mr. Mahmood Al Bastaki, Director, Dubai Trade.

Mr. Abdulla Qassem said on this partnership:

"We are very proud to unite with Dubai World to work for the overall improvement of the two organizations' customer services. We are confident that the introduction of the e-debit service system for Dubai World will offer our mutual customers new levels of convenience in making payments. We view this step as an important milestone in what we hope will be a long-term and productive partnership between Emirates NBD and Dubai World."


Electronic Debit Services (e-debit) was introduced by Emirates Bank in 2002 as the ultimate direct debit solution, which completes the e-commerce cycle. E-debit, powered by Network International, is an online payment mechanism that enables real-time transfer of funds from an Emirates Bank customer's account to the e-merchant account. The customer makes use of a virtual wallet to pay for his/her purchase.

According to the agreement, E-debit will be one of the several options available to the Dubai Trade users, which include customers of DP World, Dubai Customs, Economic Zones World and Dubai Multi Commodities Center, to pay the required fees online.

Commenting on the agreement, Mr. Jamal Majid Bin Thaniah said: "Dubai World has always been seeking to adopt high-end technological solutions to provide advanced services in various fields to its customers. Dubai World continuously upgrades and develops such services to meet the requirements of its partners."

"The e-debit agreement signed with Emirates Bank will simplify procedures and save customers' time and money as the payments are made electronically, where it is possible to transfer the amounts directly from their accounts with the bank," he added.

Speaking on Dubai Trade, Mr. Mahmood Al Bastaki said: "The Dubai Trade portal is a very convenient platform encouraging the application of electronic transactions, which ensure smooth trading flow. It offers services to a group of companies directly concerned with commercial transactions, such as DP World, Dubai Customs, Dubai Multi Commodities Centre and Economic Zones World, in a flexible and user-friendly manner that combines the whole supply chain elements, including forwarders, transporters, freighters, maritime lines, shipping agents and financial institutions."

"We are always ready to improve our electronic operational methods, relying on a group of experts in this field and implementing the latest systems and technologies. The supervisors of Dubai Trade are dedicating their time and efforts to establish this new concept aimed at simplifying transactions along the supply chain," he added.

The e-debit service is available to all account holders of Emirates Bank, Emirates Islamic Bank and meBANK. The customers can make the payments by using their respective online internet banking credentials.

Seeking to enhance the e-payment process, Dubai World recently signed an agreement with the UAE Ministry of Finance and Industry, under which the Ministry will provide the E-Dirham service for the collection of fees for services offered by Dubai World and its subsidiary companies. Both payment methods will be provided to the business sector as well as to individuals on Dubai Trade portal www.dubaitrade.ae from end of March.
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About Emirates NBD
Emirates NBD (DFM: ENBD) is a Dubai-based banking group resulting from the merger of Emirates Bank Group and National Bank of Dubai Group. It is the biggest banking group in the GCC by assets and the biggest banking group in the UAE by market capitalization. The Group has a leading retail banking franchise in the UAE, with over 100 branches and over 430 ATMs. It is a major player in the UAE corporate banking arena, with a combined market share of almost a fifth of corporate loans. It also has strong Islamic banking, investment banking, private banking, asset management and brokerage operations.

The Group has operations in the UAE, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Kingdom and Jersey (Channel Islands), and representative offices in India, Iran and Singapore.

About Network International

Network International LLC, the preferred card solutions provider located in United Arab Emirates, is the first independent vendor certified by both Visa & MasterCard for card payments in the Middle East. It is the only third party processing vendor in the region which is capable of providing banks, the retail industry and financial institutions with complete EMV certified solutions as they migrate to EMV SmartCard technology.
www.network.ae

About Emirates Bank
Emirates Bank, celebrated its 30th anniversary, offers a full range of retail banking products and services under the 'me' brand name. These include: Current & Savings Accounts, Tiered Saving Accounts, Term Deposits, Personal Loans, Car Loans, Credit Cards, Insurance Products, banking products for Indian and Lebanese Expatriates, as well as well as Credit Card Loyalty Programme. In addition, Emirates Bank offers its customers priority banking services through Al Shaheen.

Emirates Bank offers its customers the convenience of banking across a range of channels (on-line, phone banking) and through visiting one of the wide network of branches across the UAE.

Emirates Bank has been awarded the coveted status of a 'Superbrand' for the past four consecutive years.

For more press information please contact:

Zeina El Haj
Head of Marketing, PR, Event & Sponsorship
For Retail Banking, Consumer Finance & Wealth Management
Emirates NBD
Tel: 04-209-2669
Fax: 04-225-0866

Shimaa Elsayed
Senior Account Manager- PR
Tamra-C2
T: 04 295 1177
F: 04 295 1188

About Dubai World

Dubai World is Dubai's flag bearer in global investments. As a holding company it operates a highly diversified spectrum of industrial segments and plays a major role in the emirate's rapid economic growth. Its primary aim is to play the role of a growth engine that powers development both locally and internationally.

Dubai World's investment spans four strategic growth areas of 21st Century commerce namely, Transport & Logistics, Drydocks & Maritime, Urban Development and Investment & Financial Services.

Its portfolio comprises some of the world's best known companies and a number of outstanding projects. This includes DP World, one of the largest marine terminal operators in the world; Drydocks World & Dubai Maritime City designed to turn Dubai into a major ship-building and maritime hub; Economic Zones World which operates several free zones around the world including Jafza and TechnoPark in Dubai; Nakheel the property developer behind iconic projects such as The Palm Islands and The World among others; Limitless the international real estate master planner with current development projects in various parts of the world; and Istithmar World, the group's investment arm that has a global footprint in finance, capital, leisure, aviation and various other business ventures.

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