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Commercial Bank of Dubai and Visa Forge Strategic Multi-Year Partnership

July 8, 2024
3 min read
Author: Aayushya Ranjan

Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD), one of the leading banks in the United Arab Emirates, announced that it has signed an exclusive multi-year strategic partnership agreement for credit and debit cards with global leader in digital payments, Visa. This agreement aims to further accelerate digital payments in the UAE, offering innovative and customer-centric solutions to CBD cardholders across all segments.

The new partnership agreement was signed by Khaled Al Hammadi, General Manager, Personal Banking Group at CBD and Salima Gutieva, Visa’s VP and Country Manager for UAE, in the presence of Dr. Bernd van Linder, Chief Executive Officer, Commercial Bank of Dubai, and Andrew Torre, Visa’s Regional President for Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. 

As part of this partnership, CBD and Visa are also partnering to establish a ‘Centre of Excellence’ powered by Visa Consulting and Analytics (VCA), dedicated to accelerating and simplifying customer’s payment experiences. By leveraging core data assets and deriving insights, VCA will formulate actionable recommendations that aim to address business challenges and offer personalised solutions to customers. This collaborative approach will support CBD’s goals of market expansion, product design, customer acquisition, and engagement improvement, focusing on areas such as encouraging card usage through engaging and rewarding gamification, positioning CBD Visa cards as the top choice in digital wallets, enhancing cross-border transactions and payment speed, and expanding our footprint through strategic digital merchant collaborations.

Moreover, CBD and Visa are redefining the marketing landscape for the CBD card business through initiatives such as leveraging advanced technology to enhance digital customer onboarding experiences, sponsoring high-profile events like the Olympics, launching the Visa Instalment Solution in the UAE to introduce flexible payment options for our customers directly through Point-of-Sale (POS) machines, and offering comprehensive local and international benefits, focusing on the complete lifecycle of new and existing CBD Visa cardholders.

We are excited to build on our partnership with Visa as we continue our mission in providing innovative and customer-centric payment solutions. The financial sector landscape is changing dramatically with technological disruption, emergence of new players, as well as constantly evolving customer expectations. Our collaboration with Visa will help us in developing new business models and providing more personalised customer offerings. At CBD, we are committed to playing a leading role in the digitisation of the financial payments sector and introducing innovative financial solutions that meet our customers’ evolving needs and deliver seamless banking experiences.

Dr. Bernd van Linder, Chief Executive Officer, Commercial Bank of Dubai

We are proud of this extended and strategic partnership with Visa. With Visa’s global expertise and CBD’s dedication to meeting the needs of our customers, we aim to provide a more seamless payment solution, delivering a variety of competitive and innovative features, products, and offers that are data-driven and are based on customer feedback. This includes recognising and rewarding our customers, enhancing their banking experience, and delivering tangible benefits.

Khaled Al Hammadi, General Manager, Personal Banking Group, CBD

We are delighted to expand our partnership with CBD with this exclusive multi-year partnership for their credit and debit portfolio.  We will continue to work together to develop attractive products that deliver seamless, secure and rewarding experiences to the bank’s customers. CBD will be able to leverage Visa’s industry-leading data and analytic capabilities to further drive innovation with personalized experiences for Visa cardholders. We also look forward to bringing value to local retailers and contribute to the UAE government’s efforts to grow the digital economy.

Salima Gutieva, VP and Country Manager for UAE, Visa
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