DUBAI, 25th April, 2013 (WAM) -- Emirates NBD, announced today that its Business Banking segment has won the Banker Middle East Product Award 2013, for ?Best SME Internet Banking Service,? further building on its success last year, when it won the 2012 award for ?Best SME Insurance Product.? The award recognises Emirates NBD as a key supporter of the UAE?s SME segment, which is a vital part of the UAE economy and a strong contributor to the country?s GDP.
Emirates NBD Business Banking has been recognised for its successful adaptation of smartBUSINESS corporate online banking platform to suit the evolving needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, thus allowing small scale businesses to also avail all features and benefits of the smartBUSINESS platform. Organised by CPI Financial, the Banker Middle East Product Awards, recognise banking products and services that are "either exceptionally innovative or have generated excellent financial results and/or transference of market share." "We are delighted to receive the award for ?Best SME Internet Banking Service? for 2013, which acknowledges our commitment to providing excellence and cutting-edge corporate and retail banking services through investments in technology," said Vikas Thapar, Head of Business Banking, Emirates NBD. "Small and medium-sized enterprises are among the most resilient business segments in the United Arab Emirates, and smartBUSINESS is perfectly positioned to enhance their productivity and efficiency in a highly secure and convenient manner. This award is a testament to the success of the Business Banking team?s efforts to facilitate business process for SMEs by letting them conduct their banking operations anytime and anywhere.""smartBUSINESS is designed to facilitate corporate and institutional clients, manage their account access and transactions online," said Samir Sahu, Deputy General Manager, Transaction Banking Services, Emirates NBD. "Over the past few years, the platform has been further developed to serve the needs of SMEs as we would like SMEs to benefit from the available to Corporates. We have seen SMEs adopt the online experience as a preferred channel for transactions."Copyright Emirates News Agency (WAM) 2013.
