Cardholders earn as much as one Skywards Mile for 1.5 dirham spent on the card

Discounts of up to 30% offered at over 100 restaurants in the UAE

Preferential rates on Personal Finance

Dubai, July 11, 2012: Emirates Islamic Bank, one of the leading Islamic financial institutions in the region, announced that it is offering customers of its Emirates Islamic Bank Skywards Credit Cards one of the best Skywards Miles deal in the UAE. In partnership with Emirates Airline, customers can now earn as much as one Skywards Mile for 1.5 dirham spent on the Card.

The Emirates Islamic Bank Skywards Credit Card range comprises four products: Gold, Gold Plus, Platinum and Platinum Plus. Each product enables card holders to accumulate Skywards miles at a different rate. With the Platinum Card, for instance, card holders earn 4,000 Skywards Miles for min monthly spent of AED 6,000; 6,500 Skywards Miles for min monthly spent of AED 16,000 and 10,500 Miles for min monthly spent of AED 23,000.

Customers applying for an EIB Skywards Credit Card before July 21st, 2012 have the opportunity to get up to 25,000 bonus skyward miles.

"The fully Shari'a compliant Emirates Islamic Bank Skywards Credit Card range combines convenience with an outstanding range of attractive benefits. In a highly competitive market, the Emirates Islamic Skywards Credit Cards stand out for their unrivalled ability to enable card holders to earn Skywards miles," said Faisal Aqil, Deputy CEO, Consumer Wealth Management, Emirates Islamic Bank & Dubai Bank.

Cardholders also stand to gain discounts of up to 30% at hundreds of restaurants in the UAE. Other benefits include preferential rates on personal finance and home finance solutions and access to the first Islamic iPhone App in the UAE.

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About Emirates Islamic Bank:  
Emirates Islamic Bank opened its doors in October 2004 with a mission to provide customers in the UAE with innovative Shari'a-compliant financial solutions.

The Bank offers a wide range of products and services conforming to the highest standards of Islamic finance and all its activities are overseen by a prestigious Shari'a board. 

EIB offers a comprehensive combination of products and services for Retail, Corporate and Investment banking. On the retail side, the bank has an array of products, such as Credit Cards; Manzili&Bina'a Home Finance, Intaleq Car Finance, Ethmar priority banking, Al Reem ladies banking, Emtalik personal finance, SME business.

Emirates Islamic Bank is also very active on the Corporate Banking level, seeking exceptional investment opportunities in the local as well as the regional market.  

To ensure the proximity to our customers, EIB has expanded its network to reach 36 branches as well as more than 100 ATM's throughout the UAE. And to provide customers with the friendliest banking solutions, the bank has developed a wide range of Alternate Banking Channels such as Mobile Banking Service, Internet & Phone banking. With EIB alternate banking channels, customers will be able to perform a wide range of transactions at anytime and from anywhere.

EIB has received numerous accolades such as the prestigious Sheikh Mohamed Bin Rashed Business Award and Ethos Award for best Islamic bank for Customer Service in the UAE, also our Manzili Home Finance product was credited as the Best Islamic Home Finance Product from CPI financial. These awards signify the high level of customer satisfaction as well as display the bank's good practices within their banking methods.

For more information, please visit: www.emiratesislamicbank.ae or contact:
Hassan Al Khuwaildi
Communications, Group Marketing, Emirates NBD
Tel: 971 4 6093459
Mob: 971 50 7454454
Email: HassanAl@emiratesnbd.com

Sudha Chandran/ Nicholas Nesson
ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller
Dubai, UAE
Tel: 971-4-4507600
Fax: 971-4-4358040
Email: sudha.chandran@bm.com / nicholas.nesson@bm.com

© Press Release 2012