The NCB and MasterCard teams at the MasterCard office in Dubai
National Commercial Bank (NCB)the largest bank in the Arab world has been recognized by global payments and technology company MasterCard with the 'Best Customer Affinity Program Management' award for developing a holistic payment solutions portfolio for its customers in Saudi Arabia.
An official awards ceremony was recently held at the MasterCard office in Dubai, where Michael Miebach, President, Middle East and Africa, MasterCardawarded a plaque to Zahid Hummsani, Executive Vice President: Sector Head - Consumer Finance, NCBin recognition for maintaining the best loyalty program in Saudi Arabia. The ceremony was also attended by Hasnain Khoja, Senior Vice President: Division Head - Cards and Acquiring, NCB, and senior MasterCard executives.
"NCB is a champion bank for MasterCard in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, asit is the only bank in the country to offer the entire portfolio of MasterCard payment solutions available in KSA. Today we are delighted to honor NCB's sustained efforts to introduce MasterCard payment solutions to its customers," said Michael Miebach.
"Our collaboration with MasterCard dates back to 2003 and over the years we have established a solid relationship that has led to the introduction of several value added payment solutions that have been much praised by our customers. As one of the largest banks in Saudi Arabia, we are committed to introduce customized payment solutions that are powered with the latest technology to our customers," added Zahid Hummsani.
NCB offers an extensive range of MasterCard payment solutions that include Amyali, Saudi Arabia's largest travel loyalty card; Tayseer, the largest CashBack program in the market; the Al Fursan Saudi Airlines Cobrand card and the Qitaf STC CoBrand card, the largest CoBrand card in the Kingdom.
NCB is the only bank in Saudi Arabia to leverage all of MasterCard's products and services, including a full range of cards, the use of MasterCard's MIGS electronic payments platform and advisors.© Press Release 2013
