- Cards are pre-loaded with AED 100 at activation and can be acquired at select Zoom outlets across various emirates
- Customers can enjoy seamless Card activations, fund top-ups, and more through the RAKBarça Mobile App
Dubai: RAKBANK and FC Barcelona consolidate its regional partnership via the launch of the FC Barcelona Prepaid Card, powered by Mastercard. This new Prepaid Card is the latest addition to RAKBANK’s Personal Banking product portfolio, and is the first prepaid program to offer both a physical card and a virtual solution with peer to peer transfers, supported by a dedicated ‘RAKBarça’ mobile application.
With this new product offering, RAKBANK brings FC Barcelona closer to a growing fan base and sport enthusiasts in the UAE. The FC Barcelona Prepaid Card offers customers a smarter and more seamless transaction option. The Card is pre-loaded with AED 100 at activation and can be acquired at 26 select ZOOM outlets across various emirates. ZOOM is present at ENOC service stations, in the Dubai Metro, and in local residential and commercial communities. Customers just need to present their valid Emirates ID to buy the card pack.
In line with RAKBANK’s commitment to innovation in digital solutions, the RAKBarça mobile application allows cardholders to effortlessly activate their Card, top-up funds, check balance and monitor transactions. The mobile application also provides the convenience of easily transferring money between friends using the SocialPay feature. The FC Barcelona Prepaid Card is enabled for contactless payments through Samsung Pay, Apple Pay and Google Pay. RAKBANK Prepaid Cardholders can add their card details on their smartphone and smartwatch to enjoy instant access to contactless payments at point-of-sale terminals and cash withdrawals at contactless-enabled RAKBANK ATMs.
Frederic de Melker, Managing Director of Personal Banking at RAKBANK, said:
“The strategic partnership that we signed with FC Barcelona last year resulted in the launch of an exclusive co-branded Credit Card and has now allowed us to launch this first-of-its-kind co-branded Prepaid Card. When we developed the Card, we knew that it would be vital to focus our efforts on creating a robust digital interface for our customers to enjoy a seamless user experience. This Prepaid Card is going to be particularly appealing to young and tech-savvy football fans in the UAE, who now have a solution that offers convenient and secure digital payments for their everyday purchases.”
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About RAKBANK
RAKBANK, also known as The National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah (P.S.C), is one of the UAE’s most dynamic financial institutions. Founded in 1976, it underwent a major transformation in 2001 as it rebranded into RAKBANK and shifted its focus from purely corporate to retail and small business banking. In addition to offering a wide range of Personal Banking services, the Bank increased its lending in the traditional SME, Commercial, and Corporate segment in recent years. The Bank also offers Islamic Banking solutions, via RAKislamic, throughout its 36 branches and its Telephone and Digital Banking channels. RAKBANK is a public joint stock company headquartered in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah and listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX). For more information, please visit www.rakbank.ae or contact the Call Centre on +9714 213 0000. Alternatively, you can connect with RAKBANK via twitter.com/rakbanklive and facebook.com/rakbank .
About FC BARCELONA
FC Barcelona was founded nearly 120 years ago in 1899, and is unique in many ways. The club is owned by its more than 145,000 members and can boast of being the most successful club in Europe over the last years. Since season 2004/05 they have won four of the Club’s five Champions League titles and ten of their 26 domestic league titles. Due to its very special personality, ‘Barça’ is recognized as being ‘more than a club’. The team’s distinctive style of play is projected around the world by the best players and coaches of their time in combination with club’s famous reliance on homegrown talent.
All of this goes hand in hand with its ongoing ambition to become the most admired, beloved and global sports institution on the planet. This mission is supported by such core principles as humility, effort, ambition, respect and team-work, while the club is also famed for its commitment to society, which is channeled through the FC Barcelona Foundation and its work to educate children through the positive values of sport. Such unstoppable growth in recent years has led to a global reach of more than 315 million fans and made FC Barcelona a world leader on social media.
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