UAE – The National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah (RAKBANK) and FC Barcelona have announced a strategic Regional Partnership for 3 years extendable by another 2 years whereby RAKBANK has become the Official Bank of FC Barcelona in the United Arab Emirates. This partnership entails the launch of new FC Barcelona dedicated co-branded products including Mastercard Platinum Credit and Debit Cards.

The contract was sealed in the presidential box at the Camp Nou and was attended by    FC Barcelona’s Chief Executive Officer, Oscar Grau, while Frederic de Melker, Managing Director of Personal Banking, represented RAKBANK at the event.

With this association RAKBANK Barca fans can look forward to access FC Barcelona branded merchandise and opportunities to watch their favourite players at matches in Barcelona amongst other benefits.

Frederic de Melker, RAKBANK’s Managing Director of Personal Banking commented: “We are delighted to partner with FC Barcelona, one of the world’s leading football clubs, to become their official bank in the country. UAE is a football loving nation of dedicated fans who avidly follow the game. Therefore, we deemed it fit to bring their favourite club closer home by building increased affinity of the segment with the Club and RAKBANK.”

“We are very pleased with this strategic alliance between RAKBANK and FC Barcelona. The spirit of football is timeless and we aim to deliver unique value propositions through the RAKBANK co-branded Credit, Debit Cards, and other banking products. This also includes the BarcaRewards that are directly pertinent to FC Barca fans here in the UAE, which aims to offer exciting football benefits and privileges.” said Peter England, CEO RAKBANK.

FC Barcelona was founded 118 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 nine of their 25 domestic league titles. 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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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 38 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 www.twitter.com/rakbanklive and www.facebook.com/rakbank.

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