Muscat – With travel starting to return, there’s no better time to pick up a Badeel Travel card. National Bank of Oman’s (NBO) innovative prepaid card comes with a whole host of unique benefits, is super simple to use, and supports multiple international currencies. Providing access to Schengen Approved Travel Medical Insurance, and a host of special offers and discounts through MasterCard, users can easily obtain, top-up and manage it from their phones or at conveniently placed kiosks. Available for customers and non-customers, the Badeel Travel card is the ultimate companion.

Maha Al Raisi, Head of Products at NBO, said, “At NBO we are committed to empowering the people of Oman through convenient digitally-led solutions and cutting-edge technology. We introduced our prepaid cards in 2018 and since then have not stopped thinking about how we can make them better and more useful. Whether travelling for work or leisure, the Badeel Travel card offers a safe, easy, and cashless way to carry multiple foreign currencies in a single, re-loadable card, ensuring convenience and peace of mind.”

Mastercard enabled and utilising 3D and Chip & Pin technologies, the Badeel Travel card lets users make purchases at millions of merchants worldwide while also being protected by state-of-the-art electronic security. The only card in the market to offer nine currencies, customers can load the card with Omani Rials, US Dollars, Euros, British Pounds, UAE Dirhams, Saudi Riyals, Swiss Francs, Thai Bahts and Indian Rupees. What’s more, with its own dedicated mobile app and self-service kiosks, customers can order, print out, renew and reload their cards at the touch of a button.

Available for anyone holding a valid resident ID, with or without having an account with NBO, the Badeel Travel card can be easily obtained through the NBO mobile app, Badeel Prepaid App, at any NBO branch, or at Badeel self-service kiosks located at Oman Oil’s Ahlain Store on Ghala Expressway and NBO’s Head Office in Azaiba.

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About National Bank of Oman:

NBO, the first local commercial bank in the Sultanate of Oman, was founded in 1973 and is today one of the leading banks in Oman. The Bank serves its customers in Oman through 60 Branches, more than 180 ATM/FFM/CCDMs as well as two Branches in U.A.E.

The Bank is committed to community improvement through its corporate citizenship programs and is an active supporter of a range of worthy causes in Oman, with emphasis on health and human services, civic, education, environment, youth, women, arts and culture.  

For more information, please contact:
Sudipta Dasgupta
TRACCS
Email: Sudipta.dasgupta@traccs.net 

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