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Middle East bank launches Visa payWave

Monday, April 27, 2009

One of the UAE’s top banks, the National Bank of Abu Dhabi has rolled out Visa’s contactless payWave card for its customers. The card will eliminate the need for PINs, online approvals and signatures for low value purchases.

“Visa is working with banks across the Gulf Cooperation Council to introduce payWave and National Bank of Abu Dhabi’s launch of a Visa payWave credit card signals an acceptance of contactless technology which is already established in other parts of the world,” said Kamran Siddiqi, Visa’s general manager for the Middle East.

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