NBK offers customers tap & pay technology
First in GCC to offer secure payment instrument
NBK is the first bank in the GCC region to bring yet another innovative payment technology to its customers. NBK Tap & Pay Service is now available on wristbands and stickers creating a new, up-to-date payment instrument. Carrying a wallet or a banking card has just become obsolete. Whether you are running errands, jogging or just living life, you always have a way of paying for everyday items with your NBK Tap & Pay wristband or sticker.
Contactless payment technology has been embedded in the wristbands and stickers enabling a new innovative way of paying for everyday purchases. Using an NBK Tap & Pay wristband, sticker or card is as simple as tapping it on the NBK Tap & Pay enabled POS terminal without entering the PIN or signing the receipt for payments up to KD 10. As for the payments from KD 10.001 to KD 100, clients can use NBK Tap & Pay by entering the PIN only. NBK Tap & Pay is truly a way of making every day transactions quicker and easier - for consumers and merchants alike.
With more than 4,000 NBK Tap & Pay enabled terminals, NBK has the largest POS network in the country, accepting contactless payments. This wide network gives NBK customers choice and an opportunity to use their NBK Tap & Pay wristbands, stickers, credit, debit or prepaid cards at merchants ranging from lifestyle and fashion to dining.
“NBK is excited to be the first in the GCC to offer its customers the ability to pay using innovative wristband payment technology,” Hanadi Khazal, NBK’s Assistant General Manager-Consumer Banking Group noted. “NBK implements the latest innovative banking technology while continuing to provide the highest security and privacy for customers.”
The innovative service translates NBK’s drive to introduce the best-inclass banking products and services that match the highest industry standards while using cutting-edge technology for the ultimate banking experience without comprising on security to fulfill customers’ needs. NBK’s Tap & Pay Service adheres to the highest international security standards, further supporting NBK’s position as one of the safest 50 banks around the world.
Khazal invited customers to visit their nearest NBK branch to get their wristband, or sticker to enjoy the fastest, easiest and most convenient way to pay. NBK offers a wide range of innovative banking solutions and products that satisfy customers’ ever-changing needs and lifestyle requirements.
Customers will earn NBK Rewards Points for using their NBK Tap & Pay wristband, stickers and cards at more than 700 rewards partner outlets. NBK Mobile Banking and NBK Online Banking allow customers to bank anywhere at any time, in addition to the SMS Banking through which customers are notified of any changes on their account or card balance, the WhatsApp service for queries and questions, international toll-free access through the NBK call center from 8 different countries, ATMs and CDMs and more.