Dubai
Emirates Islamic, one of the leading Islamic finan-cial institutions in the UAE, has strengthened its digital banking proposition through a collaboration with Huawei, becoming the UAE’s first Islamic bank to launch its mobile banking app on the HUAWEI AppGallery platform.
HUAWEI AppGallery is the third largest mobile app marketplace globally. This new partnership with Emirates Islamic will enable the bank’s customers to access their accounts and cards from the conven-ience of their Huawei mobile devices, allowing them to easily transfer money or apply for products such as finance and credit cards.
The HUAWEI AppGallery has more than 500 mil-lion monthly active users globally and above 700 million Huawei devices. The collaboration with a prominent technology company such as Huawei reflects Emirates Islamic’s commitment to digital innovation and its ongoing efforts to work with like-minded technology partners to deliver seamless and secure banking to UAE consumers.
Emirates Islamic’s digital-first approach has been steadily gaining traction, with over 70% of custom-ers now banking through online and mobile banking channels. The bank was the first Islamic financial institution in the UAE to launch a Mobile Banking App with high customer ratings
Farid Al Mulla, Deputy Head of Consumer Banking and Wealth Management at Emirates Islamic said: “Our partnership with Huawei reflects our commit-ment to continue driving digital banking innovation in the Islamic financial services sector. Through such partnerships, we aim to continue to enhance our customers’ banking experiences by offering safe, secure, easy and seamless banking to smart-phone users through the HUAWEI AppGallery.” –Agencies
