Business: UBA Offers Payment Card for Travellers

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc said it intends to make travel hassle-free for its customers with its bouquet of card products.


The bank explained in a statement  Monday that the initiative was to ensure that customers that go on summer trips, carrying any of its prepaid or debit cards would find it easy, convenient and less burdensome.

The UBA card range for summer travel includes UBA Prepaid Card, UBA Debit MasterCard, UBA Gold Debit Mastercard and UBA Visa Dual Currency Debit Card.

UBA had introduced the UBA ‘All About U’ debit card which allows customers put their favourite picture on their debit card, about a fortnight ago.
The Divisional Head, e-Banking, UBA, Dr. Yinka Adedeji, said: “With UBA card, our customers don’t need to carry cash while going on summer holidays because they have different options to choose from.

“UBA's PTA/BTA Customers can get the prepaid card for free and are able to spend up to $40,000 per annum on their card. The card is not tied to any bank account and is internationally accepted at all Visa acceptance points (ATMs, POS and Web).”

Similarly, he said the UBA debit Mastercard is accepted at over 1million ATMs across the world and over 210 countries worldwide. Additionally, he said the card can be used at over 32million merchant locations with spending limit of up to $40 000 per annum on international transactions.

However, UBA Gold Debit Mastercard and Visa Dual Currency Debit Card offer customers no restrictions to how much they can spend on international transactions. The cards are also accepted internationally on Point of Sale (PoS), ATMs and online, it added.

Adedeji maintained that all UBA cards are secure and convenient.

“We have deployed advanced intelligence tools to monitor our Customers' transaction behaviours and will quickly alert them of anything suspicious,” he said.