Diners Club International
Diners Club International is owned by Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS), a leading credit card issuer and electronic payment services company. Established in 1950, Diners Club International became the first multi-purpose charge card in the world, launching a financial revolution in how consumers and companies pay for products and services. Today, Diners Club is a globally recognized brand serving the payment needs of select and upscale consumers as well as providing corporations and small business owners with a complete array of expense management solutions. With acceptance in more than 185 countries and territories, millions of merchants, and access to over 660,000 cash access locations and ATMs, Diners Club is uniquely qualified to serve its cardmembers all over the world. Visit global website on www.dinersclubinternational.com.
Company History
Diners Club is a storied brand that started an entire category. It was the first multi-purpose charge card in the world. It all began when a man named Frank McNamara had dinner in a New York restaurant, but left his cash in another suit. He resolved never to be embarrassed again and founded Diners Club. Life magazine once proclaimed Frank McNamara one of the "100 most influential Americans of the 20th century."
Diners Club UAE
The Diners Club Franchise in the UAE is managed by Emirates NBD since 1976.
Through out our journey we have seen tremendous growth and today we stand tall with expert team members, 11 travel agents, greater card coverage of 30,000 terminals and comprehensive expense management solution.
Emirates NBD
Emirates NBD, the leading bank in the region, was formed on 16th of October 2007 when the shares of Emirates NBD were officially listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). The merger brought together the UAE's second and fourth largest banks (Emirates Bank and National Bank of Dubai) by assets and has created a banking champion with the largest asset base in the Middle East summing up to more than AED 282 billion as at the end of the year 2008. The Group has operations in the UAE, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Kingdom and Jersey (Channel Islands), and representative offices in India, Iran and Singapore.
Emirates NBD is a market leader across core business lines, it is the leading retail banking franchise in the UAE, with over 129 combined branches and over 650 ATMs / Cash Deposit Machines spread across the UAE. The Group is also a major player in the corporate banking arena, with a combined market share of almost a fifth of corporate loans. With a fast growing Islamic banking affiliated entities, strong investment and private banking services and a leadership in the field of asset management products, Emirates NBD is well positioned to grow and deliver outstanding value to its shareholders, customers, and employees.
Emirates NBD received many prominent awards such as Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Award for Finance, Best Bank in the UAE by Global Finance 2009, Best Retail Bank in UAE by The Banker Magazine and Outstanding Private Bank in the Middle East by VRL Financial News. Visit website on www.emiratesnbd.com.