USA Ambassador Visits CrediMax
His Excellency Justin H. Siberell Ambassador of the Embassy of the United States of America along with Economic Officer Ms. Emma Tewksbury-Volpe, paid a courtesy visit to CrediMax HQ on Sunday 29th of September, 2019 where they were welcomed by Chief Executive of CrediMax, Mr. Yousif Ali Mirza. The discussion focused on CrediMax’s market stature in the field of card payment services and its active role in continuously developing and providing the latest innovative payment solutions tools to its Customers and Merchants, as well as its long lasting relationships with its trusted partners such as Visa and Mastercard.
CrediMax Provides Exclusive Deals for Gulf Air Staff
CrediMax and Gulf Air recently signed an agreement to provide special offers to all of the national carrier staff. The signing ceremony was held at Gulf Air’s headquarters earlier in August 2019, in the presence of CrediMax Chief Executive, Mr. Yousif Ali Mirza and Gulf Air Deputy CEO, Captain Waleed Abdulhameed Al Alawi, and officials from both companies. This partnership agreement is part of CrediMax’s long standing leading position and experience in providing exceptional and innovative customer service experiences for its merchants and cardholders.
CrediMax concludes its Visa “Refresh” Summer Campaign
CrediMax recently concluded its 2019 Visa “Refresh” summer campaign at a raffle draw held on xx September at CrediMax headquarters in the presence of the CrediMax’s Raffle Committee, Auditor and MOICT representatives. The campaign, which ran from June 10th till August 31st 2019, allowed Visa cardholders to enter the raffle draw for every accumulated usage of BD 50 inside Bahrain and triple the entries when used abroad. CrediMax would like to congratulate the 17 lucky Visa cardholders who won a total of 4 million Thameen points (You can view the full list of winners on our Social Media account @credimax.b.s.c).
CrediMax Launches its Contactless Payment Service on its Point of Sale Machines
CrediMax announces the roll out of its contactless payment acceptance to its merchants, giving consumers the convenience of making payments simply by tapping their preferred contactless-enabled payment mode, whether it is a contactless card or Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled device, on CrediMax’s contactless-enabled Point of Sale (POS) terminals. “In support of our continuous efforts to enhance our customer’s payment experience, we are pleased to launch the contactless payment services and rollout Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled terminals, which allows cardholder to pay electronically without having to insert or swipe their cards on POS machines.” “This new feature will allow the cardholders with a contactless card and/or (NFC) enabled devices to transact on our POS machines securely with just a tap. Furthermore, CrediMax is currently in the process of introducing a number of innovative payment solutions to be announced in due time.” Added Mr. Mirza.
Credimax partners with Payment International Enterprise (PIE) to incorporate Maxwallet QR payments
The Partnership will expand MaxWallet’s acceptance across Bahrain; and it will be available on PIE’s mPOS devices which are currently present in 1,500 points covering all major SMEs across Bahrain. CrediMax and Payment International Enterprise (PIE) have recently partnered up to allow MaxWallet QR payments to be accepted on all PIE mPOS devices. This collaboration will expand MaxWallet acceptance across Bahrain and will be available on PIE’s mPOS devices, currently present in 1,500 points covering all major SMEs throughout the Kingdom. Mr. Yousif Ali Mirza, Chief Executive of CrediMax said: “We are happy to announce this tie-up with PIE and are confident that with the launch of this new service, it will encourage a new trend of payment habits to further enrich our customer’s payment experience. MaxWallet is one of many digital payment solutions offered by CrediMax with the sole aim of enhancing payment process to minimal time for both our Merchants and Cardholders. ” Mr. Fawaz Ghazal, Chief Executive Officer of PIE commented: “These types of partnerships show PIE’s commitment to advance the use of cashless payment methods, as there are necessary steps we need to take to enable financial inclusion, and this is just one of them. Our tie up with CrediMax will accelerate and facilitate a greater flow of payments, and offer additional choices for innovative payment services.” PIE is leading various initiatives driving a shift towards payment solutions powered by digital innovation. CrediMax’s MaxWallet solution being increasingly available via PIE’s mPOS devices will help towards achieving broader financial inclusion, and empowering SMEs by meeting their needs with sustainable, and affordable financial products.
“CrediMax” First POS Acquirer in Middle East to accept “eazyNet™” Biometric Payments
CrediMax signs Strategic Partnership with Eazy Financial Services joining “eazyNet™” to become the Middle East’s First POS Acquirer to extend biometric payment acceptance. CrediMax B.S.C (c) and Eazy Financial Services B.S.C (c) (Eazy) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) paving the way to join “eazyNet™” the World’s First Biometric Payment Network. The ceremony took place at CrediMax HQ where Mr. Yousif Mirza, Chief Executive of CrediMax and Dr. Nayef Tawfiq Al Alawi, Managing Director, Chief Executive at Eazy signed the MoU in the presence of senior officials and staff from both organizations. Mr. Yousif Ali Mirza, Chief Executive of CrediMax said: “The provision of the biometric payment Network “eazyNet™” will empower our cardholders to a safer more convenient and secure way to conduct all their transactions and purchases through point of sale (PoS) terminals and other payment acceptance channels using their fingerprint. We look forward to elevating our cardholder’s shopping experience to the next level.” Dr. Nayef Tawfiq Al Alawi, Managing Director, Chief Executive of Eazy commented: “We are very excited to work hand in hand with CrediMax to facilitate our customers with a seamless Biometric payment experience throughout the largest POS terminal in the kingdom, away from both plastic cards and mobile phones. Payments will never be the same again!”
CrediMax signs a milestone agreement to provide exclusive payment solution for Careem
CrediMax recently supported The Bahraini Catalyst for Disabilities Association providing them a customized minivan, which comes in line with the company’s commitment to support its community. “CrediMax has always taken its role in the local community very seriously that is why our Corporate Social Responsibility strategy puts so much emphasis on giving back to the community where we work and operate. We are very proud to be able to support the association and hope this will positively impact their initiatives and endeavors.” said Chief Executive of CrediMax, Mr. Yousif Ali Mirza. Mr. Riyadh AlMarzooq, Chairman of The Bahraini Catalyst for Disabilities Association, expressed hi sincere thanks and appreciation to Mr. Yousif Ali Mirza and CrediMax for their generous support in providing a customized bus which will surely play a vital role in continuing to motivate the members of the association as a whole.
CrediMax launches its Multi-Currency Contactless Card “Cardy EX”
CrediMax is pleased to announce the launch of its latest smart and simple to use payment solution, the Multi-Currency Pre-Paid Contactless Card named “Cardy EX” allowing cardholders the choice to pay for goods and services from up to six major currencies including Bahraini Dinars (USD, GBP, EURO, AED and SR) all in one card. With “Cardy EX”, cardholders will be able to with just a tap to pay in the local currency for easy and secure payments and very attractive low exchange rates. “We continuously aim to simplify our cardholders shopping experience by giving them smart payment solutions and the confidence to travel safely, shop better online with complete convenience and control over their budget. Additionally, unlike other cards, “Cardy Ex” will have no international transaction fees on GBP, EURO, AED and SR. As for the USD, it will have an international transaction fee of 1.5% only” said Chief Executive of CrediMax, Mr. Yousif Ali Mirza “This is one of the many innovative payment solutions that we are planning to launch for our customers within the next few years starting 2019. To mark this latest addition of product to our portfolio, cardholders will receive 0.377 USD rate exclusively without any international transaction fees or any additional fees for 3 months starting xx July till xx September 2019. We will also be rewarding the first 3,000 cardholders who apply for and receive their “Crady EX” card, with complementary $10 credit. On top of that, cardholders will also be eligible to enter CrediMax’s main campaign “Win the Max with CrediMax” which runs till end of this year” added Mr. Mirza
CrediMax Visa “Refresh” Summer Campaign
CrediMax launched its awaited summer campaign in collaboration with Visa to offer CrediMax Visa cardholders an opportunity to win up to 4 Million Thameen points. Three lucky winners will win 1 Million Thameen points each and fourteen lucky winners will win 70,000 Thameen points each. CrediMax Visa Cardholders will enter the raffle draw once for every accumulated usage of BD50 on purchases in Bahrain and can triple their chances when using their cards abroad. Chief Executive of CrediMax, Mr. Yousif Ali Mirza said: “We continuously aim to provide added value offers and exciting rewards to enhance our customer’s experience. In addition to getting multiple chances to enter the Summer Campaign raffle draw for an accumulative usage of BD 50, the cardholders will also get multiple chances to enter the raffle draw in our “Win the Max with CrediMax” being the campaign currently running until end of the year.” Dylan Kaloo, Visa’s Country Manager for Bahrain, said: “We are delighted to collaborate with CrediMax on its summer campaign again this year. Not only can they enjoy the security, convenience and reliability of their Visa cards, but our cardholders will now have the opportunity to be rewarded for using their cards at home and abroad during the summer months. We are delighted to work with CrediMax on this promotion to enhance our cardholders’ payment experience.” The summer campaign which ran from 17th of June, 2019 and will continue during the summer holidays, is designed to reward customers for using their CrediMax Visa cards domestically and overseas. A total of seventeen lucky winners will get to win up to a total of 4 million Thameen points. CrediMax’s ‘Thameen’ rewards program allows cardholders to enjoy exciting rewards such as Cash Backs, Air Miles Exchange, Hotel Points and Bookings, Gift Cards, Mobile Top-Up and many more.
CrediMax donated its Annual Ramadan Support Collaborating with 80 charitable Societies
Inspired by the spirit of giving during the wholly month of Ramadan, CrediMax collaborated with almost 80 charities across the Kingdom towards the support of its Annual Ramadan Donation, which is in line with CrediMax’s robust Corporate Social Responsibility program to make good on its commitment towards giving back to the society and helping the needy whenever possible.
