Three easy steps to obtain Burgan Bank’s multi-currency X-Change Card

Press release

Published December 30th, 2012 - 06:11 GMT

The new card

Burgan Bank announced today that customers wishing to obtain the newly launched multi-currency X-Change card may do so though the following 3 simple steps, which are logging into the bank’s website https://cards.burgan.com/xchange to fill in their personal details, selecting the currency of choice, and finally receiving and loading the card from the nearest Burgan Bank branch.

The new card, which is accepted across 23 million locations around the world, has been tailor-made specifically for frequent travelers, students studying abroad, online shoppers, and expatriates sending money back to their home countries.

Customers are given a selection of the top currencies when using the card, and these include US dollars, Euro, British Pound, Saudi Riyal, UAE Dirhams, Egyptian Pound as well as the Filipino Peso. The card, which provides its users with easy access to online shopping, ticket booking and hotel reservations, retains the value of the exchange rate at which it was bought to enable customers to capitalize on their preferred currency rates.

Background Information

Burgan Bank

Established in 1977, Burgan Bank is the youngest conventional Bank and second largest by assets in Kuwait, with a significant focus on the corporate and financial institutions sectors, as well as having a growing retail, and private bank customer base. Burgan Bank has majority owned subsidiaries in the MENAT region supported by one of the largest regional branch networks. which include Gulf Bank Algeria - AGB (Algeria), Bank of Baghdad - BOB (Iraq & Lebanon),Tunis International Bank – TIB (Tunisia), and fully owned Burgan Bank – Turkey, (collectively known as the “Burgan Bank Group”). Furthermore, Burgan Bank has a present in the UAE through its corporate office (“Burgan Financial Services Limited) which had helped the bank to participate in multiple financing opportunities in the UAE.