Nbo Continues To Drive Digitization Strategy With Card Payment Terminals at Airport Vending Machines
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It’s the latest phase of NBO’s digitization strategy, as the bank continues to drive innovation in the sector and help guide the Sultanate through its digital transformation.
Highlights
Customers can simply tap or insert their card to pay for snacks and drinks in seven unmanned machines, which are located throughout the airport, eliminating the inconvenience of having to get the right change or currency.
Marking another breakthrough in cashless payments, National Bank of Oman (NBO), in partnership with food and beverage service provider BTA, has installed integrated card payment terminals with electronic self-service vending machines at Muscat International Airport.
Customers can simply tap or insert their card to pay for snacks and drinks in seven unmanned machines, which are located throughout the airport, eliminating the inconvenience of having to get the right change or currency. It’s the latest phase of NBO’s digitization strategy, as the bank continues to drive innovation in the sector and help guide the Sultanate through its digital transformation.
John Chang, General Manager and Chief Retail Banking Officer at NBO, said, “At NBO we are always looking for innovative ways to make our customers’ lives easier. Especially during the current pandemic, our focus has been on enabling them to make their daily payments with less stages of contact and without having to handle cash. As the first bank in Oman to implement cashless payment solution to vending machines, we are delighted to be able to offer an alternative for customers who are in a hurry, and who might not have exact change or even the right currency.”
NBO continues to pioneer the Sultanate’s payments landscape with cutting-edge technologies and customer-centric products and services. As well as a suite of credit, debit and prepaid cards that provide a host of exciting benefits, the bank’s mobile wallet offers its customers a wide range of user-friendly features for secure and easy transactions at the touch of a button. Providing an enhanced and seamless banking experience, NBO allows its customers the freedom to manage their money however it suits them.
More details about NBO’s range of products and services are available in-branch at any of the 60 branches located across the Sultanate, online at www.nbo.om or by contacting the NBO Call Centre on 800 770 77.
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Background Information
National Bank of Oman
Founded in 1973, National Bank of Oman was the country’s first local bank, forging a rich history with Oman’s local businesses and its economy at large. Today, it is one of the largest banks in Oman, with a paid up capital of OMR (Omani Rials) 110.8 million (US$ 288 million) and a regulatory capital of OMR 377.8 million (US$ 981 million)*.
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