ADCB Hayyak the New App From ADCB That Offers Instant Account Opening

Press release

Published February 17th, 2019 - 12:05 GMT

ADCB Hayyak customers may also apply for a credit card and get an instant decision.

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) launches its paperless account opening app in the UAE called ADCB Hayyak. “Hayyak” which means “welcome” is an app that enables customers to quickly, conveniently and securely open an ADCB account and receive their debit cards and cheque books, without having to visit a branch or complete any paperwork.

To become an ADCB customer, UAE residents 21 years or older simply enter a few basic details on the app, scan their identification documents and upload their signature. ADCB Hayyak customers may also apply for a credit card and get an instant decision. Approved credit cards can be used straightaway for online purchases. After opening an account, customers can choose to collect their welcome packs at their preferred branch or opt for delivery within 24-48 hours.

As an introductory welcome offer, customers who open a bank account via ADCB Hayyak will also qualify for up to 250,000 ADCB TouchPoints from the bank’s award winning loyalty programme, which can be used for free flights, shopping and much more.

Commenting on the launch, ADCB Group Chief Operations Officer, Siddiqa Abbas, said “ADCB seeks to deliver innovations that provide faster and easier banking services to our customers. The new technologies available to us, coupled with our robust banking infrastructure, ensure that our digital banking services provide the highest levels of security and data protection to our customers.”

ADCB has already launched a number of innovative digital banking products to the market. ADCB’s digital banking centre ‘uBank’, offers a smarter way to bank by delivering instant and on-demand service capabilities for day-to-day banking requests, such as card replacement and cheque requests. Other innovations include an app for Apple Watch, VoicePass, Instant Loan Top-up, Fingerprint Recognition on the mobile banking app and MyChoice, offering tailored financial solutions.

To find out more about ADCB Hayyak or any of the digital banking services at ADCB, please visit www.adcb.com

Background Information

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank

ADCB was formed in 1985 and today after integration employs over 3,350 people from over 45 nationalities, serving approximately 590,000 retail customers and over 20,000 wholesale clients. It is the third largest bank in the UAE and second largest in Abu Dhabi by assets, at AED 163.7 billion as at March 31st, 2010.

ADCB is a full-service commercial bank which offers a wide range of products and services such as retail banking, wealth management, private banking, corporate banking, commercial banking, cash management, investment banking, corporate finance, foreign exchange, interest rate, currency, derivative, Islamic products, project finance and property management services.

ADCB is owned 64.8% by the Abu Dhabi Government through the Abu Dhabi Investment Council. Its shares are traded on the Abu Dhabi Securities Market.

ADCB has won the Silver class category of The Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award (SKEA) for the finance sector in November, 2009. In February 2010, ADCB won The World Finance Corporate Governance Award for “Best Corporate Governance in the UAE” and was recently named “Best Retail Bank in the UAE and GCC 2010” by The Asian Banker magazine in March 2010.