Emirates NBD offers free eye tests for customers

Press release

Published July 21st, 2013 - 08:18 GMT

During the eye test

Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, recently offered customers and employees the chance to have their eyes tested, free of charge. The event was organised in association with Noor Dubai, a Dubai-based charity founded in 2008 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, which helps to tackle preventable forms of blindness.

Held at the bank’s head office in Deira, the event saw opticians from Al Jaber Optical conduct eye tests on more than 200 customers in one day. The initiative is part of Emirates NBD’s Passion for Givingcampaign, which has seen the bank organise a series of goodwill campaigns during the Holy Month of Ramadan.

Background Information

Emirates NBD

Emirates NBD, the leading banking group in the region, was formed on 19 June 1963, when H.H. Late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum signed the Charter of Incorporation of the National Bank of Dubai (NBD) which became the first National Bank established in Dubai and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). With the blessings of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, NBD merged with Emirates Bank International (EBI) on 06 March 2007, to form Emirates NBD, the largest banking group in the region by assets. On 16 October 2007, the shares of Emirates NBD were officially listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). The merger between EBI and NBD to create Emirates NBD, became a regional consolidation blueprint for the banking and finance sector as it combined the second and fourth largest banks in the UAE to form a banking champion capable of delivering enhanced value across corporate, retail, private, Islamic and investment banking throughout the region.