Barwa Bank offers Nojoom rewards to Shariah-compliant credit card holders

Barwa Bank is offering Ooredoo’s Nojoom rewards and services to its Shariah-compliant credit card customers in Qatar with access to more than 150 local and international partners. Hussain al-Abdullah, head of personal banking and wealth management, described the Barwa Bank Loyalty Plan as among the “best plans” in Qatar, offering a wide range of partners where loyalty points can be redeemed.Al-Abdullah said Nojoom is the latest partner for Barwa Bank’s Shariah-compliant credit card. “The bank aims to offer customers a wide range of redemption for loyalty points,” he added.Ahmed Ali al-Mohannadi, director of customer experience and segmentation at Ooredoo, said Nojoom continues to expand its network of partners to make any transaction easy for its clients.Barwa Bank’s Shariah-compliant credit cards were introduced in April 2012 as the country’s first card that enables customers to earn Barwa Bank loyalty points. The points can then be converted to either Qatar Airways Privilege Club Qmiles or shopping vouchers of participating partner outlets, which include Landmark Group and Carrefour.The credit card is available in either ‘Platinum’ or ‘Gold’. As a Platinum card member, customers receive a bonus of 5,000 Barwa Bank Loyalty Points that can be converted to Nojoom points, Qmiles, or shopping vouchers. Key features of the card include no joining or annual fees, two free supplementary cards and cash withdrawal up to 100% of the total assigned credit limit as well as free SMS alert service for all transactions. Customers can choose to pay either the full monthly balance every month or a minimum payment as low as 3% of the total outstanding balance.To apply for a Barwa Bank credit card, customers must transfer their salary to Barwa Bank or against a cash deposit.