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Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) has announced the grand winners of its 2025 international spend campaign, recognising QIB Mastercard credit and debit cardholders who qualified during the campaign period.The draws were conducted electronically in the presence of representatives from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) and QIB officials. Four grand winners each received 1mn Absher points, and a total of 60 monthly winners each received 100,000 Absher points throughout the campaign, totalling 10mn loyalty points given away to a total 64 winners.Absher reward points can be redeemed for booking air tickets, including Qatar Airways, hotel rooms across the world, online shopping, redeem with other loyalty partners, pay for utility bills, top up for QIB prepaid cards.D Anand, QIB’s general manager – Personal Banking Group, said: “We congratulate our grand winners and all monthly winners of this year’s campaign with Mastercard. As our customers transact internationally, we remain focused on delivering market-leading rewards and seamless digital experience, ensuring greater value with every payment.”QIB’s Absher rewards programme allows customers to earn points across various banking activities, notably by using their debit and credit cards. Customers can then redeem Absher points for flight tickets, hotel stays, online shopping, and e-vouchers at various partners including supermarkets, cinemas, gift shops as well as food and transport apps.Absher points can also be used to settle bills with Ooredoo, Vodafone and Kahramaa, while they can also be converted to airline loyalty programmes including Qatar Airways Avios.QIB’s longstanding partnership with Mastercard continues to bring customers enhanced value, security, and convenience. Together, both entities remain committed to delivering innovative payment solutions that elevate the international spending experience and reward customers with greater benefits every day.Customers can apply for QIB credit cards instantly through the QIB mobile app. 

QNB has become the first Qatari bank to launch Mastercard virtual card numbers (VCN) for corporate clients to enable companies to create single-use or multi-use virtual cards with predefined limits, specific usage timeframes, and merchant category controls, showcasing its commitment to providing its clients with the highest levels of banking experience. A signing ceremony was recently held between senior executives from QNB and Mastercard to commemorate the launch and formalise the new partnership between the two organisations. The landmark launch reinforces QNB’s leadership in the commercial payments space and highlights its strategic role in redefining how businesses in Qatar manage, control, and optimise their financial operations. The agreement aims to bring further advancements and greater benefits to QNB’s corporate cardholders through innovative payment solutions and enhanced digital capabilities, marking a significant milestone in its mission to modernise corporate payments and strengthen the country’s transition toward a cashless, digitally enabled economy in line with the Economic Development pillar of Qatar National Vision 2030. **media[382835]** With Mastercard generating the virtual cards, the bank is introducing a new level of efficiency and transparency to business payments, replacing manual processes and paper-based instruments as QNB issues virtual card numbers instantly, offering convenience, security, and flexibility. Through this platform, QNB enables companies to create virtual cards with simple steps through the integration of Mastercard’s innovative VCN platform with corporate approval workflows, giving organisations real-time visibility and control over every transaction. By digitising payments that were traditionally executed via cheques and wire transfers, Mastercard is enhancing security, simplifying reconciliation, and supporting better working capital management through flexible settlement periods. Businesses benefit from up to 55 days of interest-free grace period offered by QNB, streamlined reconciliation, and the ability to automate recurring supplier and operational payments — all contributing to greater liquidity and operational agility. Businesses will also benefit from QNB’s ‘SmartData’ expense management tools, which provides a unified experience for virtual card generation, reporting, and analytics, with QNB issuing Mastercard-generated cards.