Emirates NBD launches daily deal website powered by Cobone
- ‘Done Deals’ to offer daily deals to Emirates NBD Credit and Debit card holders
- Focus on various categories including lifestyle, electronics, fashion and travel packages
Dubai, April 02, 2013: Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, announced today the launch of ‘Done Deals,’ an exclusive daily deals offer platform for their Credit and Debit cardholders. Powered by Cobone, an award winning website and the biggest daily deals platform in the region, ‘Done Deals’ will offer Emirates NBD card holders an opportunity to access a wide range of exclusive discounts across various product and service categories like lifestyle, leisure, premium deals, electronics, fashion, mall deals and travel packages. Done Deals is the first of its kind offering by a bank in the UAE for its customers.
The launch of Emirates NBD Done Deals is in line with the bank’s objective to leverage the growing market trend towards e-commerce, and offer tailored services to meet the ever evolving needs of customers. Deals on the website will be exclusive for the bank’s cardholders, who will be required to register and pay with their Emirates NBD-branded credit and debit cards. Emirates NBD also plans to re-launch its online hotel booking engine in association with Cobone to offer customers the best rates on local and international hotel bookings.
“In the past year, Emirates NBD has noticed the significant growth in e-commerce in the UAE, with discount-savvy customers constantly going online to look for the best deals available in the market,” said R. Sivaram, Senior Vice President and Cards Business Head, Emirates NBD. “The new deals website reflects our position as a leader in providing customer-centric and value added services to all our loyal cardholders.”
Saif Al Mansoori, Deputy Head – Group Marketing and Branding, Emirates NBD said: “At Emirates NBD our strategy is to partner with leading establishments to provide our customers with best value and experiences. We are delighted to partner with Cobone who have pioneered the development of the fast growing daily deals Category and hope to leverage their best practices to better service our cardholders.“
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Emirates NBD on the launch of this new service,” said Paul Kenny, Chief Executive Officer of Cobone. “We believe that the new Emirates NBD deals website will give the bank’s cardholders an exclusive platform to access a wide range of specially sourced deals offered by our partners across the country.”
“Cobone is proud to announce that our launch partners for this exciting new platform include Tim Hortons, Al Farooj, Just Falafel and The Belhasa Group amongst others. In addition, we look forward to providing Emirates NBD card holders amazing travel offers from our network of hospitality partners worldwide,” said Vikram Ahuja, Director of Product & Partnerships at Cobone.
About Emirates NBD
Emirates NBD is a leading banking Group in the region. As at 31st December 2012, total assets were AED 308.3 billion. The Group has a leading retail banking franchise in the UAE, with over 149 branches and over 721 ATMs and CDMs. It is a major player in the UAE corporate banking arena and has strong Islamic banking, Global Markets & Treasury, Investment Banking, Private Banking, Asset Management and Brokerage operations.
The Group has operations in the UAE, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Singapore, the United Kingdom and Jersey (Channel Islands), and representative offices in India, Iran and Beijing.
The Group is an active participant and supporter of the UAE’s main development initiatives and of the various educational, environmental, cultural, charity and community welfare establishments. For more information, please visit: www.emiratesnbd.com
About Cobone.com
Launched in August 2010, Cobone.com is one of the fastest growing web sites in the region, currently with over 1,700,000 members and over $74 million dollars in savings (as of September 2012). Cobone.com gives its customers the chance to experience their city’s best offers on spas, restaurants and outdoor experiences with discounts from 50 per cent to 90 per cent. A new deal is featured every day and customers are encouraged to invite their friends and family to take part in the deal, earning extra credit in the process. Cobone.com has evolved into a value ecommerce platform; customers can now also enjoy the latest electronics, fashion and household products on the site. Shopping on Cobone.com is safe and easy, and offers members all forms of payment options including credit cards, cash on delivery, Paypal, CashU, and OneCard.
