DIB Launches Jaywan Debit Card to Strengthen UAE's Digital Payments Infrastructure

DIB, the UAE's largest Islamic bank, has launched the Jaywan Debit Card, integrating the national payments scheme operated by Al Etihad Payments (a Central Bank of UAE subsidiary) into its customer base. The move accelerates adoption of Jaywan, a domestically controlled card network designed to localise transactions, strengthen payment infrastructure resilience and keep payment data processing within UAE borders.

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