By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate

Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) Monday announced added benefits to holders of its rich bouquet of Card products going on summer holiday.

This is contained in a Press Statement by Nasir Ramon, Head, Media Relations of the Bank and made available to InvestAdvocate in Lagos Nigeria.

According to UBA, it’s making summer travel as hassle-free as possible for its customers with its rich bouquet of card products by ensuring that when they go on summer trips, carrying any of the UBA Prepaid or Debit Cards, they find it easy, convenient and less burdensome.

The Bank affirmed that its card range for summer travel includes UBA Prepaid Card, UBA Debit Mastercard, UBA Gold Debit Mastercard and UBA Visa Dual Currency Debit Card.

This is coming on the heels of the it’s recently introduced ‘All About U’ Debit Card which allows customers put their favourite picture on their Debit Card.

Yinka Adedeji, Divisional Head, e-Banking, UBA Plc, said with UBA Card, its customers don’t need to carry cash while going on summer holidays because they have different options to choose from.

Adedeji affirmed that UBA’s PTA/BTA customers can get the Prepaid Card for free and are able to spend up to $40,000 per annum (PA) on their Card.

He further affirmed that the card is not tied to any bank account and is internationally accepted at all Visa acceptance points (ATMs, POS and Web).

“Similarly, the UBA Debit Mastercard is accepted at over 1million ATMs across the world and over 210 countries worldwide. The card can be used at over 32million Merchant locations with spending limit of up to $40 000 per annum on international transactions,” Adedeji said.

According to Adedeji, the UBA Gold Debit Mastercard and Visa Dual Currency Debit Card offer customers no restrictions to how much they can spend on international transactions.

The Divisional Head, e-Banking at UBA said that all the bank’s cards are secure and convenient, assuring customers that their transactions are protected when they use any of the bank’s Prepaid or Debit Cards on the ATM, PoS or Web.

“We have deployed advanced intelligence tools to monitor our Customers’ transaction behaviours and will quickly alert them of anything suspicious. Our team of dedicated Service Personnel, working at our Customer Fulfillment Centre, is working round the clock to ensure protection for our Customers at every hour of the day,” he said.