Hyderabad, March 10 -- Al Etihad Payments, a subsidiary of the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE), which operates the UAE's national card switch (UAESWITCH) and the domestic card scheme Jaywan, on Monday, March 10, signed an agreement with Visa to introduce co-badged 'Jaywan-Visa' debit and prepaid cards in the country.

With both Jaywan and Visa logos on the cards, customers will be able to pay securely in the UAE and at Visa's more than 150 million merchant partners across 200 countries and territories while traveling abroad or shopping online.

The introduction of the Jaywan-Visa co-badged cards strengthens ongoing efforts to support the UAE authorities' ambition to accelerate the transition towards a digital economy.

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