The Qatar Central Bank announced the provision of Al-Eidiya cashing service, “Eid scrap”, in a number of commercial complexes on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr, and to revive Qatari customs and traditions.
Al-Eidiya ATM allows “Eid scrap” to withdraw cash categories with a value of: 5 riyals – 10 riyals – 50 – 100 riyals.
The specified ATMs are available for Eidiya withdrawals from yesterday, Thursday, at Mall of Qatar, Saturday, April 15th, at Place Vendome Mall, Monday, April 17th, at Al Wakra Old Market, and Tuesday, April 18th, at Mirqab Mall.
For its part, she called on banks to rely on alternative channels during the holidays, primarily mobile applications and bank websites to complete banking transactions, in order to save effort on customers and save time instead of attending the bank in person. Banks confirmed the provision of all the services they provide on alternative electronic channels, whether mobile applications for banks or banks’ websites, while taking all safe precautions to ensure the completion of banking operations without any risk, with speed in executing electronic customer requests.
A number of bank and branch managers confirmed that new offers have been launched on most services, the most important of which are loans, personal finance, car finance and other services. Pointing out that a large number of customers have benefited, especially those who are looking for personal financing for various purposes, whether citizens or residents.
They explained that the current week is witnessing an increase in the demand for banking services, including transfers, purchasing currencies from banks, and increasing cash withdrawals from ATMs. Therefore, banks have prepared to facilitate individual transactions, with a focus on alternative channels during this period to complete banking transactions, foremost of which is the telephone – mobile bank – Banking applications on mobile devices have been developed to provide all banking services and transactions to facilitate customers, starting from paying installments, to obtaining various financings and obtaining a check book.
Automated teller machines (ATMs) have also been supported in all regions with additional liquidity to meet the increasing demand and provide customers with cash needs, especially in areas witnessing a high demand for the use of these machines, such as commercial centers, malls and market areas.
They emphasized that there is a high demand for buying foreign currencies in banks and striving to provide them, whether in dollars or other currencies, to support the needs of families in the resident countries.
