Good news for Filipinos in UAE from Visa and UnionBank!

Christmas is a time of celebrating! We eat a lot of food and we give our loved ones gifts this festive season. Gift giving to me is a way of showing our love and appreciation for family and friends. For our countrymen abroad, most of them show it by sending their loved ones ‘padalas’ of cash or boxes of gifts in balikbayan boxes.

As an added incentive, UnionBank and Visa is offering remitters from the United Arab Emirates a chance to send their remittances through a real time payment/remittance service that it safe, fast and convenient. This is through Visa Money Transfer Fast Funds. The Visa Money Fast Funds is a payment/remittance service from VISA which allows immediate cross-country crediting to any VISA card. Immediate crediting is possible due to humanless intervention when transferring the funds.

Now, during this season, if you transfer your payment and credit it to a UnionBank Visa Debit Card, you get additional Php 500 Cash Credits regardless of the amount that you send! Yes, you read that right!

Here are the mechanics:
1. Program is open to all UnonBank Visa Debit Cardholders who are beneficiaries of OFWs and receive their remittance through the VISA Money Transfer Service from any branch of UAE Exchange in United Arab Emirates.
2. Qualified UnionBank Visa Debit Cardholders are entitled to get PHP 500 additional cash credits from every remittance of any amount they receive from any branch of UAExchange through their UnionBank Visa Debit Account from October 25 to January 31, 2012.
3. The additional Cash Credits of P500.00 will be credited to the account of qualified cardholders within three banking days from date of receipt.
4. Promo Duration is from October 25 to January 31, 2012.

How to Send Remittances using UAE Exchange and through the Visa Money Transfer Fast Funds:

All you have to do is follow these two steps:
1. Provide the UAE Exchange’s Teller with Beneficiary’s 16-digit UnionBank Debit Card Number and pay remittance amount and fees.
2. Beneficiary in the Philippines receives the remittance in a matter of minutes. Account holders with registered and valid mobile numbers will also receive information via text message.
Information can be seen on this page: CLICK HERE It’s so easy, right?

Hurry now and try out this fast, remittance service! Tell your relatives in UAE about this promo from UnionBank of the Philippines and Visa. This promo will only last until January 31, 2012.

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