The news desk.
Salary-transfer changes, card launches, programme shifts and the regulatory updates that affect UAE residents — every figure in AED, every claim sourced.
Mashreq Cashback rate cut: fuel, utilities, government and telecom fall to 0.15% on 13 June 2026
Mashreq's published notice confirms a category-rate cut effective 13 June 2026 on the Cashback Credit Card — government, utilities, education, charity, fuel, rental and telecom drop from 0.33% to 0.15%. The 5% on dining, 1% on other UAE/international spend, and the AED 5 monthly free bill payment all stay.
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Programme ChangeMay 2026 welcome cycles end at FAB, RAKBANK, HSBC and Emirates Islamic — what changed, what to watch for
Four UAE issuers closed their May 2026 welcome cycles on 31 May. We've reframed every affected review on the site. Here's the cycle-end summary — what each cycle paid, what readers who already applied are owed, and what the next cycle is likely to look like.
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Salary TransferENBD's bonus-interest salary transfer: 5% to 6% on AED 25,000 for six months, explained in AED
Emirates NBD's 1 February – 30 June 2026 cycle pays bonus interest on a salary-transfer balance instead of a fixed cash sum. Here's what it actually pays in AED, who clears the gates, and how it compares to a cash-bonus cycle.
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Programme ChangeEmirates Skywards opens 'Season of Rewards': Cash+Miles doubles, bonus tier miles through August
Emirates Skywards' summer campaign (21 May–31 August 2026) bundles four member offers. For UAE residents the doubled Cash+Miles rate is the broadly useful one; the rest are situational and come with a registration step and a hard travel-completion deadline.
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NewsThe DubaiPoints news desk is open
DubaiPoints starts filing UAE-resident points-and-miles news, regulation changes, card launches and salary-transfer offer movements — AED-first, with sources cited inline.