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      <title><![CDATA[Citi doubles the Cash Back card's joining bonus to AED 300 — same AED 6,000 spend condition]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Citibank UAE has raised the welcome credit on its Cash Back Credit Card from AED 150 to AED 300, with the qualifying spend unchanged at AED 6,000 in 60 days. The direct-application restriction still applies, and it is the restriction most people trip over.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ADCB rebalances the 365 Cashback earn table: groceries cut to 3%, fuel up to 5%, subscriptions added]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ADCB's flagship cashback Visa now pays 6% on dining, 5% on fuel & Salik and digital/AI subscriptions, and 3% on groceries — a mid-2026 rebalance verified against the product page and Schedule of Fees Ver.46. The AED 5,000 monthly floor and AED 1,000 cap are unchanged.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Emirates Islamic extends the Switch Cashback welcome offer to 30 September]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The AED 500 welcome cashback on Emirates Islamic's Switch Cashback Card — AED 15,000 of retail spend within 60 days of approval — now runs to 30 September 2026. Confirmed against the bank's card page in our July verification pass.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ENBD's bonus-interest salary transfer: 5% to 6% on AED 25,000 for six months, explained in AED]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mashreq Cashback rate cut: fuel, utilities, government and telecom fall to 0.15% on 13 June 2026]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[May 2026 welcome cycles end at FAB, RAKBANK, HSBC and Emirates Islamic — what changed, what to watch for]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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