Best Credit Card In UAE
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MINIMUM SALARY

AED 5,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 0

  • Travel Insurance
  • Purchase Protection
  • Extended Warranty
  • 5% Cashback on dining spends in the UAE
  • No annual fees for your Primary and Supplementary cards
  • AED 500 Cashback as joining bonus
  • 20% Cashback at your favourite ecom merchants

MINIMUM SALARY

AED 5,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 0

Non AED Transaction Fee

2.79%

Cash Advance Fee

3.15 % / AED 210

Joining Offers

Joining bonus offer of AED 500 on Cashback card, AED 500 on Platinum Elite card and AED 2,000 on Solitaire card Eg: if a card is setup in June, AED 4,500 needs to be spent by 31st August to get the Joining Bonus. 

Cashback that will be credited subject to customer spending AED 4,500 in Acquisition Month + 2 months timelines. Eg: if a card is setup in June, customer has to be spend AED 4,500 by 31st August to get the Joining Bonus.

Key Features

  • Unlike other cards in the market, Mashreq Cashback Credit Card does not have any minimum spend thresholds. This means you will start saving on your spends from as little as AED 1/-
  • All retails purchases made on the card will be eligible for the cashback. Spends not qualified for cashback are:
  • Balance transfers
  • Local cash advances
  • Credit card cheques
  • Finance charges
  • All fees charged on the Card by the Bank
  • Transactions reversed by Merchants
  • Utility bill payments like telephone bills, water and electricity bills made through the Bank's payment channels like Call Center, Mashreq Online, ATM, Mobile Banking, Branches or any other Bank's payment channel.

Reward Features

Unlimited Cashback on all spend

  • 5% Cashback on dining spends in the UAE
  • 2% Cashback on international spends
  • 1% Cashback on other local spends
  • No caps. No complicated calculations. Just pure savings, guaranteed

The cashback will be calculated on your statement date. For example: For customers with a statement date (billing cycle) on the 23rd - Spends posted between 23rd and 22nd of every month will be considered.

The cashback can be redeemed on achievement of a minimum of AED 100/- as cashback balance.

To redeem your cashback: - Visit Mashreq Online Banking on mashreq.com for online redemption, or - Call the Direct Banking Center at 04-4244444 and place a request for the same. The cashback will be credited within a maximum of 3 working days into the Cashback Credit Card account. 

the cashback earned has a maximum validity of 18 months from the date of earning. If the cashback is not redeemed within this period, it will be expired.

20% cashback for the first 6 months at Zomato, Netflix, Careem, Noon, UberEats, iTunes, Uber, Du, Talabat, Amazon Prime & Etisalat

Things To Be Aware Of

  • Cashback Joining offer requires spend criteria to be met

MINIMUM SALARY

AED 5,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 315

  • Cinema Tickets
  • Dining Offers
  • Airport Lounge Access
  • Travel Insurance
  • Air Miles
  • Exclusive offers at NOVO cinemas
  • Unlimited airport lounge access in Middle East

MINIMUM SALARY

AED 5,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 315

Non AED Transaction Fee

2.79%

Cash Advance Fee

3.15 % / Min 210

Key Features

  • Enjoy upto 8 discounted movie tickets every calendar month
  • 50% OFF on all 2D, 3D and IMAX ticket types across COOL, COOL PRIME & EDGE seat types
  • Offer applicable on all days a week & all around the year
  • Beat the queue - exclusive counters at NOVO cinemas tailor made for you
  • Unlimited, complimentary access to over 10 lounges in UAE, KSA, Jordan, Kuwait and Egypt.
  • Free multi-trip insurance
  • Free Travel Insurance Certificate when you travel to Schengen countries
  • Free Wallet Protection
  • Emergency Cash and Card Replacement

Things To Be Aware Of

  • AED 4,000 spend in previous month for free cinema tickets

MINIMUM SALARY

AED 7,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 682

  • Dining Offers
  • Health & Fitness
  • Balance Transfer
  • Airport Lounge Access
  • Airport Chauffeur Services
  • Purchase Protection
  • Extended Warranty
  • Air Miles
  • Earn Salaam points on all spends
  • Travel benefits
  • AED 1000 cashback as joining bonus

MINIMUM SALARY

AED 7,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 682

Non AED Transaction Fee

2.79%

Cash Advance Fee

3.15 % / Min 210

Joining Offers

Joining bonus offer of AED 1000 on Cashback card, AED 1000 on Platinum Elite card and AED 2,000 on Solitaire card Eg: if a card is setup in June, AED 4,500 needs to be spent by 31st August to get the Joining Bonus.

Cashback that will be credited subject to customer spending AED 4,500 in Acquisition Month + 2 months timelines. Eg: if a card is setup in June, customer has to be spend AED 4,500 by 31st August to get the Joining Bonus.

Key Features

  • Elite Lifestyle - A host of exclusive discount offers across categories
  • Earn 3 Salaam Points for every dirham of retail spends
  • Enjoy 3X rewards on all dining and dutyfree spends
  • Complimentary visits to Fitness First
  • Access to 25+ airport lounges in the Middle East and Levant 3 complimentary Airport Pick up or Drop services in a year in Dubai
  • Complimentary Travel Insurance Certificate
  • Car rental offers from Avis
  • Enjoy an upto 30% discount on international roundtrip airfare & hotel bookings from Cleartrip
  • Complimentary Elite Travel Protection Plan
  • Travel Inconvenience & Cancellation
  • Careem chauffeur benefits - 20% off 3 rides every month
  • Mastercard Priceless Cities offers
  • Mastercard Buy 1 Get 1 free offers
  • Travel Accident & Medical
  • Extended Warranty
  • Enjoy purchase protection of upto USD 5,000 per annum upto 90 days from the date of purchase

Reward Features

Earn Salaam Points:

  • Earn  3 Salaam points on International spends.
  • Earn 1 Salaam Point on local spends .

Accelerated Reward Points:

  • Enjoy 3X rewards on all dining and duty-free spends.

Things To Be Aware Of

  • Min monthly spends required for some benefits
  • Supplementary card annual fee of AED 156.45
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on Mashreq Bank site

MINIMUM SALARY

AED 7,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 682

  • Dining Offers
  • Health & Fitness
  • Airport Lounge Access
  • Airport Chauffeur Services
  • Purchase Protection
  • Extended Warranty
  • Air Miles
  • Earn Salaam points on all spends
  • Travel benefits

MINIMUM SALARY

AED 7,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 682

Non AED Transaction Fee

2.79%

Cash Advance Fee

3.15 % / Min 210

Key Features

  • Personalise your credit card with an image of your choice
  • Elite Lifestyle - A host of exclusive discount offers across categories
  • Earn 4 Salaam Points for every dirham of retail spends
  • Enjoy 3X rewards on all dining and dutyfree spends
  • Access to 25+ airport lounges in the Middle East and Levant 3 complimentary Airport Pick up or Drop services in a year in Dubai
  • Access to over 200 airport restaurant offers globally
  • Visa Luxury Hotel collection offers
  • 2-for-1 ENTERTAINER Offers with Visa Offers MENA mobile app
  • 4 free months of Anghami Plus
  • 8% discount on hotel bookings made at Hotels.com
  • Complimentary Travel Insurance Certificate
  • Complimentary Elite Travel Protection Plan
  • Travel Inconvenience & Cancellation
  • Travel Accident & Medical
  • Extended Warranty
  • Purchase Protection

Reward Features

Earn Salaam Points

  • Earn up to 4 Salaam Points for every dirham of domestic retail spend 
  • Earn up to 8 Salaam Points on every dirham equivalent of international retail spend

Things To Be Aware Of

  • Supplementary card annual fee of AED 156.45

MINIMUM SALARY

AED 7,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 682

  • Cinema Tickets
  • Dining Offers
  • Health & Fitness
  • Balance Transfer
  • Airport Lounge Access
  • Airport Chauffeur Services
  • Purchase Protection
  • Extended Warranty
  • Air Miles
  • Earn Salaam points on all spends
  • Travel benefits

MINIMUM SALARY

AED 7,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 682

Non AED Transaction Fee

2.79%

Cash Advance Fee

3.15 % / Min 210

Key Features

  • Elite Lifestyle - A host of exclusive discount offers across categories
  • Earn 3 Salaam Points for every dirham of retail spends
  • Enjoy 3X rewards on all dining and dutyfree spends
  • Complimentary visits to Fitness First
  • Complimentary access to more than 500 airport lounges in over 300 cities
  • 10 Complimentary tickets on Sundays in a month at VOX Standard and 20% off at Roxy
  • 3 complimentary Airport Pick up or Drop services in a year in Dubai
  • Complimentary Travel Insurance
  • 2-for-1 ENTERTAINER Offers with Visa Offers MENA mobile app
  • 4 free months of Anghami Plus
  • Access to over 200 airport restaurant offers globally
  • Visa Luxury Hotel collection offers
  • 8% discount on hotel bookings made at Hotels.com
  • Elite Lifestyle - A host of exclusive discount offers across categories
  • Medical & Legal referral
  • Purchase Protection
  • Extended Warranty
  • Emergency assistance

Reward Features

Earn Salaam Points

  • Earn 1 Salaam Point on local spends .
  • Earn  3 Salaam points on International spends.

Accelerated Reward Points:

  • Enjoy 3X rewards on all dining and duty-free spends.

Things To Be Aware Of

  • Min monthly spends required for some benefits
  • Supplementary card annual fee of AED 156.45

MINIMUM SALARY

AED 10,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 0

  • Dining Offers
  • Balance Transfer
  • Travel Insurance
  • Free for life
  • Earn cashback on all spends
  • Bonus cashback on specific categories

MINIMUM SALARY

AED 10,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 0

Non AED Transaction Fee

2.79%

Cash Advance Fee

3.15 % / Min 210

Key Features

  • Up to 10% cash back on Supermarket, Education and Utility Spends
  • Up to 8% cash back at SmartSaver Merchant Partners
  • 1% cashback on international and 0.5% on local spends
  • SmartSaver Credit Card is absolutely free for life
  • Multi-trip insurance for personal

Reward Features

Earn Cashback

  • Earn Cashback Of 1% On All International Spends.
  • Earn Cashback of 0.5% On All Local Spends.
  • Up To 8% Bonus Cashback At SmartSaver Merchant Partners

Things To Be Aware Of

  • Cashback categories have max caps

MINIMUM SALARY

AED 10,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 787

  • Dining Offers
  • Health & Fitness
  • Balance Transfer
  • Airport Lounge Access
  • Travel Insurance
  • Airport Chauffeur Services
  • Air Miles
  • Earn cashback on all spends
  • Bonus cashback on hotels, duty free & airlines
  • Complimentary airport drop service

MINIMUM SALARY

AED 10,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 787

Non AED Transaction Fee

2.79%

Cash Advance Fee

3.15 % / Min 210

Key Features

  • Savings of up to 2% on all international & 0.5% on all local spends
  • Up to 5% cashback on Airline, Hotel and Duty Free
  • Up to 8% cashback at 450 leading merchant partners in UAE
  • Complimentary access to over 650+ airport lounges globally
  • Chauffeured complimentary airport pick-up or drop off service within Dubai 6 times a year
  • Earn up to AED 750 bonus cashback through spend
  • Complimentary nights at select Marriott Bonvoy properties worldwide
  • Car rental offers from Avis & Hertz including Hertz Gold Plus Rewards® Five Star membership
  • Careem chauffeur benefits - 20% off 3 rides every month
  • Luxury outlet shopping offers and benefits at Bicester outlet villages in Europe
  • Enjoy a 10% discount on any international roundtrip airfare from Cleartrip
  • Fairmont, Raffles, and Swissotel Spa Offer
  • MasterCard Buy 1 Get 1 Offers
  • Mastercard Priceless Cities offers
  • MyUS Premium Shipping Discounts
  • Travel insurance cover upto $500,000 covering the cardholder & family
  • Complimentary travel insurance confirmation letter (for e.g. for Schengen Visa)

Reward Features

  • 5% cashback on Airline, Hotel & Duty Free- cap AED 250 per month- minimum of AED 10,000 monthly total spends on card.
  • Up to 8% bonus cashback at merchant partners- Ensure your card is swiped on Mashreq Terminal only to avail the cashback.
  • 2% cashback on International Transactions. (no cap)
  • 0.5% cashback on Local Transactions.(no cap)

Things To Be Aware Of

  • Cashback categories have max caps
  • Supplementary fee has annual fee of AED 315

MINIMUM SALARY

AED 10,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 315

  • Dining Offers
  • Balance Transfer
  • Airport Lounge Access
  • Travel Insurance
  • Air Miles
  • Earn 'sMiles' points on all spends
  • Enjoy 30,000 'sMiles' as Welcome Offer
  • Redeem sMiles at over 300+ Airlines and 180,000+ Hotels

MINIMUM SALARY

AED 10,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 315

Non AED Transaction Fee

2.79%

Cash Advance Fee

3.15 % / Min 210

Joining Offers

Enjoy up to 30,000 'sMiles' when you pay the fee and spend on your Card:


  • Get 10,000 sMiles on paying the annual fee of AED 315.
  • Get 10,000 sMiles when you spend AED 5000 in the first 30 days of receiving your card.
  • Get 10,000 sMiles when you spend AED 40,000 in the first 12 months of card membership.

Key Features

  • Up to 30,000 'sMiles' when you pay the fee and spend on the Card
  • Earn 1.5% back on every transaction
  • Redeem sMiles Instantly at over 300+ Airlines and 180,000+ Hotels
  • No tiers, no spend thresholds, no caps on sMiles earned
  • Unlimited complimentary access to select lounges in UAE, Kuwait, Egypt, Jordan & KSA
  • Dining Benefits
  • Priceless Arabia offers (by MasterCard)
  • Complimentary multi-trip travel insurance and fraud protection

Reward Features

Earn 'sMiles'

  • Earn 1.5 sMiles on every AED spent locally.
  • Earn 1.5 sMiles on every AED spent internationally

Things To Be Aware Of

  • Annual fee can be got back through spend during the year

MINIMUM SALARY

AED 25,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 650

  • Golf offers
  • Valet Parking
  • Cinema Tickets
  • Dining Offers
  • Health & Fitness
  • Balance Transfer
  • Airport Lounge Access
  • Travel Insurance
  • Airport Chauffeur Services
  • Purchase Protection
  • Extended Warranty
  • Air Miles
  • Extensive, premium luxury lifestyle benefits
  • Earn Salaam Carats on all spends
  • Premium travel benefits
  • 50% discount on movie tickets
  • ED 2500 cashback as joining bonus

MINIMUM SALARY

AED 25,000

RATE

3.45%

ANNUAL FEE

AED 650

Non AED Transaction Fee

2.79%

Cash Advance Fee

3.15 % / Min 210

Joining Offers

Apply & get AED 2500 cashback will be credited subject to spending AED 4,500 in Acquisition Month + 2 months timelines. Eg: if a card is setup in June, AED 4,500 needs to be spent by 31st August to get the Joining Bonus.

Key Features

  • AED2500 cashback as joining bonus
  • Earn Salaam Carats on all spends
  • Complimentary Golf at Arabian Ranches, Yas Link and Trump based on spend tiers. Discounts at 14 clubs in UAE and Muscat
  • Unlimited free access to 650+ airport lounges globally for primary, supplementary and a guest
  • Save up to 35% on the finest signature cuisines by the best hotels in the UAE
  • 10 Complimentary tickets on Sundays in a month at VOX Standard and 20% off at Roxy
  • 2 free valet parking at select locations in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
  • 6 complimentary airport limousine service uses per year in Dubai
  • Redeem Salaam points for travel tickets and vouchers
  • Complimentary access to Fitness First
  • Exclusive 30% discount on Luxury yacht charter
  • 6 complimentary Silver Marhaba Meet & Greet services in a year
  • Multi trip travel insurance
  • Visa luxury hotel collection offers
  • 2-for-1 ENTERTAINER offers with Visa Offers MENA mobile app for exclusive offers & over 5000+ travel discounts
  • Subscribe to Anghami Plus and enjoy upto four months free for the first year
  • 24-hour personalised premium concierge service
  • 8% discount on hotel bookings made at Hotels.com
  • Fraudulent card misuse protection cover ($3,000 per occurrence with $5,000 annual aggregate limit)

Reward Features

Earn Salaam Carats

  • Earn 1 Salaam Point on local spends .
  • Earn 3 Salaam points on International spends.

Things To Be Aware Of

  • Supplementary card has annual fee of AED 630
  • Min monthly spends required for some benefits
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on Mashreq Bank site

Mashreq Bank

Mashreq bank is one of UAE’s leading financial institutions. Established in 1967 by the Al-Ghurair Group, it is the largest private sector bank in the UAE. Since its inception, Mashreq has provided banking and financial services to millions of customers and businesses. They are one of UAE’s leading financial institutions with a growing retail presence in Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain. They are invariably among the highest performing banks in the region. Its financial performance reflects on its commitment to continue leading the UAE banking industry.

Mashreq’s branch network extends across the UAE with one in every two households in the UAE banking with them. They also have customer service centers in key retail locations and one of the largest ATM networks in the country. They also have 12 overseas offices in nine countries, including Europe, US, Asia, and Africa. Mashreq operates as a Universal Bank offering a comprehensive array of products and services to a wide range of customer segments in corporate and retail banking in the UAE.

Products and services offered by the bank are –

  • Accounts & Deposits
  • Foreign Exchange
  • Loans
  • Mortgage Loans
  • Cards
  • Insurance
  • Digital Banking

Mashreq Credit Cards

Mashreq offers an excellent range of credit cards in Dubai, UAE. Their Smartsaver Global and Cashback Credit Cards are quite popular and offer excellent rewards features to UAE customers. Mashreq’s Novo Cinema card offers exclusive offers in Novo cinemas. Explore Top Mashreq Bank credit cards.

Popular Cards from Mashreq Bank Income Eligibility Annual Fee Interest / Profit Rate
Mashreq Cashback Card AED 5,000 AED 0 3.45%
Mashreq NOVO Credit Card AED 5,000 AED 315 3.45%
Mashreq Platinum Elite MasterCard AED 7,000 AED 682 3.45%
Mashreq Platinum Elite Portraits Card AED 7,000 AED 682 3.45%
Mashreq Platinum Elite Visa Card AED 7,000 AED 682 3.45%
Mashreq Smartsaver Credit Card AED 10,000 AED 0 3.45%
Mashreq Smartsaver Global Credit Card AED 10,000 AED 787 3.45%
Mashreq SMiles Credit Card AED 10,000 AED 315 3.45%
Mashreq Solitaire Credit Card AED 25,000 AED 650 3.45%

FAQs

One can apply for a Mashreq credit card in UAE through

  • Visiting one of the bank’s branches and submitting required documents
  • Apply directly on the bank’s online application forms.
  • Banks Kiosks at various locations

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Mashreq offers 8 different Types of credit cards which have offers such as Cinema tickets, Dining discounts, Airport Lounge access, Airport Chauffeur, Travel Insurance etc.,

Mashreq credit cards starts with AED 5000 minimum salary for Novo Credit Card. Platinum Cashback, Elite and Portraits cards are offered at AED 7000, One Credit card and Platinum plus is at AED 8000, Mashreq Smiles,  Smart Saver and Smart Saver Global are offered at AED 10000 per month

Novo Credit Card. Platinum Cashback, Platinum Elite and Mashreq Elite Portraits, One Credit card, Platinum plus, Mashreq Smiles, Smart Saver and Smart Saver Global

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Platinum Cashback and Smartsaver Credit Card are no annual fee credit cards whereas the rest of the credit cards have an annual fee.