Online shopping and sending money has never been easier

Doha, 16th July 2013, QNB,the World's Strongest Bank, has partnered with PayPal, the leading global online payment service provider, to give QNB retail customers more options for secured online purchases and other premium services from PayPal.  

"PayPal is trusted throughout the world to enablemillions of consumers to shop safely and conveniently online and through their mobile phone each day;" said Mr. Ali Rashid Al Mohannadi, Executive General Manager and Chief Operating Officer.

"This agreement allows our customers to enjoy greaterflexibility and security when making online purchases with PayPal". He added.

As of today, QNB's retail customers can create a PayPal account through QNB website, link to it their payment card and immediately start using PayPal to shop safely and conveniently online through millions of websites worldwide.

QNB's retail customers can also top-up their own PayPal accounts through their QNB current account and can send money via PayPal to any email address through the QNB website.

Commenting on the partnership, Elias Ghanem, Managing Director for PayPal Middle East and North Africa, said; "QNB is the leading bank in Qatar and we are truly excitedby signing our first bank partnership in MENA with QNB. This partnership is a major milestone on our exciting journey in the Middle East and North Africa, toenable global e-commerce across the region by offering consumers and merchants a safe and easy way to buy and sell online and through their smart phones".

"With 66% of consumers in MENA region using the internet tosearch for products and services* and only one third of them making onlinepurchases, the offline to online opportunity is significant," added Mr. Ghanem.

To celebrate the launch of PayPal in Qatar, a number of special offers will be available exclusively for QNB customers using PayPal. Offers will include discounts from MarkaVIP.comand Aramex ShopandShip.com. QNB customers can also take advantage of free delivery on purchases from ASOS.com,deals from eBay.comand Deal Extreme.com.

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Details about terms and conditions of such offers could be found on respective websites of MarkaVIP, Aramex Shopand Ship, ASOS.com, eBay and DealExtreme.

About PayPal
PayPal is the faster, safer way topay and get paid online, via mobile devices and in store. The service allowspeople to send money without sharing financial information, with theflexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts, credit cards orpromotional financing. With more than 123 million active accounts in 193markets and 25 currencies around the world, PayPal enables global commerce.PayPal is an eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) company. PayPal is headquartered in San Jose,California and its international headquarters is located in Singapore. Moreinformation about the company can be found at www.paypal.com.

AboutQNB Group
Qatar NationalBank (QNB Group) was established in 1964 as the country's first Qatari-ownedcommercial bank, has an ownership structure split between the Qatar InvestmentAuthority (50%) and the private sector (50%).

QNB Group hassteadily grown to be the largest bank in the Middle East and North AfricaRegion and is by far the leading financial institution in the country with amarket share exceeding 45% of banking sector assets.

Bloomberg Markets, the leadingprovider of Business, Financial and Economic news has ranked QNB as the World'sStrongest Bank in its 2012 ranking. The 78 banks in Bloomberg's ranking listincluded some of the largest and most renowned financial institutions in theworld, with QNB being the only bank from the MENA Region.

* source : eConsultancy

For further information, pleasecontact QNB's Public Relations Department at (+974) 44975704, Fax (+974)44252589, email: PR@qnb.com.qa or visit QNB's website www.qnb.com.qa

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