UAE Exchange Wiki
UAE Exchange is a limited liability company that deals in foreign exchange, remittances and payment solutions. The company is active since 1980 and is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates operating almost 800 offices in 31 countries.
How it got started?
The company got started in 1980 by its founders B.R Shetty and Abdulla Humaid Al Mazroei. The company worked on expanding its area in Middle East and Asia with joining as a SWIFT member in 1993 having operations started in Oman and Kuwait. In 1999, it came to India with retail services establishing branches over 330 by 2015. In 2009, it joined hands with UK financial regulator Financial Services Authority as an Authorized Payment Institution. Recently news came out of its rebranding to Unimoni in 2018 starting its initial operation in Fiji, Canada, India and Australia. The company also partnered with OOREDOO, an international telecommunication company in October 2018.
Why are they so popular?
We can call it as a trusted brand that is known for offering a wide range of services
under one roof, thus emerging into a true financial supermarket. They represent a strong correspondent relationship with over 140 global banks in achieving the World’s Trusted Money Transferrer title. They serve every customer with same attention and quality of service having over 9000 professionals across the globe. Their network is strong across the Middle East and Asia serving 15 million customers.
What they offer in products?
Some of its proprietary services include;
• Money2anywhere.com where one can go for secure online money transfer portal.
• Smart Pay where they go for leading payroll solution.
• FLASHremit with this one has the facility for real time account credit.
• Gocash is a first six-currency prepaid travel card
• XPay provides you with bill payment facility using mobile phones.
Aside from these they also offer regular bank transfers and demand draft services using other modes of transferring money that includes Xpress Money, Western Union, MoneyGram and International Money Express. They also have Money2anywhere website to transfer money online anytime.
Achievements
The company holds the ISO 9001:2008 certification, Dubai Quality Gold Award, Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award, Dubai Service Excellence Scheme Award, Superbrand status for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 consecutively and Banker Middle East Product Award.