UAE Exchange

UAE Exchange is a United Arab Emirates based company dealing primarily in remittance, currency exchange and bill payment solutions. The company is headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and operates more than 700 offices^[1] across 31 countries, with over 330 of these are in India through its subsidiary UAE Exchange & Financial Services.

UAE Exchange has more than 9000^[2] employees in over 40 countries. It is one of the largest remittance companies and has extensive network in the middle east and Asia.

History

UAE Exchange was founded by business man B. R. Shetty and former United Arab Emirates Minister of Justice H. E. Abdulla Humaid Ali Al Mazroei, in 1980, in Abu Dhabi. It has expanded from a single office in Abu Dhabi to over 700 offices, worldwide.

In 1993 UAE Exchange became a SWIFT member and the following two years opened operations in Oman and Kuwait as well as launching an express transfer, gold card and bank notes service. In 1999 it launched retail operations in India, which was to become the largest operation outside its home base, with 300 branches by 2014. It opened offices in Bangladesh, the UK and Sri Lanka in the following three years. In 2001 it launched Xpress Money, an instant money transfer service in the UK. By 2003, it added Australia to its network.

In 2003 it launched services for the corporate sector. In 2004 it introduced a web-based money transfer process. Between 2005 and 2009 it opened offices in Hong Kong, Uganda, Jordan, Canada, New Zealand and China, as well as purchasing Moneydart Global Services in the United States. It also launched an online money transfer portal, Money2anywhere.com. XPay, the bill payment solution using mobile phone was also brough out in India.^[3]

In 2009 it became an of an Authorized Payment Institution (API) in 2009 with the UK financial regulator at that time, the Financial Services Authority^[4]

References

External links

• UAE Exchange corporate website
• UAE Exchange India