UAE: 8 banks that offer up to 90% of salary in advance

UAE: 8 banks that offer up to 90% of salary in advance

This facility is a big relief for customers to meet expenses such as electricity bills, hospital charges, or credit card payments

Published: Tue 20 Dec 2022, 11:48 AM Last updated: Tue 20 Dec 2022, 11:51 AM

Some banks in the UAE offer salaries in advance to cater to their customers' emergency needs. Be it a hospital bill, credit card payment, electricity bill or any other urgent cash need, this facility is a big relief for customers to meet their untoward expenses. And some residents find it a more viable option rather than borrowing money from people.

The bank customers who wish to avail this facility can get their salary credited into their account directly upon the approval of the application with just a click of a button through the bank’s portal, ATMs, customer service centre or by visiting the branch.

However, banks have different conditions and eligibility criteria for getting a salary in advance, which employees should check before applying for it.

Some banks made it mandatory that customers must not transfer their salary to another bank when ‘salary in advance’ is active on the account. However, some banks allow customers who have a salary transfer account with other banks to obtain a salary in