Khaleeji Commercial Bank (KHCB), one of Bahrain’s leading Islamic retail banks, has launched its comprehensive e-banking services.

The bank has now added a whole host of elaborate features that include providing customers with the summary of their accounts when required by them, furnishing them with their comprehensive account details upon request, offering them the option of transferring amounts between different KHCB accounts and making available to them Standing Order services.

These new provisions also encompass presenting Batelco and Zain customers the opportunity for balance inquiry and bill payments through online transactions without having to go to the telecommunication network providers’ respective outlets, displaying constantly updated exchange rates and the latest bank tariffs, extending to their clientele the highly practical option of turning on SMS alert notifications that cover any and all transactions and giving them the choice of changing their Account PIN Number via its website, said a statement from the KHCB.

The Bahraini lender has also entirely redesigned its website interface making it highly compatible for all their customers, regardless of their technological aptitude, whilst making it more secure with the provision of security features that include the alternative option of choosing security questions, colours or pictures in addition to the customary respective account user name, ID and password.

On the launch, CEO Khalil Al Meer said: "This initiative comes as part of KHCB’s constant system development and with the added introduction of mobile banking as part of our extensive services offered, it currently enables our clientele to go about their business transactions and monetary dealings from the comfort of their own home, which is something we have been looking into providing for a while now."

With the advent of the new e-banking Services, customers can now also be supplied with the details and summary of their credit card accounts, pay their credit card dues, activate and deactivate their credit card accounts and report the loss of their credit card, all this at the convenience of a few clicks, stated Al Meer.

Regarding KHCB’s cheque system, clients can utilize the new E-Banking services to enquire about the status of their cheque accounts, request for new cheque books and report misplaced cheques as well instantaneously, he added.-TradeArabia News Service