Category: Balance & Salary Check

An Al Ansari Exchange PayPlus card balance check costs nothing in the Al Ansari Exchange app, at an Al Ansari branch or through the call centre. Check it at an ATM instead and you pay AED 2 plus VAT every time. That fee difference is the main reason to stop checking a salary card at…

To check a Sharjah Islamic Bank balance by SMS, text AB followed by your account number to 6667 from your registered mobile. For every account at once, text AS instead and SIB replies with an account summary. SIB Digital, the bank’s app, shows the same balances with transaction history. And if you have no phone…

Text AB followed by your account nickname to 3993, and Standard Chartered UAE replies with that account’s balance. If your nickname is AED1, the message is “AB AED1”. It works without data, but only after you’ve set the nickname in Online Banking. The SC Mobile app can also show your balance on the welcome screen…

Open the HSBC UAE app, log in with your 6-digit mobile PIN, Face ID or fingerprint, and every HSBC account you hold appears with its balance, including accounts in other countries. That’s the fastest HSBC UAE balance check, and it works around the clock. If you’d rather call, the hours changed recently. Since 1 October…

The quickest CBD balance check is the CBD Mobile Banking app. Log in and your accounts appear on the dashboard with their balances. Tap one and you get its transactions, its IBAN and its statements in the same place. Commercial Bank of Dubai has moved a lot of everyday services to digital channels only, so…

A salary certificate is a letter from your employer, on company letterhead, signed and stamped, that confirms you work there and states what you’re paid. In the UAE it comes from your employer’s HR team or, for many free zone companies, from the free zone authority’s portal. Banks ask for it when you open a…

National Bank of Fujairah doesn’t publish an SMS code for balance requests. Your three working options are the NBF Direct app or online banking, the call centre on 600 565551, and any NBF ATM, which gives a balance or a mini statement. Pick by what you’re trying to find out. A quick figure is fastest…

Text BAL followed by a space and your 12-digit account number to 7700 from the mobile number registered with Ajman Bank, and the balance comes back by SMS. That works only if you’re subscribed to Ajman Bank SMS Banking. If you aren’t, the Ajman Bank One app and the 24/7 phone line on 600 55…

Your NOW Money balance is in the NOW Money app. Open it, log in, and your current balance and transaction history are there straight away. There’s no need to visit an ATM just to see what’s left, which is the main difference from a traditional WPS payroll card. NOW Money is a mobile bank account…

Call 600 599 995, enter your Phone Banking PIN at the automated menu, and Emirates Islamic reads out your account balance. That works at any hour and from any phone. The EI+ app and Online Banking show the same balance with your transaction history, and so does any Emirates Islamic ATM. SMS works the other…

How you check a RAKBANK balance depends on what you hold. A current or savings account shows its balance in the RAKBANK app, in online banking, at an ATM or over the phone on RAKdirect. A RAKBANK prepaid card works differently: since the prepaid card portal closed on 10 December 2025, its balance comes by…

The fastest ADIB balance check that doesn’t need internet is an SMS: text BAL to 2400 from your registered UAE mobile number and ADIB replies with the balance of every deposit account you hold. The ADIB Mobile Banking app shows the same figure along with your recent transactions. SMS only works once you’re registered for…

In the UAE private sector, last month’s salary is due on the 1st of each Gregorian month. From the 2nd day after that date, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MOHRE) starts sending the employer automatic alerts. So if the 1st has passed and your account still shows nothing, the clock is already running…

Your salary for September is due in your account by 1 October. Since 1 June 2026, every private-sector employer registered with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) must pay the previous month’s wages through the Wage Protection System (WPS) by the first day of each Gregorian month. There’s no longer a grace period…

Checking your C3Pay card balance is free in three places: the C3Pay app, a C3Pay or RAKBANK ATM, and C3Pay customer support. Check it at any other ATM in the UAE and AED 2 comes off your balance each time. Check it at an ATM abroad and it’s AED 5. For a salary card, those…

The quickest Mashreq balance check without opening an app is WhatsApp. Send “Hi” to +971 4 424 4744 from the mobile number registered with the bank, and you can ask for your account balance and last five transactions in the chat. The Mashreq Mobile app, the virtual assistant inside it, ATMs and the 24/7 phone…

Dubai Islamic Bank puts its balance checks under one name, alt, which covers the DIB alt mobile app, alt online, phone banking and the bank’s ATMs. Which one suits you depends on what you have in your hand: a smartphone, a debit or covered card with its PIN, or just a phone that can make…

Text BAL and the last six digits of your account number to 2626, and ADCB replies with your balance. For account number 123456030001, that’s “BAL 030001”. The command works from the mobile number registered with ADCB, only after a one-time SMS banking registration, and it costs a standard text message. The SMS route is the…

The fastest Emirates NBD balance check is the ENBD X app: log in and your accounts, cards and loans are on the first screen. If you can’t use the app, Emirates NBD gives you four other ways in, and each one needs something different from you: a registered mobile number, a debit card and PIN,…

Salary day and no alert? Open the LuLu Money app, tap My Cards, and the available balance shows on your virtual card at the top of the screen. That route covers the LuLu Exchange salary cards, My Pay My Card and the LuLu Money Card. The Travel Card has its own balance options, and every…

The UAE has no single prepaid card inquiry service, and the channel depends on who issued the card. Ratibi and NBAD-branded cards use the Magnati portal, LuLu Exchange and Al Rostamani salary cards use their own apps, and RAKBANK prepaid cards use an SMS code. Find your card in the table, then jump to its…

Al Rostamani International Exchange (ARIE) puts its Rpay and C3 payroll card balances in one place: the Al Rostamani Int Exchange app, which has a feature named Rpay / C3 Balance Check. The steps below cover the app, what to do when it does not recognise you, and where to call when the balance or…

On a Ratibi card, the fastest way to see your salary is the Magnati prepaid card portal. It needs no app and no login, only the last 4 digits of your card and your Card ID. If your salary goes into a regular FAB account, open FAB Mobile and the balance is on the home…

The fastest way to check your FAB (First Abu Dhabi Bank) balance is the mobile app or a quick SMS, but which method actually applies to you depends on what kind of FAB product you hold. A regular savings or current account, a Ratibi prepaid salary card, and a credit card each use a different check-balance flow. This guide covers all three.

My Pay My Card is the WPS salary card issued by LuLu Exchange for employees who get paid without a bank account. If you’ve seen it written as “MyPay,” “MyPay: MyCard,” or just “the LuLu salary card,” those all mean the same product. One thing to know before anything else: you can’t apply for this…