The United Bank presents 20 initiatives and services supporting and empowering special needs economically, health, educationally and culturally.
24/09/2024
On the occasion of The International Day for Sign Language
The United Bank presents 20 initiatives and services supporting and empowering special needs economically, health, educationally and culturally.
Cairo: 24 th of September 2024
On The International Day for Sign Language, announced by The United Nations on 23rd of September every year aiming to maximize special needs support globally. The United Bank has announced 20 distinctive services and initiatives on four main axis: banking, health, education, and culture. In order to empower them economically, socially, health and culturally through expanding financial inclusion services. In addition to support the state’s efforts for social equity.
First: Banking Services:
The United Bank provides a set of distinctive banking services, either traditional or compliant with sharia provisions, through a network of 68 branches widely spread all over the Republic.
1- UB allocates 8 branches to serve special needs, providing banking services according to the latest international quality standards, in a number of governorates like: Cairo, Giza, Damietta, Port Saied, and New Alamien.
2- UB Qualified these branches with a well- equipped infrastructure aiming to provide disables with the smoothest possible movement, either inside the branch or outside. In order to comfort and easiness their banking experience.
3- UB trains more than 140 customer service agents to deal with sign language, to ensure the fluency of communication and transmitting banking information successfully.
4- UB prints banking documents with Braille system, to ensure visually impaired customers’ the optimum experience and knowledge about the bank’s products and services. As well as, the terms and conditions as per The Central Bank of Egypt in order to achieve the total transparency.
5- UB provides communications materials, either video with sign language or audio, to ensure the continual communication with disabilities customers.
6- UB offers special needs with cards, both debit and credit, either traditional or compliant with sharia provisions. Those cards with embossing letters and digits to make it clearer and easier for their transaction.
7- UB provides all digital services through “Your Bank Online”, that includes (UB Digital Wallet, UB Mobile Banking, and Internet Banking), in order to facilitate and easier for disables customers to make all their banking transactions 24/7.
8- UB provides technical aid for special needs customers through call center services.
9- UB provides voice services through call center for disables where they could enjoy their banking transaction independently.
10- UB provides 23 ATMs dedicated with disables services, which enable them to make their transactions easily.
11- UB presents a set of distinctive banking products for disables: (all kinds of accounts/ personal loans/ mortgage for limited and middle income/ set of deposits and saving certificates with Egyptian and foreign currencies)
12- UB conducts financial inclusion campaign aimed to spreading banking awareness in three governorates (Dhakahlya- Cairo- Damieetta)
Second: Health Services
The United Bank organized two medical convoys for handicapped in a number of border governorates such as South Sinai and North Sinai, for two years in row, with the cooperation of Misr El Kheir foundation.
• The first convoy: was directed to South Sinai governorate in 2023- examining a number of 1535 handicapped in (ophthalmology- orthopedics- mycology- ENT-urology- surgeries). The convoy included an integrated pharmacy that contained all kinds of medications (glasses after examination- making analysis and required x –rays). In addition to providing earpieces to those who are deaf.
• The second convoy: was directed to North Sinai governorate in 2024- examining a number of 695 handicapped in (ophthalmology- orthopedics- mycology- ENT-urology- surgeries). The convoy included an integrated pharmacy that contained all kinds of medications needed by beneficiaries (glasses- analysis- X-rays- medical surgeries- ear pieces- prosthetic equipment- wheel chairs).
Third: Educational Services:
1- The annual Holy Quran competition- encrypted with an integrated psocially, culturally and scientifically program for Holy Quran reciters. UB enrolled 517 disables reciters in 17 governorates (Gharbia, Menofya- Sharqia- Kafr el sheikh- Dhakhalya- Menia- Sohag- Beni Suef- Assiut- Alexandria- Marsa Matrouh- El Behera- Suez- Port Saied- Damietta- and South Sinai that includes El Tour/ Saint Caterina and the surrounding valleys/ Ras Sedr/ Abou Zenema/ Abu Redees/ Nueba/ Dahab/ Sharm El Sheikh)
2- The international Lego Competition for Robots and programing - UB sponsor with the cooperation of Asdaa foundation the competition for two years in row:
• In 2023- 21 deaf students participated in the competition, and they won the second place. To continue with international and local competitions. That enabling them to get full scholarships in The Arab Academy for Science and Technology.
• In 2024- 15 deaf competitors in the International Olympics for Robots, it will be held next October 2024 in Alexandria.
Fourth: Media and Culture
1- Launching the campaign of (Touch Your Dream) since 2019, which is a set of annual media campaigns directed to diables. These campaigns aiming to empowering them especially youth and women.
2- Launching a number of photographed reports, audio and video materials, in digital and social media platforms. As well as, a number of specialized printed newspaper, such as (Akhbar Braille)
3- Launching a set of awareness sessions to empower special needs qualifying them acquainting them financial inclusion system under the auspices of The Central Bank of Egypt.
4- Organizing a volunteering day educating sign language for UB team. In order to ensure the continual and direct communication with the target segment.
End.
On the occasion of The International Day for Sign Language
The United Bank presents 20 initiatives and services supporting and empowering special needs economically, health, educationally and culturally.
Cairo: 22nd of September 2024
On The International Day for Sign Language, announced by The United Nations on 23rd of September every year aiming to maximize special needs support globally. The United Bank has announced 20 distinctive services and initiatives on four main axis: banking, health, education, and culture. In order to empower them economically, socially, health and culturally through expanding financial inclusion services. In addition to support the state’s efforts for social equity.
First: Banking Services:
The United Bank provides a set of distinctive banking services, either traditional or compliant with sharia provisions, through a network of 68 branches widely spread all over the Republic.
1- UB allocates 8 branches to serve special needs, providing banking services according to the latest international quality standards, in a number of governorates like: Cairo, Giza, Damietta, Port Saied, and New Alamien.
2- UB Qualified these branches with a well- equipped infrastructure aiming to provide disables with the smoothest possible movement, either inside the branch or outside. In order to comfort and easiness their banking experience.
3- UB trains more than 140 customer service agents to deal with sign language, to ensure the fluency of communication and transmitting banking information successfully.
4- UB prints banking documents with Braille system, to ensure visually impaired customers’ the optimum experience and knowledge about the bank’s products and services. As well as, the terms and conditions as per The Central Bank of Egypt in order to achieve the total transparency.
5- UB provides communications materials, either video with sign language or audio, to ensure the continual communication with disabilities customers.
6- UB offers special needs with cards, both debit and credit, either traditional or compliant with sharia provisions. Those cards with embossing letters and digits to make it clearer and easier for their transaction.
7- UB provides all digital services through “Your Bank Online”, that includes (UB Digital Wallet, UB Mobile Banking, and Internet Banking), in order to facilitate and easier for disables customers to make all their banking transactions 24/7.
8- UB provides technical aid for special needs customers through call center services.
9- UB provides voice services through call center for disables where they could enjoy their banking transaction independently.
10- UB provides 23 ATMs dedicated with disables services, which enable them to make their transactions easily.
11- UB presents a set of distinctive banking products for disables: (all kinds of accounts/ personal loans/ mortgage for limited and middle income/ set of deposits and saving certificates with Egyptian and foreign currencies)
12- UB conducts financial inclusion campaign aimed to spreading banking awareness in three governorates (Dhakahlya- Cairo- Damieetta)
Second: Health Services
The United Bank organized two medical convoys for handicapped in a number of border governorates such as South Sinai and North Sinai, for two years in row, with the cooperation of Misr El Kheir foundation.
• The first convoy: was directed to South Sinai governorate in 2023- examining a number of 1535 handicapped in (ophthalmology- orthopedics- mycology- ENT-urology- surgeries). The convoy included an integrated pharmacy that contained all kinds of medications (glasses after examination- making analysis and required x –rays). In addition to providing earpieces to those who are deaf.
• The second convoy: was directed to North Sinai governorate in 2024- examining a number of 695 handicapped in (ophthalmology- orthopedics- mycology- ENT-urology- surgeries). The convoy included an integrated pharmacy that contained all kinds of medications needed by beneficiaries (glasses- analysis- X-rays- medical surgeries- ear pieces- prosthetic equipment- wheel chairs).
Third: Educational Services:
1- The annual Holy Quran competition- encrypted with an integrated psocially, culturally and scientifically program for Holy Quran reciters. UB enrolled 517 disables reciters in 17 governorates (Gharbia, Menofya- Sharqia- Kafr el sheikh- Dhakhalya- Menia- Sohag- Beni Suef- Assiut- Alexandria- Marsa Matrouh- El Behera- Suez- Port Saied- Damietta- and South Sinai that includes El Tour/ Saint Caterina and the surrounding valleys/ Ras Sedr/ Abou Zenema/ Abu Redees/ Nueba/ Dahab/ Sharm El Sheikh)
2- The international Lego Competition for Robots and programing - UB sponsor with the cooperation of Asdaa foundation the competition for two years in row:
• In 2023- 21 deaf students participated in the competition, and they won the second place. To continue with international and local competitions. That enabling them to get full scholarships in The Arab Academy for Science and Technology.
• In 2024- 15 deaf competitors in the International Olympics for Robots, it will be held next October 2024 in Alexandria.
Fourth: Media and Culture
1- Launching the campaign of (Touch Your Dream) since 2019, which is a set of annual media campaigns directed to diables. These campaigns aiming to empowering them especially youth and women.
2- Launching a number of photographed reports, audio and video materials, in digital and social media platforms. As well as, a number of specialized printed newspaper, such as (Akhbar Braille)
3- Launching a set of awareness sessions to empower special needs qualifying them acquainting them financial inclusion system under the auspices of The Central Bank of Egypt.
4- Organizing a volunteering day educating sign language for UB team. In order to ensure the continual and direct communication with the target segment.
End.
