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2.1.1. Reloadability

No: م أ ق/15631 Date(g): 5/4/2015 | Date(h): 16/6/1436

Effective from Jan 31 2025 - Jan 30 2025
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The regulatory principle presented herein governs both reloadable and non-reloadable prepaid payment service products.

a.Non-reloadable prepaid payment service. A prepaid payment service is non-reloadable if it has no mechanism for having additional funds added to the initial balance after the initial issuance.
 
  
b.Reloadable prepaid payment service. A prepaid payment service is reloadable if it has the ability of having more funds added after the initial issuance.
 
  

It is at the discretion of the prepaid Issuer to determine whether a prepaid product should be reloadable or non-reloadable (noting that re-loadable cards are subject to more rigorous KYC and AML requirements).

Common to both reloadable and non-reloadable prepaid services is that there is a deposit account that holds the available balance on the account until such a time as it is redeemed through spend against the balance or a cash withdrawal, when this service is allowed.