{"id":33702,"date":"2025-11-19T12:01:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T06:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/central-bank-of-oman-approves-maal-card-fees-cutting-merchant-costs-by-up-to-50\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T12:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T06:31:36","slug":"central-bank-of-oman-approves-maal-card-fees-cutting-merchant-costs-by-up-to-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/central-bank-of-oman-approves-maal-card-fees-cutting-merchant-costs-by-up-to-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Bank of Oman approves \u201cMaal\u201d card fees, cutting merchant costs by up to 50%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nshorts-card-frame\">\n<div class=\"nshorts-cat lang-en\">\u090f\u0928 \u0936\u0949\u0930\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0938'<\/div>\n<div class=\"nshorts-headline\">Central Bank of Oman approves \u201cMaal\u201d card fees, cutting merchant costs by up to 50%<\/div>\n<div class=\"nshorts-summary\">Oman\u2019s Central Bank has approved the \u201cMaal\u201d consumer debit and prepaid card fee structure, offering zero issuance and annual fees for users. Merchant Service Fees are capped, cutting costs by up to 50%. The card, launched on November 20, supports secure, low-cost digital payments across ATMs, POS, and e-commerce, advancing financial inclusion and Oman Vision 2040\u2019s digital economy goals.<\/div>\n<div class=\"nshorts-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/middle-east\/central-bank-of-oman-approves-maal-card-fees-cutting-merchant-costs-by-up-to-50\/articleshow\/125426915.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"nshorts-disclaimer\">Technically enhanced content presented under fair use in public-interest journalism.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"nshorts-audio-section\" style=\"margin-top:15px;padding:10px;background:#f5f5f5;border-radius:5px\"><strong>Listen:<\/strong> <audio controls style=\"width:100%;margin:10px 0\">Your browser does not support the audio element.<\/audio><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:5px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/translate_tts?ie=UTF-8&#038;tl=en&#038;client=tw-ob&#038;q=Oman%E2%80%99s+Central+Bank+has+approved+the+%E2%80%9CMaal%E2%80%9D+consumer+debit+and+prepaid+card+fee+structure%2C+offering+zero+issuance+and+annual+fees+for+users.+Merchant+Service+Fees+are+capped%2C+cutting+costs+by+up\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#0073aa;text-decoration:none\">\u2193 Download Audio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N Shorts Central Bank of Oman approves \u201cMaal\u201d card fees, cutting merchant costs by up to 50% Oman\u2019s Central Bank has approved the \u201cMaal\u201d consumer debit and prepaid card fee structure, offering zero issuance and annual fees for users. Merchant Service Fees are capped, cutting costs by up to 50%. The card, launched on November [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowl-PACw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-shorts-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33703,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33702\/revisions\/33703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}