Diners Club UAE
Diners Club UAE is a franchise of Diners Club International® owned and operated in the UAE by Network International®. Diners Club UAE offers end-to-end payment card solutions for its clients across issuing, acquiring and travel account management.
Diners Club International is owned by Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS), a direct banking and payment services company with one of the most recognized brands in U.S. financial services. Established in 1950, Diners Club International became the first multi-purpose charge card in the world,
launching a financial revolution in how consumers and companies pay for products and services. Today, Diners Club is a globally recognized brand serving the payment needs of select and affluent consumers. Diners Club International® offers access to more than 1,900 airport lounges and experiences around the world.* It also provides corporations and small business owners with a complete array of expense management solutions. Our global network maintains acceptance in more than 185 countries and territories.* Diners Club International is accepted at 54 million global merchant locations worldwide.* Diners Club International has more than 1.3M ATMs globally.* Diners Club is uniquely qualified to serve its cardmembers all over the world.
Discover
Globally, Diners Club International is owned by Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS), a direct banking and payment services company with one of the most recognized brands in U.S. financial services sector.
Our Global Network facilitated over $634B in transaction volume.*
Over 5,000 new merchants start accepting Discover® each day.
Our global network maintains acceptance in more than 185 countries and territories.*
JCB honors Discover® on its network of over 1 million Japanese merchants and ATMs.
China UnionPay provides Discover® access to all ATMs and electronic payment merchants in Mainland China.
*Licensee: A Diners Club International licensee is an entity that has been granted the right by Diners Club International to issue and/or acquire. This entity can be a franchise, sub-franchise, and/or acquirer but not a processor.
Issuing Partner
Emirates NBD, the leading banking group in the region was formed on 16th of October 2007. Emirates NBD is globally recognized as the most valued financial services provider based in the Middle East. It is a market leader across core business lines and the leading retail banking franchise. The Group is also a major player in the corporate banking arena. With fast-growing Islamic banking affiliated entities, strong investment and private banking services and a leadership in the field of asset management products and brokerage services.
Acquiring Partners
Disclosures
- Internal Discover Transaction Data, leveraging the average of transaction data from 2023-2025
- The Nilson Report December 2024; As of June 30, 2024
- Data sources: *Discover Network, Diners Club International, PULSE, and RBR Market Deployment Database.
- Internal Discover Network Volume Data, total volume in 2024 and 2025.
- Based on information provided by third-party service providers and Network Participants as of February 2026.