"New app makes it easier for 2022 FIFA World Cup™ workers to send money home", 8 October 2017

The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) has partnered with Commercial Bank Qatar (CBQ) to make it easier for workers to transfer money back to their home countries. The collaboration gives workers the chance to use CBQ’s mobile app and transfer money in a simple, fast and safe way. The solution offers an attractive exchange rate and means workers don’t have to give up their free time to transfer money via traditional exchange facilities. Between travel time and queueing, workers lose an average of two hours every time they choose to wire money to their families, invariably on rest days...CBQ officials have worked alongside the SC to train workers who do not have easy access to ATMs or exchange facilities. A dedicated call centre has also been launched to accommodate any queries in relation to the new solution...More than 8,000 SC workers bank with CBQ. Between them they transfer approximately QAR 16 million every month to their home countries. The new app offers competitive exchange rates and transaction fees from just QAR 5. In addition to transferring money, the app allows customers to view balances, check statements, change pin numbers and block lost/stolen cards...