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Banking & Finance
"Visa cards" at zero euros in competition among Algerian banks!

"Visa cards" at zero euros in competition among Algerian banks!

Contactless and secured cards focusing on deadlines and costs to attract customers. New formations and diversification between classic, gold, platinum, and signature cards. Algerian banks have entered an unprecedented race to attract travelers abroad, following the implementation of the new system to benefit from the tourist currency exchange right of 750 euros for adults and 300 euros for minors. They rushed to launch new international bank cards, offering unprecedented facilities, the most notable being the cancellation of the requirement to deposit amounts in hard currency, reducing card issuance deadlines, and expanding customer options between "Visa" and "MasterCard" cards. Banks are competing to attract the largest number of customers through promotional offers...

Jul 28, 2026echoroukonline.com
Banking & Finance
Algerian Popular Credit Launches Visa Card for Currency Exchange for Travelers

Algerian Popular Credit Launches Visa Card for Currency Exchange for Travelers

Algeria - The Algerian Popular Credit announced the launch of the CPA VISA Classique international card (a card dedicated to benefiting from the currency exchange right) which is a new banking product aimed at travelers, allowing them to benefit from the currency exchange right for travel abroad in accordance with applicable regulations. In a statement yesterday, Monday, the bank clarified that this card is exclusively dedicated to the amount granted under the currency exchange right for travel abroad.

Jul 28, 2026aps.dz
Regulatory & Legal
Home Hosting: Tizi-Ouzou Launches Its Commission

Home Hosting: Tizi-Ouzou Launches Its Commission

A wilaya commission responsible for verifying the compliance of housing within the framework of the home hosting tourism system has been established in Tizi-Ouzou to ensure that this type of housing complies with current regulations, APS learned last Friday from the local directorate of tourism and traditional crafts of Tizi-Ouzou.

Jul 26, 2026ecotimesdz.com
Banking & Finance
Officially... Withdrawal of 750 Euros from ATMs abroad is possible

Officially... Withdrawal of 750 Euros from ATMs abroad is possible

The service is available for holders of Islamic accounts for payments in hotels, restaurants, stores, and other online purchases allowed during their stay abroad. It is possible to fund parents' cards from children's accounts. Algerian banks have started announcing the details of the new currency exchange right as it comes into effect, revealing unprecedented services and facilities for travelers abroad. In addition to clarifying the procedures for benefiting from the tourism grant, banking institutions officially confirmed that international bank cards allow their holders to withdraw from ATMs abroad, and to pay at millions of stores, hotels, and restaurants, and to carry out online purchases linked to...

Jul 24, 2026echoroukonline.com
Tourism & Hospitality
Domestic and Saharan Tourism: The New Roadmap

Domestic and Saharan Tourism: The New Roadmap

A new action plan for the promotion and development of domestic and Saharan tourism will soon be implemented. Indeed, the Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts, meeting Tuesday in Algiers under the presidency of the Minister, Mrs. Houria Meddahi, has begun consultations with a view to developing a new strategy, in accordance with the guidelines of the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, aimed at further enhancing the attractiveness of the 'Algeria destination' and restoring its former glory.

Jul 23, 2026ecotimesdz.com
Tourism & Hospitality
Visa on arrival for foreign tourists: Measures to simplify access

Visa on arrival for foreign tourists: Measures to simplify access

Mrs. Houria Meddahi, Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts, chaired the day before yesterday at the ministry's headquarters a coordination meeting dedicated to evaluating the visa on arrival system for foreign tourists, in the presence of the central officials of the ministry and the heads of the establishments and organizations under its supervision, explains a statement from the ministry. This strategic meeting, dedicated to enhancing the attractiveness of the Saharan tourist destination, confirms the central role that southern tourism now occupies in the national economic policy.

Jul 22, 2026ecotimesdz.com