The UAE’s most popular credit cards, month by month
Every month we look at the cards people actually chose on Perkly, overall and in each category, and explain why. Every card links straight to its details and an application.
This edition
August 2026
- Card searches
- 500+
- Searches for cashback
- 62%
- Cards compared
- 241
- Banks and issuers
- 30
16 articles out now
- 500+Card searches
- 62%Searches for cashback
- 241Cards compared
- 30Banks and issuers
- 72%Happy to pay a fee
- 53%Travel searches for Skywards
- AED 8,900Median monthly card spend
How the UAE chose credit cards in August 2026
Cashback, groceries and Emirates Skywards: what more than 500 card searches on Perkly tell us about what UAE residents want from a credit card.
· 3 min read
In the August 2026 edition
Best Islamic credit cards in the UAE: August 2026
Eight Shariah-compliant cards, from free cashback cards to premium airline cards, ordered by the interest Perkly users showed in August.
· 6 min read
Best cashback credit cards in the UAE: August 2026
The 8 cashback cards Perkly users applied for, clicked and read about most in August, and the conditions that decide what each one really pays.
· 7 min read
Best travel credit cards in the UAE: August 2026
Airline cards, travel cashback and flexible points: the 8 travel cards Perkly users were most interested in during August.
· 6 min read
Best Emirates Skywards credit cards in the UAE: August 2026
Seven Skywards co-brand cards from three banks, ordered by the interest Perkly users showed in August, with what each one earns and costs.
· 6 min read
Best Etihad Guest credit cards in the UAE: August 2026
Five Etihad Guest cards from three banks, ordered by the interest Perkly users showed in August, with what each earns and costs.
· 5 min read
The 10 most popular credit cards in the UAE: August 2026
Ranked by what people did, not what banks advertise: applications, Apply clicks and card page visits on Perkly in August.
· 10 min read
Best rewards credit cards in the UAE: August 2026
Flexible points cards and bank rewards programmes: the 7 rewards cards Perkly users showed the most interest in during August.
· 5 min read
Best no annual fee credit cards in the UAE: August 2026
Eight cards that never charge an annual fee, ordered by the interest Perkly users showed in August, and what each one pays.
· 5 min read
Salary guides
Best credit cards by salary: August 2026
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