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List of banks in the Arab world

List of banks in the Arab world

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The following is a list of banks in the Arab World. The modern system of Arab banks was created in Egypt in the late 19th century, with the campaign of modernizing the country. Today Arab banks are among the most pioneering in Developing countries, and some are competitors to major international banks. A new system of banking has also been introduced by the Arab World, to suit its Islamic laws regarding the creation of wealth, thus Islamic banks were created.

Algeria

Central bank

Commercial Public Banks

  • Banque Nationale d'Algérie (BNA).
  • Banque Extérieure d'Algérie (BEA).
  • Banque de l'Agriculture et du Développement Rural (BADR).
  • Banque de Développement Local (BDL).
  • Crédit Populaire d'Algérie (CPA).
  • Caisse Nationale d'Épargne et de Prévoyance (CNEP).
  • Caisse Nationale de Mutualité Agricole (CNMA) .

Commercial Private Banks

Bahrain

Central bank

Retail Conventional Banks[2]

Wholesale Conventional Banks[2]

Retail Islamic Banks[3]

Wholesale Islamic Banks[3]

  • ABC Islamic Bank (E.C.)
  • Al Baraka Banking Group B.S.C. (c)
  • Arab Islamic Bank (E.C)
  • Bank Al-Khair B.S.C. ( c )
  • Citi Islamic Investment Bank E.C.
  • First Energy Bank B.S.C. ( c )
  • GFH Investment Bank (B.S.C) E.C.
  • Global Banking Corporation BSC ( c )
  • Ibdar Bank B.S.C.
  • International Investment Bank B.S.C (c)
  • Investment Dar Bank B.S.C ( c )
  • Investors Bank B.S.C. (c)
  • Kuwait Turkish Participation Bank Inc.
  • Liquidity Management Centre B.S.C (c)
  • RA Bahrain B.S.C. ( c )
  • Seera Investment Bank B.S.C ( c )
  • Turkiye Finans Katilim Banakasi A.S.
  • Venture Capital Bank B.S.C (c)

List of Banks & Financial Institutions as of 30 June 2015[4]

Comoros

Central bank

Development banks

  • Banque de Développement des Comores

Commercial banks

  • Banque pour l'Industrie et le Commerce des Comores
  • Exim Bank Comores Ltd
  • Société Nationale des Postes et des Services Financiers

Networks of mutual savings

  • Mutuelles d'épargne et crédit des Comores
  • Sanduk

Sources:

Djibouti

Central bank

  • National Bank of Djibouti or (Banque Nationale de Djibouti)

Commercial banks

Sources:

Egypt

Central bank

Banks

Share of the Credit Foncier Egyptien, issued July 1905

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20130126183205/http://www.portalino.it/banks/_eg.htm

Iraq

Main article: List of banks in Iraq

Central bank

State-owned banks

Private banks

International banks

Standard Chartered Bank

Jordan

Kuwait

Main article: List of banks in Kuwait

Central Bank

Local Banks

Foreign Banks

Lebanon

Central bank

Major banks

Other banks

Foreign banks

  • Arab Finance House S.A.L.
  • Banca Di Roma S.P.A
  • Bank of Kuwait And The Arab World S.A.L.
  • Banque Nationale de Paris "Intercontinentale"
  • HSBC Bank Middle East
  • Intercontinental Bank of Lebanon S.A.L.
  • Standard Chartered Bank S.A.L.
  • Lebanese Canadian Bank S.A.L.
  • Lebanese Islamic Bank S.A.L.
  • Lebanese Swiss Bank S.A.L.
  • Lebanon & Gulf Bank S.A.L.
  • Banque de Syrie et du Liban
  • Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank S.A.L.
  • National Bank of Kuwait

Libya

Central bank

Banks

Sources:

Mauritania

Central bank

Banks

  • Banque Arabe Africaine en Mauritanie
  • Banque Arabe Liyenne Mauritaienne pour le Commerce Extérieur
  • Banque Internationale pour la Mauritanie
  • Banque Maurienienne Nationale
  • Banque Mauritanienne pour le Commerce International
  • Banque Mauritanienne pour le Développement et le Commerce
  • Banque Mondiale en Mauritanie
  • Caisse Centrale de Coopération Économique
  • Chinguitty Bank
  • Generale de Banque de Mauritanie pour l'Investissement et le Commerce
  • Union de Banques de Development

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20130818113312/http://www.portalino.it/banks/_mr.htm

Morocco

Central bank

Major banks

Investment banks

  • Casablanca Finance Group
  • Attijari Finances Corp.
  • BMCE Capital
  • CDG Capital
  • Capital Trust Maroc

Other banks

  • ABN AMRO Maroc
  • Arab Bank Maroc
  • Banco Immobiliario y Mercantil de Marruecos
  • Bank Al Amal
  • Banque Marocaine pour l'Afrique et l'Orient
  • Banque Nationale pour le Développement Économique
  • Bex-Maroc
  • Citibank
  • Commerzbank
  • Crédit Populaire du Maroc
  • Limar Bank Casa Union Marocaine de Banques
  • Raw-Mat Bank
  • Société de Banque & de Crédit
  • Société Marocaine de Depôt et de Crédit
  • Société Mithaq Al Maghrib
  • Union Bancaria Hispano Marroqui Uniban
  • Union Marocaine des Banques

Qatar

Syria

Central bank

Public banks

  • Agricultural Cooperative Bank (Syria)
  • Commercial Bank of Syria
  • Industrial Bank of Syria
  • National Microfinance Bank
  • Popular Credit Bank
  • Real-Estate Bank
  • Saving Bank

Private and Foreign banks

Islamic banks

Somalia

Central bank

Development bank

  • Somali Development Bank

Commercial banks

Sources:

Sudan

Central bank

Source: http://www.cbos.gov.sd

Commercial banks

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20130818113227/http://www.portalino.it/banks/_sd.htm

Tunisia

Central bank

Banks

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20130818112145/http://www.portalino.it/banks/_tn.htm

United Arab Emirates

Central Bank

Major commercial banks

Islamic banks

Defunct or merged banks

Yemen

References

  1. [1]
    Website of the Bank of Algeria (French)
  2. [2]
    Conventional Banks in Bahrain-CBB
  3. [3]
    Islamic Banks in Bahrain-CBB
  4. [4]
    CBB Register
  5. [5]
    The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (November 2011). "USAID-Tijara Provincial Economic Growth Program; Investor Guide of Baghdad". USAID-Tijara Provincial Economic Growth Program; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). p. 14. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  6. [6]
    National Islamic Bank Syria
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