List of banks in the Arab world


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 Private Banks

Bahrain

Central bank

Retail Conventional Banks

Source:

Wholesale Conventional Banks

Source:

Retail Islamic Banks

Source:

Wholesale Islamic Banks

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

Comoros

Central bank

Development banks

  • Banque de Développement des Comores

Commercial banks

Networks of mutual savings

  • Mutuelles d'épargne et crédit des Comores
  • Sanduk
Sources:
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20120220134155/http://www.portalino.it/banks/_km.htm
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20081218091525/http://www.afdb.org/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/ADB_ADMIN_PG/DOCUMENTS/FINANCIALINFORMATION/COMOROS.PDF
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20120312060035/http://www.thecitizen.co.tz/newe.php?id=6437

Djibouti

Central bank

  • National Bank of Djibouti or

Commercial banks

Sources:
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20120220134203/http://www.portalino.it/banks/_dj.htm
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20100108124401/http://www.muslimtrade.net/tradeguideline/djibouti/
  • http://allafrica.com/stories/200812290109.html

Egypt

Central bank

Banks

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

Iraq

Central bank

State-owned banks

Private banks

  • Al Qurtas Islamic Bank for Investment and Finance (QIB)
  • International Development Bank of Iraq (IDB)
  • Ashur International Bank for Investment
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International banks

Standard Chartered Bank

Jordan

Kuwait

Central Bank

Local Banks

Foreign Banks

Lebanon

Central bank

Major banks

Other banks

Foreign banks

Libya

Central bank

Banks

Sources:
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20130818143800/http://www.portalino.it/banks/_ly.htm
  • List of Libyan Banks
  • http://www.cbl.gov.ly/en/variant/index.php?cid=102

Mauritania

Central bank

Banks

  • Banque Arabe Africaine en Mauritanie
  • Banque Arabe Libyenne Mauritanienne pour le Commerce Extérieur
  • Banque Internationale pour la Mauritanie
  • Banque Mauritanienne 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:
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20110728040758/http://somalbanca.org/home.html
  • Central Bank of Somalia
  • http://www.nbos.org/
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20130818115746/http://www.portalino.it/banks/_so.htm

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