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

Central bank

  • Central Bank of Bahrain

    Retail Conventional Banks

Source:
  • Ahli United Bank B.S.C.
  • Arab Bank PLC
  • Bahrain Development Bank B.S.C. BBK
  • BMI Bank B.S.C
  • BNP Paribas
  • Citibank Bahrain
  • Credit Libanais SAL
  • Eskan Bank
  • Future Bank B.S.C.
  • Habib Bank Limited
  • HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
  • ICICI Bank Limited
  • MashreqBank psc
  • National Bank of Abu Dhabi National Bank of Bahrain BSC
  • National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K. Rafidain Bank
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • State Bank of India
  • The Housing Bank for Trade and Finance - Jordan United Bank Limited

    Wholesale Conventional Banks

Source:
  • Addax Bank B.S.C
  • Allied Bank Limited
  • Alubaf Arab International Bank B.S.C.
  • Arab Bank plc
  • Arab Banking Corporation
  • Arab Investment Company S.A.A.
  • Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation APICORP
  • Askari Bank Limited
  • Awal Bank B.S.C.
  • Bahrain Arab International Bank Under liquidation
  • Bahrain International Bank E.C. Under liquidation
  • Bahrain Middle East Bank B.S.C.
  • Bank Alfalah Limited
  • Bank Al Habib Limited
  • Bank of Baroda
  • BNP Paribas
  • BNP Paribas 3U
  • Cairo Amman Bank
  • Canara Bank
  • Capital Union E.C. Under liquidation
  • Citibank Bahrain
  • Citicorp Banking Corporation
  • Denizbank A.S.
  • Finansbank A.S.
  • Gulf International Bank B.S.C.
  • Gulf Investment Corporation
  • Gulf One Investment Bank B.S.C
  • Habib Bank Limited
  • HDFC Bank
  • HSBC Bank Middle East Limited
  • ING Bank A.S.
  • International Bank for Commerce Under liquidation
  • Investcorp Bank B.S.C.
  • JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  • JS Bank Limited
  • Korea Exchange Bank
  • Kuwait Asia Bank E.C. Under liquidation
  • Malayan Banking Berhad Maybank
  • MCB Bank Limited
  • National Bank of Abu Dhabi
  • National Bank of Pakistan
  • Philippine National Bank
  • Saudi National Commercial Bank
  • Securities & Investment Company B.S.C
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • State Bank of India
  • TAIB Bank B.S.C.
  • The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd.
  • The International Banking Corporation B.S.C.
  • Turk Ekonomi Bankasi Under liquidation
  • Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S
  • Turkiye Is Bankasi A.S.
  • UBS Global Asset Management Ltd.
  • United Gulf Bank E.C.
  • Vakifbank Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi
  • Woori Bank
  • Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi A.S.

    Retail Islamic Banks

Source:
  • Al Baraka Islamic Bank B.S.C.
  • Al-Salam Bank -Bahrain B.S.C.
  • Bahrain Islamic Bank B.S.C.
  • Ithmaar Bank B.S.C.
  • Khaleeji Commercial Bank B.S.C.
  • Kuwait Finance House B.S.C.

    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

  • Central Bank of the Comoros

    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:
  • 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

  • Banque Al Baraka Djibouti
  • Banque de Djibouti et du Moyen Orient SA
  • Banque Indosuez Mer Rouge
  • Banque pour le Commerce et l'Industrie - Mer Rouge
  • British Bank of Middle-East
  • Banque de dépôt de l'Ethiopie
  • Banque d'Epargne de la Somalie
  • Caisse de Développement
  • International Commercial Bank
  • Salam African Bank
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

  • Central Bank of Egypt

    Banks

  • Al Ahram Bank
  • Al Mohandes Bank
  • Al Watani Bank of Egypt
  • Alexandria Bank
  • Union National Bank-Egypt
  • Alexandria Kuwait International Bank
  • Arab African International Bank
  • Arab Bank
  • Arab Banking Corporation
  • Arab International Bank
  • Arab Investment Bank
  • Banca Romana de Comert Exterior
  • Banco do Brasil
  • Bank Melli Iran
  • Bank of Alexandria
  • Bank of America NT & SA
  • Bank of Commerce & Development
  • Bank of Credit & Commerce
  • Bank of Egypt
  • Bank of Tokyo
  • Bank Saderat Iran
  • Bank Sohar SAOG
  • Bankers Trust Company
  • Banque de l'Union Européene
  • Banque du Caire
  • Banque du Caire et de Paris
  • Banque Indosuez
  • Banque Misr
  • Banque Nationale de Paris
  • Banque Paribas
  • Barclays Bank
  • Byblos Arab Finance Bank
  • Cairo Amman Bank
  • Audi SAE-Egypt
  • Chase Manhattan Overseas Corporation
  • Chase National Bank of Egypt SAE
  • Citibank
  • Commercial International Bank
  • Crédit Commercial de France
  • Credit Foncier Egyptien
  • Credit International d'Egypt
  • Crédit Lyonnais
  • Credit Suisse
  • Credito Italiano
  • Dakahlia Commercial Bank
  • Delta International Bank
  • Deutsche Bank AG
  • Development Industrial Bank
  • Development International Bank
  • Dresdner Bank AG
  • Egypt Arab African Bank
  • Egyptian American Bank
  • Egyptian Arab Land Bank
  • Egyptian British Bank SAE
  • Egyptian Gulf Bank
  • Egyptian Saudi Finance Bank
  • Egyptian Workers Bank
  • European Arab Bank
  • Export Development Bank of Egypt
  • Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt
  • Gharbia National Bank for Development
  • Giza National Bank for Development
  • Habib Bank Ltd
  • Housing and Development Bank
  • Industrial Development Bank
  • Islamic Banking System International
  • Islamic International Bank for Investment & Development
  • Jammal Trust Bank
  • Lloyds Bank International Ltd
  • Mashreq Bank
  • Middle East Bank
  • MISR America International Bank
  • MISR Exterior Bank
  • MISR Iran Development Bank
  • MISR Romanian Bank
  • Mohandes Bank
  • Monte dei Paschi Banking Group
  • Morgan Grenfell & Co Ltd
  • Nasser Social Bank
  • National Bank for Development
  • National Bank of Abu Dhabi
  • National Bank of Egypt
  • National Bank of Greece
  • National Bank of Oman
  • National Bank of Pakistan
  • National Bank of Sudan
  • National Egyptian Bank
  • National Investment Bank
  • National Société Générale Bank
  • Nova Ljubljanska Banka
  • Overseas Development & Investment
  • Port Said National Bank for Development
  • Principal Bank for Development & Agricultural Credit
  • Pyramids Bank
  • Qaliubia National Bank for Development
  • Rafidain Bank
  • Royal Bank of Canada
  • Société Arabe Internationale de Banque
  • Société Générale Egypte Banque Française
  • State Bank of India
  • Suez Canal Bank
  • Sumitomo Bank
  • Swiss Bank Corporation
  • Trans Arabian Investment Bank
  • The Bank Of Nova Scotia
  • The Nile Bank
  • United Bank of Egypt
  • Union National Bank
  • Banca Commerciale Italiana
  • Commerzbank
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20130126183205/http://www.portalino.it/banks/_eg.htm

Iraq

Central bank

  • Central Bank of Iraq

    State-owned banks

  • Rafidain Bank
  • Rasheed Bank
  • Industrial Bank
  • Agricultural Cooperative Bank of Iraq
  • Real Estate Bank of Iraq
  • Bank of Iraq
  • Trade Bank of Iraq

    Private banks

  • Al Qurtas Islamic Bank for Investment and Finance
  • International Development Bank of Iraq
  • Ashur International Bank for Investment
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  • Albaraka Bank Turkey
  • Kurdistan International Bank
  • Ghana Bank
  • Babylon Bank
  • Bank of Baghdad
  • Basrah International Bank for Investment
  • Commercial Bank of Iraq
  • Credit Bank of Iraq
  • Dar Es Salaam Investment Bank
  • Dijlah & Furat Bank
  • Economy Bank Iraq
  • Gulf Commercial Bank
  • Taawen Islamic Bank
  • Industrial Union Investment Bank
  • Investment Bank of Iraq
  • Iraqi Middle East Investment Bank
  • Islamic Bank
  • Mosul Bank
  • National Bank of Iraq
  • North Bank
  • Sumer Bank
  • Union Bank of Iraq
  • Bank Audi
  • ِWorld Islamic Bank
  • ِElaf Islamic Bank
  • United Investment Bank
  • Al Janoob Islamic Bank
  • T.C. Ziraat Bankasi of Turkey
  • Bank Mili Iran
  • Byblos Bank