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 Public Banks

Commercial Private Banks

 Bahrain

Central bank

Retail Conventional Banks[2]

Wholesale Conventional Banks[3]

Retail Islamic Banks[4]

Wholesale Islamic Banks[5]

List of Banks & Financial Institutions as of 30 June 2015[6]

 Comoros

Central bank

Development banks

Commercial banks

Networks of mutual savings

Sources:

 Djibouti

Central bank

Commercial banks

Sources:

 Egypt

Central bank

Banks

Source: http://www.portalino.it/banks/_eg.htm

 Iraq

Main article: List of banks in Iraq

Central bank

Major banks

 Jordan

 Kuwait

 Lebanon

Central bank

Major banks

Other banks

Foreign banks

 Libya

Central bank

Banks

Sources:

 Mauritania

Central bank

Banks

Source: http://www.portalino.it/banks/_mr.htm

 Morocco

Central bank

Major banks

Investment banks

Other banks

 Qatar

 Syria

Central bank

Public banks

Private banks

Islamic banks

 Somalia

Central bank

Development bank

Commercial banks

Sources:

 Sudan

Central bank

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

Commercial banks

Source: http://www.portalino.it/banks/_sd.htm

 Tunisia

Central bank

Banks

Source: http://www.portalino.it/banks/_tn.htm

 United Arab Emirates

Major commercial banks

Islamic banks

Defunct or merged banks

 Yemen

References

  1. ↑ Website of the Bank of Algeria (French)
  2. ↑ Conventional Banks in Bahrain-CBB
  3. ↑ Conventional Banks in Bahrain-CBB
  4. ↑ Islamic Banks in Bahrain-CBB
  5. ↑ Islamic Banks in Bahrain-CBB
  6. ↑ CBB Register
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