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
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Wholesale Conventional Banks
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Retail Islamic Banks
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Wholesale Islamic Banks
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Comoros
Central bank
Development banks
Commercial banks
Networks of mutual savings
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
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
- National Bank of Egypt
- Banque Misr
- Commercial International Bank (CIB)
- Housing and Development Bank
- Banque du Caire
- Suez Canal Bank
- Bank of Alexandria
- Agricultural Bank of Egypt
- Egyptian Arab Land Bank
- Industrial Development Bank of Egypt
- Export Development Bank of Egypt
- The United Bank of Egypt
- Arab African International Bank
- Arab International Bank
- Arab Investment Bank (AIB)
- Emirates NBD
- Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB)
- Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank - Egypt
- First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)
- Citibank Egypt
- Mashreq Bank
- Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait - Egypt (ABK-Egypt)
- National Bank of Kuwait - Egypt (NBK-Egypt)
- Qatar National Bank Al Ahli (QNB)
- Société Arabe Internationale de Banque (SAIB)
- Credit Agricole Egypt
- Kuwait Finance House
- American Express Egypt
- Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt
- Al Baraka Bank Egypt
- Egyptian Gulf Bank (EG BANK)
- Arab Banking Corporation (Bank ABC)
- Arab Bank Plc.
- Attijariwafa Bank Egypt
- onebank S.A.E.
refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banks_in_Egypt
Iraq
Central bank
State-owned banks
Private banks
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
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20130818113312/http://www.portalino.it/banks/_mr.htm
Morocco
Central bank
Major banks
Investment banks
Other banks
Qatar
Syria
Central bank
Public banks
Private and Foreign banks
Islamic banks
Somalia
Central bank
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
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