Banking - Middle East & Africa Industry Competitors

The largest bank in Israel, Bank Hapoalim caters to individual, commercial, and corporate clients at home and abroad. Within Israel, the Bank Hapoalim Group has more than 250 full-service branches and business centers. Overseas, it has branches, correspondent offices, and financial subsidiaries in North America, Latin America, Asia, and Europe; its international focus is on private banking....

Bank Leumi le-Israel looms large as one of Israel's largest financial institutions. The company offers a full range of financial services, including traditional retail banking, mortgages, trust services, asset management, offshore accounts, online securities trading, and merchant banking....

FirstRand knows firsthand about financial services and insurance. The company's FirstRand Bank Holdings operates FirstRand Bank and First National Bank in southern Africa, as well as asset financing firm WesBank and investment bank Rand Merchant Bank. Another of FirstRand's wholly owned subsidiaries, Momentum Group, houses asset management, employee benefits, and insurance operations....

Standard Bank Group sets the standard for sub-Saharan banking. South Africa's largest bank offers a variety of retail and commercial banking, corporate and investment banking, investment management, and life insurance services through more than 700 locations in its home country....

Serving some 8 million customers, Absa Group operates some 700 branches and more than 6,000 ATMs, primarily in South Africa. The company's Absa Bank is South Africa's largest retail bank and largest mortgage lender. The bank and other Absa Group subsidiaries offer insurance, financial planning, asset management, and trust services....

Ahli United Bank (AUB) unites the best of all banking worlds. Its services include private banking and asset management, corporate banking and treasury services, as well as retail banking services. The bank was formed in 2000 when The United Bank of Kuwait combined operations with Bahrain-based Al-Ahli Commercial Bank....

Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia, and Al Rajhi Banking and Investment would like to take care of the capital's capital (as well as the rest of the Middle East's). The joint stock company has nearly 400 branches and 1,600 ATMs across the country, doing business as Al Rajhi Bank (or RBIC)....

Arab Bank does what its name implies -- banking in the Arab world -- but also quite a bit more. Through a wide network of subsidiaries and affiliates, the bank provides financial services in more than twenty countries, not only in the Middle East but also in Europe, Asia, and the Americas as well....

ABC finds finance easy as... 1-2-3. Arab Banking Corporation (ABC) provides banking and financial services to a predominately Muslim clientele in the Middle East and North Africa. Offerings include portfolio management and treasury, retail and commercial banking, investment banking, and Sharia-compliant Islamic banking....

Arab National Bank offers Shariah (Islamic law) compliant domestic and international banking services for the retail and commercial markets. Its 143 branches and about 20 "ladies sections" provide savings and checking accounts, credit and ATM cards, loans, and investment services....

Though it's not related to the German car maker, Banque Audi could help you finance the purchase of an Audi -- or even an Audi dealership. The bank provides a variety of private, retail, and commercial banking services to customers in Lebanon and the wider Middle East; it offers private banking services through subsidiaries in Europe and the Americas....

Israel Discount Bank, the third-largest bank in Israel, has about 210 locations across the country, plus some 20 financial centers in North and South America and Europe. The bank offers standard consumer services like deposits, loans, and credit cards, in addition to private banking, international trade, and commercial banking activities....

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank is the resulting incarnation of the 2004 merger between United Mizrahi Bank and subsidiary Tefahot Israel Mortgage Bank. Israel's fourth-largest bank by assets, Mizrahi Tefahot offers a variety of international, commercial, domestic, and personal banking services....

Think of this bank as the beast in the Middle East. Founded in 1952, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) reigns supreme as the largest and most dominant financial services company in Kuwait (fifth among worldwide Arab banks). Through about 65 branches in Kuwait, the bank offers traditional personal banking services such as money accounts, credit cards, loans, and other related banking packages, and it also caters to businesses and commercial clients....

Qatar National Bank (QNB) is a leading financial institution in the State of Qatar, one of the wealthiest nations in the world. Boasting some 40% of the total assets in Qatar's banking sector, QNB offers customers private and commercial deposit accounts and loans, investment management, credit cards, insurance, and mutual funds....

One of the largest financial institutions in the Middle East, Riyad Bank's palette of banking and investment services includes something for just about every customer, including those who require Sharia-compliant banking. It also offers women-only branches for female customers....

The sound of money is music to Samba Financial Group's ears. The bank offers corporate advisory, investment banking, asset management, retail banking, and related services through more than 80 branches in Saudi Arabia. A London branch caters to Saudi customers in the UK; a handful of Islamic Banking branches offer Shariah-compliant services....

Sekerbank provides banking services for the residents of Turkey and abroad. The company focuses on providing a variety of corporate and commercial, retail, and small business banking services and products. Sekerbank has more than 200 branches and more than 200 ATMs in about 60 cities throughout Turkey....

As Israel's fifth-largest banking group, First International Bank of Israel (FIBI) wants to keep the new Israeli shekel circulating smoothly for all its private and corporate customers. The bank offers a smorgasbord of financial products such as deposits, mortgages, foreign exchange, portfolio management, underwriting, leasing, and fund and portfolio management services....

The Saudi British Bank (SABB) provides personal, private, and corporate banking services to customers across Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1978, SABB operates a network of about 75 branches (including a dozen locations exclusively for women), offering deposits, loans, and Takaful (cooperative insurance that complies with Islamic law)....