List of banks in the Arab world

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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.

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Algeria

Central bank

Commercial Private Banks

Bahrain

Central bank

Retail Conventional Banks [2]

Wholesale Conventional Banks [2]

Retail Islamic Banks [3]

Wholesale Islamic Banks [3]

Comoros

Central bank

Development banks

Commercial banks

Networks of mutual savings

Sources:

Djibouti

Central bank

Commercial banks

Sources:

Egypt

Central bank

Banks

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Share of the Credit Foncier Egyptien, issued July 1905

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

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:

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:

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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References

  1. ↑ Website of the Bank of Algeria (French)
  2. 1 2 Conventional Banks in Bahrain-CBB
  3. 1 2 Islamic Banks in Bahrain-CBB
  4. 1 2 3 The Louis Berger Group, Inc. (November 2011). "USAID-Tijara Provincial Economic Growth Program; Investor Guide of Baghdad". USAID-Tijara Provincial Economic Growth Program; U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). p. 14.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. ↑ National Islamic Bank Syria
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