Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie

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Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie

Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie (BIAT) is the largest private sector bank in Tunisia. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is listed on the Tunisian Stock Exchange (Bourse de Tunis). [5] [6]

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Overview

The Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie was founded by Mansour Moalla in 1976, [7] as a result of a merger of the Tunisian branches of the Société Marseillaise de Crédit and the British Bank of the Middle East. [8] It is headquartered in Tunis, Tunisia. [1] It has 185 offices in Tunisia and 1 office in Libya. [1] It announced in 2007 that it would open additional branches in Algeria and Morocco. [9]

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