ABK takes home ‘Bank of the Year’ award from Arabian Business
ABK Group demonstrates strength across the region
KUWAIT CITY, May 14: Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) was named ‘Bank of the Year’ by Arabian Business Magazine, highlighting the Bank’s series of milestones and achievements that have been recorded throughout the past year. Abdullah Alsumait — Deputy Chief General Manager of ABK &. Fawzy Al Thunayan — General Manager of Board Affairs, received the award on behalf of the Bank during an awards ceremony held at Jumeirah Messilah Hotel — Kuwait, on 6th May, 2018.
The ‘Bank of the Year’ award recognizes ABK’s series of achievements across various areas in line with its Simpler Banking strategy, growing the Bank’s operations, and demonstrating the Bank’s strength across the region.
ABK recently launched a new core banking system, a powerful infrastructure framework that has transformed the Bank’s existing IT infrastructure and operating systems entirely.
This has already been successfully deployed across its UAE operations and Kuwait with Egypt following in the near future.
A number of other products and services were introduced including cardless cash withdrawals, a service that enables customers to withdraw cash from ABK Branch ATMs using the Mobile App or Online Banking without the need of a debit card. The Bank’s salary offering has also been enhanced greatly to better serve the
Abdullah Alsumait and Fawzy Al-Thunayan receiving the award.
needs of key sectors, particularly Kuwait.
ABK continues to be recognized internationally and locally and received a number of awards including: ‘Best Commercial Bank by Banker ME 2018 ,’ ‘Employer of the Year 2018 by Naseba,’ ‘Best Retail Bank by Asian Banker 2018, Best Retail Bank 2018 by the European, as well as being recognized by Global Finance as one of the ‘Top 10 Safest Banks in the region and 29th in Emerging Markets’.
For more information about ABK please visit eahli.com or contact an ABK customer service agent via ‘Ahlan Ahli’ at 1899899.