| The Arab One Hundred 1996 |
| Rank |
Rank |
|
Country |
Period |
Total |
Capital |
Total |
Asset |
Net |
Profit |
Return |
Return |
| 1996 |
1995 |
|
|
end |
capital |
growth |
assets |
growth |
profit |
growth |
on equity |
on assets |
|
|
|
|
|
($m) |
(%) |
($m) |
(%) |
($m) |
(%) |
(%) |
(%) |
| 1 |
1 |
Islamic Development Bank |
Saudi Arabia |
May-95 |
3,565,079 |
5.18 |
5,331,432 |
5.48 |
93,608 |
11.26 |
2.63 |
1.76 |
| 2 |
2 |
National Commercial Bank |
Saudi Arabia |
Dec-95 |
1,941,879 |
2.47 |
20,294,939 |
10.19 |
186,993 |
20.95 |
9.63 |
0.92 |
| 3 |
3 |
Riyad Bank |
Saudi Arabia |
Dec-95 |
1,904,834 |
2.01 |
14,468,817 |
0.54 |
203,896 |
31.25 |
10.7 |
1.41 |
| 4 |
4 |
Arab Banking Corporation |
Bahrain |
Dec-95 |
1,814,000 |
9.21 |
21,265,000 |
8.96 |
149,000 |
20.16 |
8.21 |
0.7 |
| 5 |
5 |
Arab Bank Group |
Jordan |
Dec-95 |
1,267,900 |
7.4 |
14,404,602 |
0.56 |
168,000 |
19.04 |
13.25 |
1.17 |
| 6 |
7 |
Al Rajhi Banking and Investment Corp |
Saudi Arabia |
Dec-95 |
1,194,888 |
8.5 |
8,187,616 |
6.18 |
306,565 |
16.98 |
25.66 |
3.74 |
| 7 |
6 |
National Bank of Kuwait |
Kuwait |
Dec-95 |
1,157,465 |
2.83 |
12,951,145 |
-2.11 |
211,414 |
19.34 |
18.27 |
1.63 |
| 8 |
9 |
Saudi American Bank |
Saudi Arabia |
Dec-95 |
1,088,592 |
12.21 |
10,907,466 |
-6.32 |
286,164 |
5.69 |
26.29 |
2.62 |
| 9 |
10 |
Gulf Investment Corporation |
Kuwait |
Dec-95 |
1,001,070 |
6.76 |
10,244,901 |
11.06 |
115,857 |
86.21 |
11.57 |
1.13 |
| 10 |
8 |
National Bank of Dubai |
UAE |
Dec-95 |
975,883 |
0.16 |
5,884,473 |
2.13 |
95,424 |
17.93 |
9.78 |
1.62 |
| 11 |
11 |
Libyan Arab Foreign Bank |
Libya |
Dec-95 |
764,742 |
2.02 |
8,001,795 |
26.94 |
4,264 |
46.58 |
0.56 |
0.05 |
| 12 |
12 |
Saudi British Bank |
Saudi Arabia |
Dec-95 |
716,861 |
3.59 |
6,957,666 |
-3.88 |
107,692 |
15.11 |
15.02 |
1.55 |
| 13 |
13 |
Al Bank Al Saudi Al Fransi |
Saudi Arabia |
Dec-95 |
708,452 |
4.41 |
7,229,216 |
13.72 |
94,334 |
3.53 |
13.32 |
1.3 |
| 14 |
14 |
Arab National Bank |
Saudi Arabia |
Dec-95 |
700,800 |
4.57 |
8,497,985 |
5.83 |
110,471 |
2.34 |
15.76 |
1.3 |
| 15 |
15 |
Qatar National Bank |
Qatar |
Dec-95 |
671,507 |
8.87 |
4,732,002 |
8.85 |
79,061 |
5.05 |
11.77 |
1.67 |
| 16 |
17 |
Gulf International Bank |
Bahrain |
Dec-95 |
603,010 |
8.03 |
8,433,310 |
11.34 |
89,800 |
20.1 |
14.89 |
1.06 |
| 17 |
16 |
Arab Petroleum Investments Corp |
Saudi Arabia |
Dec-95 |
578,866 |
3.62 |
1,308,250 |
-0.13 |
40,196 |
104.41 |
6.94 |
3.07 |
| 18 |
20 |
Crédit Populaire du Maroc |
Morocco |
Dec-95 |
569,186 |
16.95 |
6,532,987 |
14.78 |
49,541 |
-11.59 |
8.7 |
0.76 |
| 19 |
18 |
National Bank of Abu Dhabi |
UAE |
Dec-95 |
534,129 |
3.87 |
6,378,457 |
-14.73 |
58,554 |
29.67 |
10.96 |
0.92 |
| 20 |
19 |
The Gulf Bank |
Kuwait |
Dec-95 |
529,610 |
6.83 |
4,859,620 |
5.29 |
85,390 |
22.08 |
16.12 |
1.76 |
| 21 |
24 |
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank |
UAE |
Dec-95 |
522,452 |
18.55 |
3,672,715 |
10.25 |
81,762 |
36.41 |
15.65 |
2.23 |
| 22 |
25 |
Emirates Bank International |
UAE |
Dec-95 |
496,213 |
15.45 |
4,227,125 |
22.85 |
86,703 |
16.96 |
17.47 |
2.05 |
| 23 |
21 |
National Bank of Egypt |
Egypt |
Jun-95 |
491,016 |
4.14 |
12,689,543 |
9.91 |
29,455 |
24.7 |
6 |
0.23 |
| 24 |
35 |
Commercial Bank of Kuwait |
Kuwait |
Dec-95 |
482,762 |
47.18 |
4,050,336 |
18.08 |
26,765 |
240.41 |
5.54 |
0.66 |
| 25 |
22 |
Burgan Bank |
Kuwait |
Dec-95 |
475,740 |
5.76 |
3,170,660 |
10.54 |
26,910 |
89.32 |
5.66 |
0.85 |
| 26 |
23 |
Saudi Cairo Bank |
Saudi Arabia |
Dec-95 |
466,860 |
5.22 |
5,001,290 |
4.4 |
56,641 |
7.14 |
12.13 |
1.13 |
| 27 |
27 |
Investcorp Bank |
Bahrain |
Dec-95 |
458,800 |
12.92 |
1,740,700 |
24.75 |
70,300 |
44.61 |
15.32 |
4.04 |
| 28 |
36 |
Alahli Bank of Kuwait |
Kuwait |
Dec-95 |
439,100 |
49.14 |
4,359,900 |
19.26 |
15,190 |
-37.56 |
3.46 |
0.35 |
| 29 |
34 |
Banque Commercial du Maroc |
Morocco |
Dec-95 |
412,169 |
22.31 |
3,515,291 |
13.84 |
61,164 |
24.82 |
14.84 |
1.74 |
| 30 |
29 |
United Saudi Commercial Bank |
Saudi Arabia |
Dec-95 |
409,940 |
10.46 |
2,920,051 |
5.37 |
82,201 |
1.33 |
20.05 |
2.82 |
| 31 |
32 |
MashreqBank |
UAE |
Dec-95 |
391,766 |
12.19 |
3,749,559 |
11.51 |
88,328 |
7.78 |
22.55 |
2.36 |
| 32 |
30 |
Arab Investment Company |
Saudi Arabia |
Dec-95 |
374,473 |
1.17 |
1,122,758 |
20.54 |
4,331 |
86.52 |
1.16 |
0.39 |
| 33 |
31 |
Banque Misr |
Egypt |
Jun-95 |
359,960 |
1.67 |
12,855,769 |
8.22 |
16,789 |
9.78 |
4.66 |
0.13 |
| 34 |
37 |
Banque Marocaine du Comm Extérieur |
Morocco |
Dec-95 |
334,437 |
13.75 |
4,009,528 |
7.83 |
35,537 |
26.08 |
10.63 |
0.89 |
| 35 |
39 |
Banque Nationale Agricole |
Tunisia |
Dec-95 |
329,454 |
18.42 |
3,203,620 |
5.93 |
15,453 |
13.87 |
4.69 |
0.48 |
| 36 |
28 |
Crédit Populaire d'Algérie |
Algeria |
Dec-94 |
312,402 |
-18.15 |
6,935,188 |
-21.76 |
5,197 |
-11.28 |
1.66 |
0.07 |
| 37 |
45 |
Kuwait Finance House |
Kuwait |
Dec-95 |
299,264 |
31.53 |
4,667,650 |
9.46 |
100,931 |
95.77 |
33.73 |
2.16 |
| 38 |
38 |
Arab International Bank |
Egypt |
Jun-95 |
298,378 |
5.09 |
2,323,359 |
12.13 |
13,165 |
-2.8 |
4.41 |
0.57 |
| 39 |
33 |
Saudi Hollandi Bank |
Saudi Arabia |
Dec-95 |
290,767 |
-15.63 |
4,202,720 |
6.87 |
-42,638 |
-231.95 |
-14.66 |
-1.01 |
| 40 |
40 |
Banque du Caire |
Egypt |
Jun-95 |
254,197 |
2.79 |
6,911,929 |
7.41 |
16,200 |
18.26 |
6.37 |
0.23 |
| 41 |
42 |
Bank of Alexandria |
Egypt |
Jun-95 |
252,780 |
5.08 |
5,592,390 |
8.78 |
12,371 |
18.03 |
4.89 |
0.22 |
| 42 |
41 |
Commercial International Bank |
Egypt |
Dec-95 |
252,631 |
3.47 |
2,293,536 |
27.43 |
64,226 |
6.68 |
25.42 |
2.8 |
| 43 |
44 |
Bank of Kuwait and the Middle East |
Kuwait |
Dec-95 |
248,379 |
6.81 |
3,165,584 |
12.43 |
9,460 |
35.32 |
3.81 |
0.3 |
| 44 |
48 |
Industrial Bank of Kuwait |
Kuwait |
Dec-95 |
244,174 |
12.62 |
1,134,968 |
3.2 |
31,807 |
23.52 |
13.03 |
2.8 |
| 45 |
43 |
National Bank of Bahrain |
Bahrain |
Dec-95 |
239,338 |
0.83 |
2,402,902 |
-4.88 |
25,926 |
-15.72 |
10.83 |
1.08 |
| 46 |
49 |
Arab Bank for Inv and Foreign Trade |
UAE |
Dec-95 |
234,819 |
13.23 |
1,221,573 |
47.2 |
39,074 |
30.73 |
16.64 |
3.2 |
| 47 |
26 |
Banque Nationale d'Algérie |
Algeria |
Dec-94 |
231,591 |
-44.02 |
4,109,756 |
-30.99 |
5,915 |
-75.2 |
2.55 |
0.14 |
| 48 |
46 |
Kuwait Real Estate Bank |
Kuwait |
Dec-95 |
226,564 |
1.69 |
1,192,439 |
3.47 |
13,211 |
97.95 |
5.83 |
1.11 |
| 49 |
50 |
Abu Dhabi Investment Company |
UAE |
Dec-95 |
224,655 |
8.8 |
1,345,336 |
5.59 |
18,178 |
-2.12 |
8.09 |
1.35 |
| 50 |
47 |
United Gulf Bank |
Bahrain |
Dec-95 |
221,465 |
0.09 |
373,442 |
-2.97 |
15,330 |
45.39 |
6.92 |
4.11 |
| 51 |
54 |
Wafabank |
Morocco |
Dec-95 |
204,501 |
15.51 |
2,090,212 |
10.52 |
23,802 |
20.78 |
11.64 |
1.14 |
| 52 |
51 |
Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait |
Bahrain |
Dec-95 |
198,380 |
1.4 |
1,973,721 |
12.65 |
21,412 |
10.42 |
10.79 |
1.08 |
| 53 |
52 |
Bahrain International Bank |
Bahrain |
Dec-95 |
194,900 |
1.51 |
599,603 |
-14.37 |
18,298 |
11.09 |
9.39 |
3.05 |
| 54 |
53 |
Kuwait Investment Company |
Kuwait |
Dec-95 |
188,452 |
3.38 |
950,028 |
93.07 |
20,724 |
-6.67 |
11 |
2.18 |
| 55 |
55 |
Commercial Bank of Dubai |
UAE |
Dec-95 |
180,245 |
9.78 |
904,338 |
25.54 |
32,834 |
55.69 |
18.22 |
3.63 |
| 56 |
56 |
Crédit du Maroc |
Morocco |
Dec-95 |
163,001 |
17.51 |
1,442,190 |
16.34 |
16,185 |
23.57 |
9.93 |
1.12 |
| 57 |
58 |
Arab African International Bank |
Egypt |
Dec-95 |
145,910 |
14.25 |
1,124,393 |
9.62 |
12,068 |
18.48 |
8.27 |
1.07 |
| 58 |
57 |
Oman Housing Bank |
Oman |
Dec-95 |
138,954 |
1.17 |
368,603 |
6.83 |
6,281 |
7.72 |
4.52 |
1.7 |
| 59 |
61 |
Saudi Investment Bank |
Saudi Arabia |
Dec-95 |
137,125 |
19.87 |
2,138,250 |
23.12 |
22,733 |
27.17 |
16.58 |
1.06 |
| 60 |
59 |
Société Tunisienne de Banque |
Tunisia |
Dec-95 |
126,211 |
6.51 |
2,302,944 |
8.2 |
16,434 |
6.58 |
13.02 |
0.7161 |
| 61 |
64 |
MISR International Bank |
Egypt |
Dec-95 |
115,232 |
17.23 |
2,512,069 |
12.46 |
25,304 |
36.39 |
21.96 |
1.01 |
| 62 |
62 |
National Bank of Fujairah |
UAE |
Dec-95 |
114,542 |
5.3 |
486,554 |
35.09 |
13,938 |
43.06 |
12.17 |
2.86 |
| 63 |
70 |
Dubai Islamic Bank |
UAE |
Dec-95 |
109,875 |
30.17 |
1,680,226 |
12.65 |
10,480 |
53.46 |
9.54 |
0.62 |
| 64 |
82 |
Housing Bank |
Jordan |
Dec-95 |
109,700 |
77.22 |
1,556,300 |
13.41 |
13,300 |
89.03 |
12.12 |
0.85 |
| 65 |
63 |
TAIB Bank |
Bahrain |
Dec-95 |
104,656 |
4.63 |
306,889 |
-2 |
9,677 |
1 |
9.25 |
3.15 |
| 66 |
68 |
National Bank of Oman |
Oman |
Dec-95 |
103,964 |
17.05 |
918,255 |
23.18 |
17,430 |
92.75 |
16.77 |
1.9 |
| 67 |
60 |
Faysal Islamic Bank of Bahrain |
Bahrain |
Dec-95 |
101,000 |
-14.57 |
462,000 |
10.86 |
12,600 |
-18.72 |
12.48 |
2.73 |
| 68 |
66 |
Bahrain Middle East Bank |
Bahrain |
Dec-95 |
97,472 |
5.88 |
460,233 |
-5.54 |
5,582 |
89.93 |
5.73 |
1.21 |
| 69 |
69 |
Al-Ahli Commercial Bank |
Bahrain |
Dec-95 |
97,114 |
9.65 |
574,056 |
4.96 |
13,814 |
13.43 |
14.22 |
2.41 |
| 70 |
65 |
Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie |
Tunisia |
Dec-95 |
95,831 |
4.06 |
1,693,718 |
19.45 |
6,225 |
-28.47 |
6.5 |
0.37 |
| 71 |
67 |
National Bank of Umm Al-Qaiwain |
UAE |
Dec-95 |
91,900 |
2.52 |
339,984 |
11.1 |
14,515 |
13.95 |
15.79 |
4.27 |
| 72 |
74 |
Middle East Bank |
UAE |
Dec-95 |
88,498 |
22.3 |
376,858 |
20.05 |
16,136 |
1.63 |
18.23 |
4.28 |
| 73 |
114 |
Banque Audi |
Lebanon |
Dec-95 |
85,988 |
199.81 |
1,325,789 |
34.45 |
12,620 |
62.78 |
14.68 |
0.95 |
| 74 |
71 |
Emirates Industrial Bank |
UAE |
Dec-95 |
83,439 |
3.44 |
189,007 |
1.53 |
5,498 |
54.48 |
6.59 |
2.91 |
| 75 |
83 |
Banque de Dév Economique de Tunisie |
Tunisia |
Dec-95 |
82,385 |
35.59 |
842,810 |
11.69 |
5,837 |
-29.39 |
7.09 |
0.69 |
| 76 |
93 |
Oman Intl Dev and Inv Company |
Oman |
Dec-95 |
82,203 |
58.08 |
514,000 |
10.3 |
14,315 |
19.29 |
17.41 |
2.79 |
| 77 |
104 |
Arab Tunisian Bank |
Tunisia |
Dec-95 |
79,538 |
84.97 |
673,399 |
19.73 |
6,798 |
13.3 |
8.55 |
1.01 |
| 78 |
76 |
National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah |
UAE |
Dec-95 |
78,286 |
9.38 |
401,701 |
10.49 |
11,005 |
-5.6 |
14.06 |
2.74 |
| 79 |
73 |
Doha Bank |
Qatar |
Dec-95 |
78,186 |
5.78 |
931,281 |
13.75 |
9,035 |
22.79 |
11.56 |
0.97 |
| 80 |
88 |
Banque du Liban et d'Outre-Mer |
Lebanon |
Dec-95 |
77,746 |
40.13 |
1,857,017 |
31.24 |
17,613 |
25.23 |
22.65 |
0.95 |
| 81 |
72 |
Al-Ubaf Arab International Bank |
Bahrain |
Dec-95 |
75,583 |
0.03 |
200,291 |
-2.83 |
23 |
-97.1 |
0.03 |
0.01 |
| 82 |
95 |
Oman International Bank |
Oman |
Dec-95 |
75,033 |
46.2 |
839,514 |
10.28 |
15,446 |
36.09 |
20.59 |
1.84 |
| 83 |
81 |
Suez Canal Bank |
Egypt |
Dec-95 |
74,524 |
18.81 |
1,645,515 |
5.68 |
11,394 |
81.38 |
15.29 |
0.69 |
| 84 |
111 |
Byblos Bank |
Lebanon |
Dec-95 |
72,940 |
132.09 |
1,035,643 |
38.84 |
14,724 |
109.06 |
20.19 |
1.42 |
| 85 |
77 |
Commercial Bank of Qatar |
Qatar |
Dec-95 |
72,357 |
4.26 |
729,933 |
16.4 |
10,199 |
56.67 |
14.1 |
1.4 |
| 86 |
75 |
First Gulf Bank |
UAE |
Dec-94 |
72,229 |
0 |
225,807 |
0 |
4,826 |
0 |
6.68 |
2.14 |
| 87 |
91 |
Misr Exterior Bank |
Egypt |
Dec-95 |
70,975 |
35.48 |
833,711 |
24.11 |
13,549 |
29.27 |
19.09 |
1.63 |
| 88 |
79 |
Bahraini Saudi Bank |
Bahrain |
Dec-95 |
68,412 |
4.4 |
334,455 |
6.3 |
7,404 |
1.16 |
10.82 |
2.21 |
| 89 |
80 |
Egyptian American Bank |
Egypt |
Dec-95 |
67,411 |
4.73 |
1,076,808 |
16.71 |
24,406 |
4.43 |
36.2 |
2.27 |
| 90 |
78 |
Arabian General Investment Corporation |
UAE |
Dec-94 |
67,000 |
0 |
86,000 |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| 91 |
85 |
Bank Muscat Al Ahli Al Omani |
Oman |
Dec-95 |
65,488 |
15.05 |
884,159 |
12.76 |
15,586 |
19.29 |
23.8 |
1.76 |
| 92 |
101 |
Investment Bank for Trade and Finance |
UAE |
Dec-95 |
64,819 |
39.32 |
414,208 |
7.85 |
11,756 |
93.74 |
18.14 |
2.84 |
| 93 |
100 |
Bank of Sharjah |
UAE |
Dec-95 |
60,818 |
29.11 |
262,559 |
10.19 |
6,522 |
26.79 |
10.72 |
2.48 |
| 94 |
98 |
Union Bancaire pour le Comm et l'Ind |
Tunisia |
Dec-95 |
59,803 |
22.77 |
793,127 |
23.46 |
19,920 |
106.85 |
33.31 |
2.51 |
| 95 |
86 |
Jordan Islamic Bank for Finance and Inv |
Jordan |
Dec-95 |
59,209 |
6.11 |
877,171 |
7.88 |
4,960 |
0.32 |
8.38 |
0.57 |
| 96 |
84 |
Amen Bank |
Tunisia |
Dec-94 |
58,808 |
0 |
671,723 |
0 |
6,684 |
0 |
11.37 |
1 |
| 97 |
87 |
United Arab Bank |
UAE |
Dec-95 |
58,535 |
5.08 |
312,648 |
-0.78 |
5,667 |
-45.6 |
9.68 |
1.81 |
| 98 |
89 |
Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt |
Egypt |
Jun-95 |
55,634 |
0.34 |
1,740,018 |
10.72 |
0 |
n/a |
0 |
0 |
| 99 |
90 |
Albaraka Islamic Investment Bank |
Bahrain |
Dec-95 |
55,252 |
2.7 |
156,801 |
-2.08 |
3,955 |
23.71 |
7.16 |
2.52 |
| 100 |
96 |
Jordan National Bank |
Jordan |
Dec-95 |
54,549 |
6.35 |
597,972 |
5.61 |
6,925 |
3.57 |
12.7 |
1.16 |