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September 1998

Top 100 Arab Banks: the Arab 100





Top 100 Arab Banks: Waiting for the after-shock
Top 100 Arab Banks: Capital growth year-on-year
Top 100 Arab Banks: Asset growth year-on-year
Top 100 Arab Banks: Profit growth year-on-year
Top 100 Arab Banks: ROE growth
Top 100 Arab Banks: Methodology and Definitions

Rank                      
1997 1996 Bank Country Year ended Total capital ($m) Capital growth (%) Total assets ($m) Asset growth (%) Net profit ($m) Profit growth (%) ROE (%)
1 1 National Commercial Bank Saudi Arabia 12/97 2,079 1.72 22,809 7.78 278,582 14.02 13.40
2 2 Arab Banking Corp Bahrain 12/97 2,046 3.81 23,582 2.58 188,000 16.05 9.19
3 3 Riyad Bank Saudi Arabia 12/97 2,016 3.11 15,448 7.08 259,761 20.31 12.88
4 4 Arab Bank Group Jordan 12/97 1,571 12.01 16,808 5.69 220,694 11.61 14.05
5 5 Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corp Saudi Arabia 12/97 1,378 8.19 9,382 8.84 356,581 7.68 25.87
6 7 Saudi American Bank Saudi Arabia 12/97 1,223 6.13 12,185 10.54 278,336 13.14 22.75
7 6 National Bank of Kuwait Kuwait 12/97 1,214 2.74 13,506 3.37 232,296 1.59 19.14
8 8 National Bank of Dubai UAE 12/97 990 1.02 6,281 2.06 103,916 5.85 10.49
9 * United Saudi Bank Saudi Arabia 12/97 850 85.30 7,103 125.01 108,439 19.32 12.76
10 19 National Bank of Egypt Egypt 6/97 832 52.45 15,863 10.64 59,014 54.03 7.10
11 10 Saudi British Bank Saudi Arabia 12/97 811 8.47 9,439 15.05 144,298 16.18 17.79
12 13 Qatar National Bank Qatar 12/97 797 8.96 5,027 12.36 103,499 15.03 12.99
13 12 Al Bank Al Saudi Al Fransi Saudi Arabia 12/97 783 5.98 8,363 8.74 106,962 32.95 13.66
14 11 Arab National Bank Saudi Arabia 12/97 774 4.42 9,090 1.55 132,258 7.41 17.08
15 9 Libyan Arab Foreign Bank Libya 12/96 751 -1.80 9,377 17.19 - - -
16 14 Gulf International Bank Bahrain 12/97 694 6.34 9,524 6.02 86,400 -8.57 12.45
17 15 Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank UAE 12/97 693 14.73 5,062 25.57 123,050 24.75 17.75
18 16 Emirates Bank International UAE 12/97 673 16.30 4,676 8.73 120,379 15.60 17.89
19 18 National Bank of Abu Dhabi UAE 12/97 629 10.63 8,481 9.71 111,463 30.40 17.73
20 21 Investcorp Bank Bahrain 12/97 591 14.54 1,930 10.75 105,051 20.44 17.77
21 20 Gulf Bank Kuwait 12/97 568 5.90 5,685 5.19 109,879 10.62 19.35
22 17 Crédit Populaire du Maroc Morocco 12/97 556 -2.85 6,304 -3.19 46,935 -28.79 8.45
23 26 MashreqBank UAE 12/97 528 19.64 4,713 13.30 136,254 42.71 25.81
24 22 Burgan Bank Kuwait 12/97 491 -0.35 3,755 16.59 39,593 13.57 8.07
25 24 Commercial Bank of Kuwait Kuwait 12/97 483 5.32 4,180 9.93 72,099 30.93 14.93
26 30 Banque MISR Egypt 6/97 469 25.97 14,719 11.68 38,359 146.80 8.17
27 31 Kuwait Finance House Kuwait 12/97 469 27.39 5,185 9.52 113,723 4.06 24.27
28 27 Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait Kuwait 12/97 422 1.33 4,094 4.17 12,371 -38.67 2.93
29 28 Banque Marocaine du Commerce Extérieur Morocco 12/97 395 -3.34 3,873 -2.00 43,831 5.39 11.09
30 29 Banque Commercial du Maroc Morocco 12/97 389 1.33 3,657 -0.62 66,739 -4.63 17.17
31 38 Bank of Kuwait & the Middle East Kuwait 12/97 388 44.23 3,011 1.36 40,640 113.18 10.49
32 32 Saudi Investment Bank Saudi Arabia 12/97 366 7.76 2,767 9.31 41,890 25.92 11.45
33 35 Commercial International Bank Egypt 12/97 354 11.17 3,977 22.96 78,973 10.90 22.28
34 33 Saudi Hollandi Bank Saudi Arabia 12/97 353 10.00 4,860 8.51 56,103 30.17 15.90
35 - Commercial Bank of Syria Syria 6/97 343 -17.22 32,751 11.85 92,430 -56.23 26.96
36 36 Arab International Bank Egypt 6/97 329 5.30 2,189 -3.31 16,540 20.40 5.03
37 37 Banque du Caire Egypt 6/97 317 17.13 8,424 16.74 30,540 48.03 9.64
38 43 Industrial Bank of Kuwait Kuwait 12/97 306 25.19 1,256 7.36 40,699 12.81 13.31
39 39 Bank of Alexandria Egypt 6/97 305 15.55 5,998 2.37 25,089 71.72 8.22
40 66 Housing Bank Jordan 12/97 303 164.26 1,905 18.87 22,147 88.23 7.31
41 69 Banque Audi Lebanon 12/97 296 178.58 2,672 76.51 30,494 80.34 10.31
42 41 Arab Bank for Investment & Foreign Trade UAE 12/97 293 11.32 1,470 6.54 45,336 3.03 15.47
43 34 Banque Nationale Agricole Tunisia 12/97 280 -12.80 2,461 -19.14 16,652 -14.55 5.95
44 40 Crédit Populaire d'Algérie Algeria 12/96 264 -15.49 6,568 -5.29 12,000 130.90 4.55
45 49 Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait Bahrain 12/97 262 28.14 2,288 13.36 81,912 239.87 31.30
46 62 Banque du Liban & d'Outre-Mer Lebanon 12/97 259 100.82 3,213 5.58 42,760 57.85 16.50
47 73 Byblos Bank Lebanon 12/97 258 180.13 2,688 88.01 34,497 42.77 13.38
48 46 Kuwait Real Estate Bank Kuwait 12/97 257 10.12 1,275 2.89 38,409 93.95 14.92
49 42 National Bank of Bahrain Bahrain 12/97 255 3.51 2,587 13.43 35,745 7.31 13.99
50 44 Abu Dhabi Investment Co UAE 12/97 254 5.33 1,620 8.33 12,847 -22.87 5.06
51 45 Wafabank Morocco 12/97 243 3.52 2,584 9.27 30,356 10.38 12.49
52 48 Commercial Bank of Dubai UAE 12/97 232 12.61 1,296 21.76 44,496 - 19.14
53 47 United Gulf Bank Bahrain 12/97 229 2.79 440 25.79 22,205 - 9.71
54 50 Bahrain International Bank Bahrain 12/97 218 9.13 794 23.93 30,089 - 13.80
55 71 Oman International Bank Oman 12/97 217 121.56 1,538 50.32 43,186 84.71 19.87
56 60 MISR International Bank Egypt 12/97 193 41.47 2,648 -0.72 50,347 34.57 26.07
57 - Union National Bank UAE 12/97 180 - 1,780 - 27,323 169.82 15.22
58 55 National Bank of Oman Oman 12/97 177 24.65 1,522 29.21 33,935 9.79 19.22
59 83 Bank Muscat Al Ahli Al Omani Oman 12/97 175 120.56 1,603 50.66 32,112 70.14 18.39
60 52 Credit du Maroc Morocco 12/97 158 -4.28 1,444 5.28 19,457 5.34 12.29
61 56 Faysal Islamic Bank of Bahrain Bahrain 12/97 145 2.46 312 -12.47 17,366 -1.17 12.00
62 58 Bank Al Jazira Saudi Arabia 12/97 144 3.51 1,122 -5.28 4,886 30.55 3.39
63 - Banque Marocaine pour le Commerce & l'Industrie Morocco 12/97 144 - 1,427 - 16,009 - 11.11
64 54 Banque Nationale d'Algérie Algeria 12/96 142 -38.52 4,074 -0.87 7,428 25.58 5.22
65 80 Suez Canal Bank Egypt 12/97 141 - 2,175 - 21,403 49.45 15.17
66 57 Oman Housing Bank Oman 12/97 140 0.42 407 5.58 5,267 1.55 3.76
67 64 Bahrain Middle East Bank Bahrain 12/97 135 11.46 769 19.00 19,110 88.39 14.14
68 81 Fransabank Lebanon 12/97 135 69.89 1,847 31.79 41,335 52.41 30.64
69 59 Arab African International Bank Egypt 12/97 132 1.28 998 20.32 13,866 - 10.51
70 68 Middle East Bank UAE 12/97 128 18.97 470 11.49 20,389 7.27 15.94
71 63 National Bank of Fujairah UAE 12/97 126 3.69 668 14.69 14,282 -14.44 11.34
72 84 Commercial Bank of Qatar Qatar 12/97 118 53.72 998 12.71 17,638 35.45 14.96
73 61 Egyptian American Bank Egypt 12/97 117 -9.84 1,567 30.20 26,090 -2.38 22.33
74 76 Oman International Development & Investment Co Oman 12/97 117 30.12 774 34.07 41,324 161.07 35.40
75 70 Al-Ahli Commercial Bank Bahrain 12/97 113 7.29 687 9.03 16,460 7.09 14.55
76 65 Société Tunisienne de Banque Tunisia 12/97 112 -4.15 2,392 1.73 16,200 -2.22 14.44
77 67 TAIB Bank Bahrain 12/97 109 0.66 372 11.51 7,270 -30.12 6.65
78 - Commercial Bank of Oman Oman 12/97 107 91.77 862 122.61 13,150 - 12.34
79 72 National Bank of Umm Al-Qaiwain UAE 12/97 100 - 396 - 16,848 3.85 16.77
80 - Jordan National Bank Jordan 12/97 99 76.28 1,068 70.68 7,200 38.84 7.29
81 74 National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah UAE 12/97 94 2.60 447 13.33 10,554 85.73 11.23
82 82 Doha Bank Qatar 12/97 93 16.72 1,132 9.31 13,253 42.24 14.32
83 78 Emirates Industrial Bank UAE 12/97 89 3.86 210 5.56 6,029 25.46 6.79
84 103 Bank Dhofar Al-Omani Al-Fransi Oman 12/97 87 108.04 601 69.38 7,782 48.49 8.99
85 88 MISR Exterior Bank Egypt 12/97 87 32.19 1,600 45.99 19,554 25.00 22.60
86 75 Union Bancaire pour le Commerce & l'Industrie Tunisia 12/97 86 -5.71 786 5.04 10,970 - 12.71
87 86 Investment Bank for Trade & Finance UAE 12/97 83 13.63 506 13.91 15,538 25.47 18.70
88 79 Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie Tunisia 12/97 79 -6.64 1,697 -1.25 13,995 18.56 17.65
89 87 Bahraini Saudi Bank Bahrain 12/97 76 5.31 377 5.11 8,862 8.64 11.72
90 95 National Société Generale Bank Egypt 12/97 74 25.75 1,162 27.28 22,222 39.46 30.06
91 93 Oman Arab Bank Oman 12/97 74 22.51 703 32.79 24,484 81.28 33.17
92 85 Arab Tunisian Bank Tunisia 12/97 74 -8.59 643 -11.83 7,214 -2.21 9.79
93 89 Amen Bank Tunisia 12/97 73 11.96 975 9.16 8,726 9.98 11.98
94 91 United Arab Bank UAE 12/97 70 10.05 360 18.40 9,183 31.32 13.14
95 90 Bank of Sharjah UAE 12/97 68 - 366 - 8,906 22.69 13.07
96 92 Jordan Islamic Bank for Finance & Investment Jordan 12/97 65 4.57 918 8.09 5,152 2.81 7.98
97 99 Bank of Oman Bahrain & Kuwait Oman 12/97 63 14.01 587 51.48 7,782 19.83 12.29
98 94 Qatar Islamic Bank Qatar 12/97 62 3.66 927 11.21 9,191 -36.00 14.84
99 101 First Gulf Bank UAE 12/97 58 - 239 - 6,841 80.66 11.86
100 96 Albaraka Islamic Investment Bank Bahrain 12/97 58 1.35 188 20.69 4,265 4.71 7.41
* United Saudi Commercial Bank & Saudi Cairo Bank merged, effective 14/9/97.
** Merged with Bank of Oman Bahrain & Kuwait, effective 20/6/98.


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