Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait

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Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait B.S.C (BBK)
TypeFinancial
BHSE:  BBK
Industry Banking
Financial services
Investment services
Founded16 March 1971;52 years ago (16 March 1971)
Headquarters,
Area served
Bahrain and Kuwait (retail and corporate banking); UAE and India (corporate banking only), Turkey
Key people
Murad Ali Murad (Chairman)
A.Rahman Saif (CEO)
Products Finance and insurance
Consumer Banking
Corporate Banking
Investment Banking
Investment Management
Global Wealth Management
Private Equity
Mortgages
Credit Cards
RevenueDecrease2.svg $419.894 million (2019) [1]
Decrease2.svg $284.615 million (2019) [1]
Increase2.svg $200.000 million (2019) [1]
Total assets Increase2.svg $10.252 billion (2019) [1]
Total equity Increase2.svg $1.450 billion (2019) [1]
Number of employees
1,392 (2019) [1]
Subsidiaries CrediMax, Invita
Website www.bbkonline.com

The Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (BBK) was established on 16 March 1971 in both the Kingdom of Bahrain and the State of Kuwait. Its shareholders consist of the general public, the government of Bahrain, banks and investment companies in Kuwait. BBK engages in the provision of various services and banking products throughout its branches in Bahrain, Kuwait and India as well as its representative office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Operations

The BBK is split into four major segments: Retail Banking deals with individual customers through e-banking, loans, multi-feature accounts, credit facilities etc.; [2] Treasury and Investment which handles internal consults with the various departments and affiliated companies to handle capital management; Corporate Banking focuses on corporate and institutional customers within Bahrain; and International Banking works with overseas corporates and institutional customers, with branches in India, representative offices in Turkey and Dubai, and global correspondence with larger banks, to manage overseas trading, money marketing plus funding operations. [3] [4]

Shareholders

Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries of the BBK include: CrediMax which specialises in credit card issuing; Capinnova Investment Bank, a Sharia compliant investment banking division of the BBK which works with the corporate finance and private equity departments; Invita is a call centre outsourcing subsidiary; Sakana, a joint venture between Capinnova and Ithmaar Bank , focusing on Islamic finance in the real estate sector; Global Payment Services (GPS), a branch of Credimax that specialises in processing and outsourcing business to local and overseas clients. [7]

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References

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  2. "Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait B.S.C. : Shareholders Board Members Managers and Company Profile". MarketScreener.com. 2019.
  3. "Back Matter". Economic and Political Weekly . 36 (23): 2090–2096. 9–15 June 2001 via JSTOR.
  4. Seznec, Jean-François (1987). The Financial Markets of the Arabian Gulf. London: Croom Helm. ISBN   978-0-70995-404-0.
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  6. Ernst & Young (31 December 2019). Report on the Audit on the Consolidated Financial Statements (PDF) (Report). 2255E. Manama: London Stock Exchange. pp. 1–70.
  7. "Management review". Annual Report 2012 (PDF) (Report). BBK. 2012. pp. 22–32.