Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait explained

Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait B.S.C (BBK)
Type:Financial
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)
Industry:Banking
Financial services
Investment services
Products:Finance and insurance
Consumer Banking
Corporate Banking
Investment Banking
Investment Management
Global Wealth Management
Private Equity
Mortgages
Credit Cards
Revenue: $419.894 million (2019)[1]
Operating Income: $284.615 million (2019)
Net Income: $200.000 million (2019)
Assets: $10.252 billion (2019)
Equity: $1.450 billion (2019)
Num Employees:1,392 (2019)
Subsid:CrediMax, Invita
Location City:Manama
Location Country:Bahrain

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 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.

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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Digital4U. 2019. BBK 2019 Annual Report. BBK. PDF. 17 October 2020.
  2. Web site: 2019. Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait B.S.C. : Shareholders Board Members Managers and Company Profile. MarketScreener.com.
  3. Back Matter. Economic and Political Weekly. 9-15 June 2001. 36. 23. 2090–2096. JSTOR.
  4. Book: Seznec, Jean-François. Jean-François Seznec. 1987. The Financial Markets of the Arabian Gulf. Croom Helm. London. 978-0-70995-404-0.
  5. Web site: Bahrain's banking sector remains stable despite fluctuations in the regional market. Oxford Business Group. 16 March 2018. 19 December 2020. en.
  6. Ernst & Young. 31 December 2019. Report on the Audit on the Consolidated Financial Statements. London Stock Exchange. PDF. Manama. 2255E. 1–70.
  7. 2012. Management review. Annual Report 2012. en. BBK. PDF. 22–32.