Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) continues to demonstrate its commitment to service excellence and growth by retaining its leading position in the region and winning prestigious awards from The Banker Magazine – the world’s longest running international banking title and the leading monthly title of the Financial Times Group.
The Banker has named QIB the Best Islamic Bank in the Middle East, for a second year in a row, and The Best Islamic Bank in Qatar, for the eighth consecutive year, based on the Bank’s outstanding performance during the fiscal year 2019.
QIB’s Group CEO, Bassel Gamal, said: “We are pleased to see that our Bank’s commitment and dedication to all its stakeholders are recognized by such an established organization. These awards display our leading position in the region and truly motivate us to keep improving and striving for more.
The positive financial results of the last few years are a testament to our strong performance in local, regional, and global markets, despite the challenging economic and regional situation.
Achieving such awards and success would not be possible without the hard work of all our employees and our customers’ loyalty. I would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the Board of Directors and the executive management, to thank each one of them for their continuous dedication and loyalty.”
Registering increasing growth rates for the seventh consecutive year, QIB delivered a record performance in 2019, continued to make strong progress on its digital transformation program and grew across all its business segments.
QIB also increased its customer satisfaction scores and has further invested in its people and improved internal processes and efficiency across the entire group.
For the year 2019, QIB achieved a net profit of QR3,055.4m, representing a growth of 10.9 percent for the same period in 2018. Financing activities have reached QR113.8bn and have grown by 11.3 percent compared to December 2018. Customer Deposits of the Bank stood at QR111.6bn registering a strong growth by 11 percent compared to December 2018.
The Bank’s strategy is closely tied with Qatar’s National Vision 2030 and the Government’s commitment to investments in the country’s infrastructure, the diversification of the economy and the development of a strong private sector.
Over the past few years, QIB’s leadership has been working on a business strategy to build a long-lasting competitive advantage by introducing new products and services, boosting service performance, developing the Bank’s risk management framework, and migrating to new technology platforms that allow the Bank to better serve its customers.
The successful implementation of this strategy has contributed to the Bank’s leading position in Qatar and the region.
