National Bank of Kuwait (NBK)
Main Category: Commercial BankFirst Address : PO Box 95
Second Address : Abdullah Al Ahmad Street
City : Safat
Country : Kuwait
Website: www.nbk.com
ALL STORIES LIST
Sunday, 23 November 2008
National Bank of Kuwait, the country's largest lender, wins central bank approval to buy back 10% of stock.
read more »Sunday, 26 October 2008
Dabdoub says Kuwait's biggest lender expected to meet its 2008 profit target, flight to quality.
read more »Monday, 13 October 2008
Quarterly profit down 9.9% to $257mn, hit by losses on Kuwaiti and Qatari markets.
read more »Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Sales in first seven months still 25% down on year earlier period, says bank report.
read more »Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Arab state's National Bank says new strategy to fight rising costs will have impact.
read more »Sunday, 24 August 2008
National Bank of Kuwait opens first branch in city as part of regional expansion plan, says chief executive.
read more »Thursday, 21 August 2008
Spurred by oil and a buoyant banking sector, Kuwait's economy is expanding at a terrific pace.
read more »Wednesday, 9 July 2008
Q2 earnings top forecasts economies benefit from high oil prices and low rates.
read more »Sunday, 6 July 2008
Q2 earnings surge as economy booms and as banks shrug off consumer lending rules.
read more »Monday, 23 June 2008
Phishing attack attempts to steal account details of National Bank of Kuwait online banking customers
read more »Sunday, 8 June 2008
Net income of country's biggest lender boosted by Middle East expansion, CEO says.
read more »Thursday, 5 June 2008
Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad intends to enter joint venture with $213bn Kuwait Investment Authority.
read more »Saturday, 12 April 2008
Kuwaiti lender sees earnings jump 28% in Q1, helped out by income from its foreign operations.
read more »Wednesday, 2 April 2008
Oil-rich state posts record revenues of $72bn, up 130% on budget projection, NBK estimates.
read more »Wednesday, 2 April 2008
Kuwait bank wins bid as part of 'expansion strategy in the region' says chief exec.
read more »Thursday, 27 March 2008
Investment arm of National Bank of Kuwait plans expansions in Egypt, Saudi and Qatar.
read more »Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Stocks across region push markets to higher close, bar Saudi which drops for fifth time in six days.
read more »Thursday, 24 January 2008
WEF: National Bank of Kuwait forecasts annual profit to rise by up to 15% this year, chief exec says.
read more »Monday, 7 January 2008
The region's fund managers are making more use of independent custodians and administrators, and demanding increasingly sophisticated services, ABF discovers.
read more »Sunday, 30 December 2007
Central bank will likely reduce key discount rate soon despite record inflation, National Bank of Kuwait says.
read more »Saturday, 29 December 2007
Kuwait's largest lender receives subscriptions worth more than $3.7bn.
read more »Sunday, 9 December 2007
National Bank of Kuwait opens share sale to existing investors to help pay for acquisitions.
read more »Sunday, 25 November 2007
Saudi-based group acquires 100% of shares in Turkey's Yudum for $53mn.
read more »Wednesday, 21 November 2007
National Bank of Kuwait offers to buy out any minority investors in AlWatany Bank of Egypt.
read more »Wednesday, 10 October 2007
National Bank of Kuwait posts second-largest profit ever in Q3 as Kuwait's economy booms.
read more »Monday, 8 October 2007
Kuwait's biggest lender expected to report robust growth in Q3, net income up 15.6%.
read more »Friday, 5 October 2007
Kuwait to clamp down on price gougers after lawmakers called on gov't to take action against inflation.
read more »Tuesday, 2 October 2007
Kuwaiti lawmakers call on gov't to curb rising prices as food and housing costs fuel inflation.
read more »Thursday, 27 September 2007
Kuwait's largest bank wants to expand in KSA as home competition intensifies with foreign banks entering market.
read more »Sunday, 23 September 2007
The Kuwaiti government is to form committee to investigate a jump in prices of real estate and land plots.
read more »Sunday, 23 September 2007
Kuwait's group acquires most of treasury stock sold last week by National Bank of Kuwait.
read more »Thursday, 13 September 2007
The National Bank of Kuwait has upgraded its network, deployed a datacentre as well as disaster recovery solutions and is working on a fibre backbone as it sets its sights on becoming an international player.
read more »Tuesday, 11 September 2007
Hurricane sweeps through offshore financial centre.
read more »Sunday, 9 September 2007
National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has won control of Egypt's Al-Watany Bank and may increase its stake to 100%.
read more »Tuesday, 4 September 2007
The first Kuwaiti sukuk programme has been introduced.
read more »Sunday, 26 August 2007
National Bank of Kuwait will sell stock to existing investors to pay for acquisitions in Turkey and Egypt.
read more »Saturday, 18 August 2007
National Bank of Kuwait plans 49% stake in new lender reflecting growing Gulf Arab interest in country.
read more »Saturday, 18 August 2007
The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has paid the highest acquisition price in its history in order to takeover Al Watany Bank of Egypt beating off rivals Commercial Bank of Kuwait.
read more »Monday, 13 August 2007
UPDATE 12.30pm: National Bank of Kuwait says it wants to raise stake in Egyptian lender up to 100%.
read more »Tuesday, 31 July 2007
National Bank of Kuwait agrees to purchase a 40% stake in Turkish Bank for $160mn.
read more »Monday, 30 July 2007
Real estate sector continues to boom due to burgeoning housing market, but low-income housing still in demand.
read more »Saturday, 21 July 2007
The region's banking sector is facing up to the biggest shake-up it has ever witnessed during its tender 50-year history.
read more »Saturday, 30 June 2007
Will the banking industry be the next sector to feel the wind of change sweeping through the Gulf?
read more »Wednesday, 27 June 2007
Real estate booms compared with 2006 as sales hit $800m last month.
read more »Monday, 28 May 2007
The two GCC banks are part of five lenders vying for a share of Egypt's Alwatany.
read more »Sunday, 27 May 2007
National bank says April saw fastest ever growth in property sales.
read more »Wednesday, 23 May 2007
NBK says outlook bright, but ability of banks to absorb real estate shock has not yet been tested.
read more »Saturday, 19 May 2007
Kuwait's national bank has been given approval for six more branches in the Kingdom.
read more »Friday, 11 May 2007
National Bank of Kuwait has confirmed it hopes to buy a 30% stake in an unnamed Turkish bank.
read more »Saturday, 14 April 2007
Arabian Business has published its '50 Most Admired' list of regional companies.
read more »Monday, 9 April 2007
The National Bank of Kuwait has reported a hike in 2007 Q1 net profits.
read more »Sunday, 25 March 2007
National Bank of Kuwait seeks to enter the KSA market via a stake in Saudi Hollandi Bank.
read more »Tuesday, 6 March 2007
National Bank of Kuwait subsidiary selects industry veteran for position.
read more »Wednesday, 21 February 2007
The National Bank of Kuwait could be about to aquire the Egyptian Gulf Bank.
read more »Tuesday, 31 October 2006
US $657 million earned in first nine months of 2006
read more »Saturday, 30 September 2006
Kuwaiti bank grows investment banking footprint
read more »Monday, 9 October 2000
A group of influential Middle Eastern banks has teamed up with KPMG Consulting to work on developing a B2B e-marketplace offering integrated financial services.
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