Faysal Bank
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Company type | Public |
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PSX: FABL | |
Industry | Islamic banking[1] |
Founded | 3 October 1994 |
Headquarters | Karachi, Pakistan |
Key people | Amr Bin Faisal Chief Executive & President[2] |
Products | Islamic banking, loans, consumer banking, business banking, priority banking, credit cards, debit cards, savings |
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Total assets | ![]() |
Number of employees | 7,093[4] (2021) |
Parent | KSA Holdings |
Website | www |
Faysal Bank Limited is a Pakistani Islamic bank, a subsidiary of KSA Holdings ultimate parent of bank is KSA Holdings and Ithmaar Bank,[5] based in Karachi, Pakistan.[6] It is named after Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud.
History
Faysal Bank started in Pakistan in October 1987 with a tiny branch and as a subsidiary of Faysal Islamic Bank, a Bahraini bank owned by Mohammed bin Faisal Al Saud, the son of the late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia.[7]
It was incorporated in Pakistan on 3 October 1994 as a public limited company under the Companies Ordinance, 1984. ABN AMRO Bank Pakistan, a predecessor to Faysal Bank, acquired Prime Commercial Bank consisting of 69 branches and spanning 24 cities in 2007 for US$227 million to expand its loan and deposit base.[8]
In June 2010, Royal Bank of Scotland sold its Pakistan operations to Faysal Bank for £34 million.[9]
In 2014 it announced to convert itself into a full-fledged Islamic Bank in three to five years.[10] It finally converted to a full-fledged Islamic bank by December 2022.[1]
Products and Services
Credit cards
Mastercard
References
- ^ a b "Faysal Bank branches now 100% Islamic; awarded Islamic Banking license". 2022-12-30.
- ^ "Senior Management - Faysal Bank".
- ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-03-20.
- ^ Annual report 2021 Faysal Bank
- ^ "A Bank in Pakistan is Splurging on 200 New Branches". Bloomberg. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "About Faysal Bank". Archived from the original on 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
- ^ Report, Monitoring (April 16, 2018). "Gulf investors seek exit opportunity from Pakistan's banking industry".
- ^ "Banks' appetite for acquisitions". DAWN.COM. May 3, 2010.
- ^ "RBS sells its operations in Pakistan". BBC. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Pakistan's Faysal Bank to convert into Islamic bank". Reuters. 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
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