This is a list of banks in Kuwait. All the following 11 local and 11 foreign banks are registered with Kuwait Banking Association.[1] The Central Bank of Kuwait supervises the 32 Exchange Companies that operate within Kuwait.
Central Bank
Local Banks
Conventional Banks
Islamic Banks
- Warba Bank (K.S.C) (Warba Bank) – registered as an Islamic bank by the Central Bank of Kuwait in 2010.[8]
- Kuwait Finance House (KFH)[9]
- Boubyan Bank (K.S.C) (Boubyan)[10]
- Al Ahli United Bank (AUB)[11] - February 2024 - AUBK merged with Kuwait Finance House (KFH).[12] Officially removed from Islamic Bank list on 20 October 2024.
- Kuwait International Bank (K.S.C) (KIB)[13]
Specialized Bank
- The Industrial Bank of Kuwait (K.S.C) (IBK)[14]
Foreign Banks
- Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (B.S.C) (BBK)[15]
- Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and Paribas[16]
- HongKong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Bank Middle East Limited (HSBC Middle East)[17]
- First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB Kuwait)[18]
- Citibank N.A. Kuwait (Subsidiary of Citibank Europe, Middle East & Africa)[19]
- Qatar National Bank (Q.P.S.C) (QNB)[20]
- Mashreq Bank P.S.C (Mashreq)[21]
- Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corporation (Rajhi)[22]
- Bank Muscat[23]
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC)[24]
See also
- List of banks in the Arab world
References
- Kuwait Banking Association | retrieved 13 January 2024^
- Central Bank of Kuwait: Home^
- National Bank of Kuwait | Online Banking Services 24 May 2023^
- CBK retrieved 13 January 2024^
- Personal www.e-gulfbank.com, retrieved 13 January 2024^
- Al Ahli Bank website^
- Home retrieved 13 January 2024^
- Registration of a Bank (Warba Bank) in the CBK Islamic Bank Register Central Bank of Kuwait, Central Bank of Kuwait, 7 April 2010, retrieved 5 August 2025^
- Personal Banking^
- Boubyan Bank- Kuwaits first full fledged Islamic Bank boubyan.bankboubyan.com^
- Al Ahli United Bank^
- Formerly AUB merged with KFH 15 February 2024, retrieved 15 February 2024^
- KIB Website^
- Industrial Bank of Kuwait^
- BBK | Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait retrieved 13 January 2024^
- Bank BNP Paribas | the bank for a changing world^
- HSBC Kuwait www.business.hsbc.com.kw, retrieved 13 January 2024^
- First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) - Kuwait | Personal, Corporate & Private Banking^
- Citi | Europe, Middle East & Africa | Kuwait^
- Home retrieved 13 January 2024^
- Rise Everyday | Best Consumer Digital Bank Kuwait| Mashreq^
- Al Rajhi website^
- Bank Muscat - Better Everyday^
- 欢迎光临中国工商银行科威特网站 www.icbc.com.kw, retrieved 13 January 2024^