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Euromoney
Declares BankMuscat ‘Best Bank in Oman’
For the Sixth year Running
Muscat. June 16, 2007: Euromoney, one of
the leading financial magazines worldwide, has
declared BankMuscat as the ‘Best Bank in Oman’
at the Euromoney 2007 Awards for Excellence
ceremony held at Abu Dhabi on Wednesday June
13th. This is the sixth successive year (and the
seventh time overall) that Oman’s premier
financial institution has been selected as the
‘Best Bank in Oman’ by Euromoney.
Though not present to receive the award in
person, speaking on the occasion AbdulRazak Ali
Issa, Chief Executive, BankMuscat said:
“I would like to dedicate this award to our
customers and the people of Oman who are
currently recovering from the aftermath of
Cyclone Gonu. It is their support that has seen
us rise from strength to strength. God Willing,
we shall definitely continue to provide them
with the finest of banking products, services
and solutions, even as our beautiful country
continues on its path of successful regional and
global integration.”
Other winners from across the GCC region,
include: Qatar National Bank (Best Bank in
Qatar), ADCB (Best Bank in the UAE), National
Bank of Kuwait (Best Bank in Kuwait) and Ahli
United Bank (Best Bank in the Middle East). The
Euromoney Awards for Excellence continue to be
the most respected global awards for banking
excellence are granted on submissions to
Euromoney by banks across the region
highlighting their performance, asset and
revenue quality, customer satisfaction, and IT
systems and offerings of the bank.
The international financial and banking
community has lauded BankMuscat’s performance
and pioneering efforts at setting new standards
of excellence in the Banking industry for
several years now. BankMuscat also holds the
rare distinction of being voted the ‘Best Bank
in Oman’ five times in a row by The Banker, FT
London, and seven times by Global Finance Inc.
The Bank was awarded the People Development
Award at Oman Awards for Excellence, in 2003,
2004 and 2005. Earlier this year, the Bank was
also awarded the prestigious Investors in People
(IiP) certification for its continuous
investments in human capital. BankMuscat is the
first bank from across the Middle East region to
have obtained this prestigious certification. |
