Rating: ★★★★☆ 4.0 / 5 Citibank N.A. has held a presence in the United Arab Emirates since 1964, which places it among the oldest foreign banking institutions still active in the country today. Backed by Citigroup, a financial powerhouse with…

★★★☆☆ 3.2 / 5 Commercial Bank International, known across the market simply as CBI, was founded in Ras Al Khaimah in 1991 and now runs its day-to-day operations from a Dubai head office on Jumeirah Street. Rather than chasing the…

★★★☆☆ 3.4 / 5 Few banks in the UAE can claim a history that stretches back to before the country itself was formed, but Bank Melli Iran (BMI) is one of them. Its Dubai branch was cut the ribbon on…

Rating: ★★★★☆ 4.1 / 5 National Bank of Fujairah, commonly known by its acronym NBF, has quietly built one of the strongest reputations in the UAE banking sector without chasing the retail-branch arms race that defines its larger Dubai-based rivals.…

Is Janata Bank Still the Smartest Choice for Bangladeshi Expats in the UAE? ★★★★☆3.8 / 5 Janata Bank PLC is one of Bangladesh’s oldest state-owned commercial banks, and its UAE footprint has quietly served the country’s Bangladeshi community since the…

Rating: ★★★★☆ 4.2 / 5 Few banks operating in the UAE today can claim a history stretching back to 1958, but Standard Chartered can. It opened its very first UAE branch in Sharjah that year, giving it one of the…

★★★★☆ 3.8 / 5 Few foreign banks in the UAE can claim the kind of continuity United Bank Limited has built here since 1967. Headquartered in Karachi and publicly listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange, UBL runs a tightly focused…

★★★★☆3.8 / 5 Few foreign banks in the Emirates have stayed as deliberately small as Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait. It arrived in 1987 as the first Kuwaiti bank to set up in the UAE, and nearly forty years later…

★★★★☆ 4.3 / 5 — BNP Paribas has been in the UAE since 1973 over five decades of continuous presence that puts it ahead of most foreign banks operating in the country. It does not position itself as a bank…