Doha, Qatar - 20 January 2015

First Finance Company (FFC), a subsidiary of Barwa Bank Group, has been recognised at the Banker Middle East Product Awards 2014 for "Best Personal Finance".

First Finance Company received the awards from CPI Financial on Sunday, January 18 at the FFC headquarters. Attending from FFC were Mr. Eslah Assem Awad, Chief Executive Officer and Mr. Yousif Al-Subeai, Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

The awards were established by CPI Financial, publishers of Banker Middle East, in 2005 to recognise banking products and services that are either exceptionally innovative or have generated excellent financial results and growth in market share. The awards are based on a peer-vote process.

FFC said in a statement: "We are delighted to receive this award and we congratulate the entire FFC team for their outstanding contribution to our success in positioning FFC as a leader not only in the Qatari financial sector, but across the Middle East."

Since inception, FFC has focused on delivering a comprehensive and innovative range of market-leading consumer finance services, including auto- and home finance that offer great value and outstanding features. To support Qatar's booming economy FFC also offers a range of Shari'ah complaint financing for SMEs that provide flexible down payment, installments for up to 48 months, fast and simple performance and flexible payment scheme. To empower entrepreneurs, FFC's SME product also provides financing to startups which have been operational for more than six months.

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About First Finance
First Finance Company (FFC) was established in 1999 as the first Shari'ah compliant finance company in Qatar.  Since then FFC has witnessed growth in its product portfolio and market share to become the leader in the Qatari market. In 2011 Barwa Bank acquired the company to become a member of Barwa Bank Group. FFC provides a range of Shari'ah compliant finance products and services to retail and corporate customers in Qatar. FFC continue to diversify and grow its product portfolio to meet the growing needs of its customers. FFC has over 20 finance products including new and used cars, boats and marine equipment, furniture, education and training, travel, wedding and real estate, to name a few.

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