Awards Confirms Bank's Regional Leadership

Al-Nahedh: Leadership is Result of Solid Economic Pillars, Advanced Financial Solutions

Kuwait, April, 19th 2015

Kuwait Finance House KFH has won "Best Islamic Bank in GCC" from Global Finance" Magazine, for the year 2015. The award comes in recognition of KFH's pioneering position, leadership in Islamic finance industry, and the diversification of its financial solutions, banking products and services.

"The Award confirms the bank's capability to achieve better geographical expansion, growth in businesses and market share, and development in manpower, in addition to service quality, customer satisfaction, innovation and reliability" said Mazin Saad Al-Nahedh, KFH CEO.

He added that the award is the result of solid economic pillars, and advanced financial solutions. It reflects KFH's important role in the GCC market through its group banks in Saudi, Bahrain and Dubai, which spurs KFH to further regional and global expansions such as the latest expansion in Germany where KFH obtained the license to operate there. Moreover, the award confirms KFH's commitment to provide advanced financial solutions that meet clients' needs and ambitions, and to the full compliance to sharia and legislative regulations, not to mention the endeavor to add value to the Islamic financial industry.

Al-Nahedh underlined KFH's prestigious status and the ability to compete and offer high-end sharia compliant services and products that serve to maintain KFH's position as a global leading Islamic financial institution, while ensuring outstanding performance indicators in an attempt to serve the strategy of sustainable growth that guarantees the rights of shareholders and cater for clients' aspirations.

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Kuwait Finance House (KFH)
KFH was established in Kuwait in 1977 and is enlisted in the Kuwait Stock Exchange. KFH Group is a global pioneer in the field of Islamic banking services, where it offers a wide array of Islamic products and services, not to mention a high standard of innovation and client service.

KFH manages its operations in the GCC, Asia, and Europe through over 380 branches, including KFH-Turkey, in order to offer services for the bank's clients in Turkey, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Australia, Jordan, Dubai, and Manheim in Germany.

KFH's mission is to achieve highest levels of excellence and innovation in the field of client service, while developing common interest for all those concerned with the financial institution. KFH's vision is to spearhead the global development in Islamic financial services, and to upgrade the bank into the level of becoming the most sustainable profitable Islamic bank in the world.

KFH's values include cementing leadership through all its businesses, including leadership in the Islamic banking services worldwide, through innovation and in client service and the development of its employees. In addition, KFH is committed to all its procedures, and to setting up long-life partnerships with the concerned authorities.

For more information, please visit: www.kfh.com

© Press Release 2015