Ajman, UAE; September 1, 2014: Ajman Bank, the award-winning Islamic financial services institution committed to transforming the experience of Islamic banking, announced today that it has officially inaugurated a branch in Al Garhoud Area in Dubai.

The branch is characterized by its strategic location situated in one of Dubai's busiest business hubs area which is Al Garhoud Area. The branch presents modern state-of-the art design coupled with the latest technology to offer excellent facilities and enrich the high quality services the Bank aims to present to its customers. The new branch is positioned to cater to the diverse financial services requirements with focus on retail, affluent and business banking.

Mohamed Amiri, the Bank's Chief Executive Officer, commented on the opening: "The opening of Al Garhoud new branch marks a continuation of the Bank's comprehensive expansion policy. This is in line with achieving our ambition of enhancing our reach and facilitating accessibility for our clients to our services and products. It also emphasizes the bank's continuous determination to support the rapid growth and development of the Emirate of Ajman and the UAE." He also continued: "We see extraordinary growth dynamics in the country and the establishment of this new branch represents a key element in executing our strategy to grow the business and expand our footprint to serve at our customers' convenience."

Furthermore, Mr. Salem Al Shamsi, Group Head of Retail banking said: "Our Garhoud Branch is considered as a prime location in Dubai due to its high businesses occupancy rate and with that we aim to uniquely distinguish ourselves in this crowded environment by committing to and excelling in customer service delivery". Al Shamsi added: "We are confident that through the strength of our overall proposition backed by customer friendly processes, premises, knowledgeable staff and superior operational infrastructure, we will be able to provide services that delights our customers"

The new branch complements the Bank's existing network in which Al Garhoud branch offers complete banking facilities and services in addition to a 24 hours ATM service, a 24x7 call centre, SMS banking, mobile banking, and internet banking services. With this extensive electronic service delivery platform we aim to conveniently serve our customers banking requirements at any time and any day.

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About Ajman Bank:
Ajman Bank is a young, agile Islamic commercial bank built on the values of integrity, trust and transparency. The bank provides a wide range of value-driven banking services in the UAE for individual, business and government clients, all in compliance with Shariah principles. Ajman Bank seeks out the market's best products, people and technology in order to deliver what customers want, how they want it, delivering real value and recreating that human touch lost in modern banking.

Headquartered in Ajman and strongly supported by its government, Ajman Bank is the keystone of the emirate's economic development strategy and is in a position to benefit from its growth and potential like no other. Ajman Bank is committed to becoming a sustainable organisation in its truest sense, balancing care for the community and employees with the business of delivering value to its shareholders and customers.

For further information, please contact:
Maryam Al Shorafa
Head of Corporate Communications and Marketing
Tel: 06-7018188
E-mail: malshorafa@ajmanbank.ae

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