List of banks in Kuwait

This is a list of banks in Kuwait. All the following local (11 nos.) & foreign (11 nos.) banks are registered with Kuwait Banking Association.^[1] The Central Bank of Kuwait supervises the 32 Exchange Companies that operate within Kuwait.

Central Bank

• Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK)^[2]

Local Banks

Conventional Banks

• National Bank of Kuwait (K.S.C) (NBK)^[3]
• Commercial Bank of Kuwait (K.S.C)(Al-Tijari CBK)^[4]
• Gulf Bank (K.S.C) (GBK)^[5]
• Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (K.S.C.P.) (ABK)^[6]
• Burgan Bank (K.S.C) (Burgan)^[7]

Islamic Banks

• Kuwait Finance House (KFH)^[8]
• Boubyan Bank (K.S.C) (Boubyan)^[9]
• Al Ahli United Bank (AUB)^[10] - February 2024 - AUBK merged with Kuwait Finance House (KFH).^[11] Officially removed from Islamic Bank list on 20 October 2024.
• Kuwait International Bank (K.S.C) (KIB)^[12]

Specialized Bank

• The Industrial Bank of Kuwait (K.S.C) (IBK)^[13]

Foreign Banks

• Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait (B.S.C) (BBK)^[14]
• Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and Paribas^[15]
• HongKong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Bank Middle East Limited (HSBC Middle East)^[16]
• First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB Kuwait)^[17]
• Citibank N.A. Kuwait (Subsidiary of Citibank Europe, Middle East & Africa)^[18]
• Qatar National Bank (Q.P.S.C) (QNB)^[19]
• Mashreq Bank P.S.C (Mashreq)^[20]
• Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corporation (Rajhi)^[21]
• Bank Muscat^[22]
• Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC)^[23]

See also

• List of banks in the Arab world