Amen Bank
IndustryFinancial services
Founded1967 Edit this on Wikidata
Headquarters
Tunis
,
Tunisia
ServicesBanking

Amen Bank is a private sector bank in Tunisia.[1][2] It is listed in the Bourse de Tunis.[3][4]

Overview

Amen Bank was founded in 1966, as a result of the independence from the Crédit Foncier d'Algérie et de Tunisie (CFAT), a local branch of the French banking system Société Centrale de Banque (later known as Société Générale) established as far back as 1880 and headquartered in Algiers, Algeria.[2][5] In 1966, it changed its name to Crédit Foncier et Commercial de Tunisie (CFCT). Its first CEO was Ismail Zouiten, yet all its shareholders were French citizens.[2] In 1971, it was bought by the Banque Générale d'Investissement, later known as PGI Holding, and opened to Tunisian shareholders as Rachid Ben Yedder became the new CEO.[2] In 1995, it changed its name again to Amen Bank.[1]

In 2009, Amen Bank launched Tunisia's first online bank.[6]

In 2015, Amen Bank launched Tunisia's first online direct bank.[7] Amen Bank made a request to the Central Bank of Tunisia to create a subsidiary specialized in Islamic banking and finance.[8]

Its headquarters are in Tunis, Tunisia.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 BusinessWeek
  2. 1 2 3 4 SKWERE. "AMEN BANK | banque en tunisie". www.amenbank.com.tn (in French). Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  3. ↑ Bourse de Tunis Archived 2011-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Oxford Business Group, Tunisia 2010 (Report), 2010, p. 45
  5. ↑ "Société Générale". Archived from the original on 2010-10-02. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
  6. ↑ Mireille Pena (5 November 2009). "Amen bank ouvre le premier site de banque à distance tunisien". Econostrum.info (in French). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "Amen Bank lance la 1ère banque en ligne, Amen First Bank en Tunisie". Tekiano.com (in French). 25 December 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  8. ↑ Mathieu Galtier (10 November 2015). "Tunisie : Amen Bank se positionne sur la finance islamique". Jeuneafrique.com (in French). Retrieved 24 June 2020.
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