His Excellency Sheikh Fahad Bin Mohammad Bin Jabor Al-Thani, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Doha Bank, announced Doha Bank's financial results for Q3 2016. The net profit for Q3 2016 is recorded at QAR 1,019 million despite the sharp decline in the oil prices and the challenges in the financial markets across various countries. The bank sustained the core income as the net interest income is up by 2.1% as compared to same period in 2015. H.E. Sheikh Fahad said the Bank's core revenue streams have shown strong growth over the prior year period reflecting on the Bank's intrinsic strength towards recurring earning capacity and also on the Bank's productive operational performance.'

Total assets increased by QAR 2.1 billion, a growth of 2.6%, from QAR 82.3 billion as at 30 September 2015 to QAR 84.5 billion as at 30 September 2016. Net Loans & Advances increased to QAR 55.6 billion as at 30 September 2016 from QAR 54.4 billion for the same period last year, registering a growth of 2.1%. Deposits stood at QAR 48.6 billion as at 30 September 2016, a decrease of 6.6% from last year same period.

H.E. Sheikh Abdul Rehman Bin Mohammad Bin Jabor Al-Thani, Managing Director of Doha Bank said 'The Bank has become extremely strong over the years with total equity, as at 30 September 2016, at QAR 13.4 billion, registering an increase of 1.5% during the last twelve months. Through the strategic utilisation of the shareholder's funds by way of increasing our performance levels the return on average shareholders' equity is 14.8% as at 30 September 2016 one of the best in the industry. The Bank, given the scale of operations, has achieved a very high return on the average assets of 1.62% as at 30 September 2016 which is a clear demonstration of the effective utilization of shareholder's funds and optimum asset allocation strategies'.

Dr. R. Seetharaman, Chief Executive Officer of Doha Bank, said 'Doha Bank's strong results once again highlights the strength of its products and services, ongoing customer demand, capitalizing on market synergies in a challenging and competitive environment. Doha Bank has recently updated its EMTN programme which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. This was preceded by Ordinary General Assembly of Shareholders unanimously agreeing for Doha Bank to issue Certificate of Deposits (CD) program and Commercial Papers (CP) program subject to necessary regulatory and other approvals.'

Doha Bank in line with its international expansion strategy and specific growth focus in India, inaugurated its relocated Kochi Branch at Lulu Mall in the presence of Hon'ble Chief Minister of Kerala and senior government functionaries from Kerala, senior businessmen from Qatar, HE the Managing Director, Board members of Doha Bank, executive management and the prominent local corporates who have business interest in GCC and across the globe. Doha Bank has also entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Centrum Group, India to facilitate the development of GCC business for Centrum with its network while Centrum will reciprocate with the same in India for Doha Bank specifically in the areas of Banking, Wealth Management and Forex. Doha Bank established its 13th representative office in Bangladesh and plans to formally inaugurate the same in Q4 2016.

Doha Bank concluded its 7th consecutive Summer Promotion campaign for its credit card holders on the occasions of Ramadan and Eid season, through attractive rewards such as 10% cash back across all Qatar Duty Free (QDF), 5% cash back on all foreign currency transactions. This was also coupled with 3% cashback on all local spend in the month of June, reaffirming its commitment to customer satisfaction and loyalty. Doha Bank became the first Bank in Qatar to launch 'Biometric Access' for mobile banking application. In testament to the same, Doha Bank won the 'Product of the Year in Middle East 2016 for Doha Bank's Mobile Banking Experience' from 'The Asian Banker' in recognition of the superior service offered through the mobile banking application. Doha Bank also offered various limited period offers such as 'e-statement registration', '0% payment plans', 'free cabin bag' and 'complementary gift vouchers' in coordination with popular merchants. In confirmation of Doha Bank's dedication to account information security, Doha Bank recently received PCI-DSS Level 1 certification from SISA. This was preceded by Doha Bank upgrading its card processing system in order to provide faster system performance to ensure a better end-customer and cardholder experience as well as better safety through 'credit card fraud guard module', which is able to monitor fraudulent transactions to raise automatic alerts. Doha Bank and Doha Bank Assurance Company also became the first Banking and Insurance organizations respectively in Qatar to obtain the latest ISO 9001:2015 certification.

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