Doha Bank Wins "The Bizz 2014 - Beyond Success" Award

Doha Bank won the prestigious "The Bizz 2014 - Beyond Success" Award during a glittering ceremony held in Abu Dhabi at the Emirates Palace Hotel. The awards ceremony hosted by the World Confederation of Businesses (WORLDCOB) is one of the most prestigious in the international business community.

Mr Pierre Matar, Head of Business - Doha Bank Abu Dhabi branch, accepted the award on behalf of the Bank and conveyed the Bank's appreciation for this extraordinary recognition and for being recognised consistently at the awards in the past few years.



Mr. Pierre Matar, Head of Business - Doha Bank Abu Dhabi branch received the award at the ceremony

This is the third consecutive year in which Doha Bank has won a BIZZ award, having received the "Peak of Success" Award in 2013 and the "Excellence in Business Leadership" awards given to the Bank's Chairman, Managing Director and Vice Chairman in addition to the "World Business Leader" Award for the Bank's Group CEO in 2012.

Regarding the award, Doha Bank Group CEO Dr. R. Seetharaman said: "Doha Bank is honored to be recognized with some of the world's most efficient and responsible brands at this year's BIZZ awards. The third BIZZ award in successive years highlights Doha Bank's consistency, dedication and focus on strong values across its corporate responsibility charter, high governance standards and innovation across both services and organisational efficiency.

The Bank has carved a niche in Qatar and the GCC, with a dynamic growth strategy, while maintaining a consistent rate of growth since its establishment. The Bank continues to outperform expectations across fundamental indicators including return on average shareholder equity, net growth in assets, the depth and diversity of its products and service portfolio and in its role as a corporate citizen in the communities where it operates.

Doha Bank is a trendsetter that has introduced many innovative products and services including a class-leading savings program in the form of Al Dana Savings, which continues to grow in popularity each year. The Bank also offers a highly competitive range of loans and financial solutions for retail customers, while maintaining a healthy share of Qatar's corporate banking market with unique services for cash management, payroll dissemination and tailored corporate solutions that go beyond the act of banking.

Doha Bank's also offers customers an extensive portfolio of credit and debit cards to meet every need, including the Lulu Hypermarket co-branded card which was adjudged the region's best credit card in 2013.

Doha Bank's consumer-centric technology solutions are credited with many firsts in the Qatar market. The Bank's e-commerce solutions and bespoke portal DohaSooq.com offer merchants in Qatar the ability to offer their goods for online purchases via the only fully secure platform that is backed by a Bank in Qatar.

Doha Bank was also the first in Qatar to partner with Q-Tickets.com to offer online ticketing for movies, extended recently with the addition of the country's first option to pay for tickets purchased using a debit card.

Doha Bank also offers its customers global functionality through partnerships with Visa, MasterCard, China Union Pay and American Express, making Doha Bank's cards among the most widely accepted globally.

Doha Bank has established a dominant position amongst financial institutions across the Middle East, with 32 state-of-art local branches, 10 e-branches, 13 pay offices and more than 120 ATMs. The Bank's operations are geographically spread across strategic locations in Qatar in addition to full-fledged branches in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Kuwait, supported by representative offices in Singapore, Turkey, Japan, China, Britain, Canada, Germany, Australia, Hong Kong, South Korea and Sharjah, encompassing a robust and strategic network of correspondent banking relationships.

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