Arab Bank
Jordan's Arab Bank, founded in 1930 and headquartered in Amman, provides retail, corporate and institutional banking across the Middle East, North Africa and Asia. It reported 2025 net profit of USD 1.13 billion.
Industry: Commercial banking | Location: Amman, Jordan | Founded: 1930
About Arab Bank
Arab Bank is a Jordanian bank headquartered in Amman. Its website describes a global Arab banking network of more than 600 branches, and Forbes Middle East counted 27 countries as of September 2025. The bank's shares trade on the Amman Stock Exchange under the ticker ARBK, according to Wikipedia.
The bank was founded in 1930 in Jerusalem by Abdul Hameed Shoman and moved its headquarters to Amman in 1948. Its website says it began with seven investors. Sabih Masri is chairman and Randa Sadik is chief executive. Mohammed Masri is deputy chief executive for corporate and institutional banking.
Its website lists local sites for Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Lebanon, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Yemen, Morocco, Algeria, China and Singapore, and representative offices in South Korea and Kazakhstan. Subsidiaries include Arab Bank Europe, Arab Bank Australia, Islamic International Arab Bank, Arab Tunisian Bank, Oman Arab Bank, AB Invest and Acabes for Financial Technology. Its affiliates include Arab National Bank and Arabia Insurance, and Arab Bank Switzerland is a sister company.
Arab Bank Iraq began banking operations in 2025, and Forbes Middle East reports that the group owns 60 percent of it. The bank refreshed its brand identity in 2025 and was named Best Bank in the Middle East 2025 by Global Finance. It took part in the USD 5.2 million seed extension of the Saudi payments company Stream, which Wamda reported in May 2026.
For 2025 the group reported net profit after tax of USD 1.13 billion, up 12 percent from USD 1.007 billion in 2024. Total assets rose 10 percent to USD 78.2 billion, customer deposits to USD 57.2 billion and loans to USD 41.2 billion, with equity of USD 13.2 billion. Operating revenue was about USD 3.6 billion, the capital adequacy ratio was 17 percent under Basel III. The board recommended a 40 percent cash dividend, subject to Central Bank of Jordan approval.
Forbes Middle East ranked Arab Bank 71st in its 100 Most Valuable Companies 2026 list, published in March 2026, with a market value of USD 6.1 billion.
Leadership
- Sabih Masri, Chairman
- Randa Sadik, Chief Executive Officer
- Mohammed Masri, Deputy CEO, Corporate and Institutional Banking