HabibMetro
Islamic Banking | ||
Founded | October 1992 | |
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Headquarters | Karachi, Pakistan | |
Key people |
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Products | Loans Parent Habib Bank AG Zurich | |
Website | www |
Habib Metropolitan Bank, (حبیب میٹروپولیٹن بینک) commonly known as HABIBMETRO, is a Pakistani subsidiary of Swiss bank Habib Bank AG Zurich. It is based in Karachi, Pakistan.
History
The bank was founded in October 1992 as Metropolitan Bank and subsequently started its operations.[2]
In 2006, Habib Bank AG Zurich's Pakistan operations were merged into Metropolitan Bank Limited and subsequently renamed Habib Metropolitan Bank Limited.[2]
In 2015, HABIBMETRO won Asian Development Bank (ADB) award.[3]
The parent bank, Habib Bank AG Zurich has operations in Hong Kong, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Kenya, South Africa, United Kingdom and Canada.[4]
FinCEN
HABIBMETRO was named in FinCEN leak, published by Buzzfeed News and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). It had two suspicious transactions flagged.[5]
Awards
HABIBMETRO was awarded Best Islamic Banking Brand at the GIFA in 2020.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e "HMB Annual Report 2023" (PDF). habibmetro.com. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Habib Metropolitan Bank". September 25, 2013.
- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's (April 24, 2015). "Pakistani bank among winners of ADB award". DAWN.COM.
- ^ "Habib Metropolitan Bank Limited: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. 11 July 2023.
- ^ Report, Monitoring (2020-09-21). "Six Pakistani banks named in FinCEN leak". Profit by Pakistan Today. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ^ Correspondent, Our Equities (2020-09-18). "DGKC bleeds Rs2.1bn". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-09-25.
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