DOHA: Sheikh Dr Khalid bin Thani bin Abdullah Al Thani, Chairman of the Board and Managing Director of International Islamic (QIIB), has inaugurated the bank’s new Corporate Branch at Grand Hamad Street in line with the its local outreach strategy. The branch is equipped with a dedicated service platform for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
The opening ceremony was attended by the QIIB CEO Abdulbasit Ahmad Al Shaibei and a number of the Board members and senior officials of the QIIB. After the inaugural ceremony, Sheikh Dr Khalid and other senior officials visited various sections of the branch.
Sheikh Dr Khalid praised the outstanding efforts of the QIIB management to establish a dedicated corporate branch, which he said reflects the bank’s aspirations to provide quality banking services that matched customers’ expectations.
He stressed on the importance of paying attention to the SMEs and providing the best services and facilities for this important business category. The new branch is close to the main branch of QIIB on Grand Hamad Street.
Al Shaibei said opening of the new corporate branch was very important for QIIB as it would serve an important customer segment of the bank.
“Hitherto, our corporate banking team was functioning from the Grand Hamad Street branch. The new branch is equipped with all facilities that are required to provide quality banking service to QIIB’s existing customers and attract new clients. This will serve all types of businesses, big or small, to the best standards available in the market.”
Al Shaibei pointed out that “the new branch does not only serve and work with large companies, but also offers SMEs, which are an important segment towards achieving national economic diversification.”
The branch will offer a wide range of services such as funding working capital, supportive funding, financing fixed assets, construction works including bidding and managing tenders and following up construction stages with contractors to ensure completion of projects on time.
The corporate branch also funds contractors in order to meet their various requirements for equipment and infrastructure.
At the new branch, the clientele can benefit from companies’ insurance products and services, whatever their requirements are, as well as other services that meet the needs of different types of companies. The Peninsula
