| Traded As: | NBK |
| Native Name: | بنك الكويت الوطني |
| Type: | Public |
| Founders: | Consortium of Kuwaiti merchants |
| Location: | Kuwait City, Kuwait |
| Key People: | Hamad Mohammed Al Bahar (Chairman) Isam Al Sager (Group CEO) Shaikha Al Bahar (Deputy Group CEO) Salah Al Fulaij (CEO - Kuwait) |
| Industry: | Financial services |
| Products: | Credit cards, consumer banking, corporate banking, finance and insurance, investment banking, mortgage loans, private banking, private equity, savings, Securities, asset management, wealth management |
| Revenue: | KWD 906.32 million (2021) |
| Operating Income: | KWD 547.37 million (2021) |
| Net Income: | KWD 362.25 million (2021) |
| Assets: | KWD 33.25 billion (2021) |
| Num Employees: | 6,058 (2017) |
| Homepage: | www.nbk.com |
The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) is a bank in Kuwait established in 1952.[1] It is the largest financial institution in Kuwait. It has branches and subsidiaries in China, Geneva, London, Paris, New York and Singapore and a regional presence across the Middle East in Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).[2]
NBK operates over 138 branches spanning across 13 countries, seven of which are in the Middle East. It also offers alternative investments through its NBK Capital subsidiary, which, since its establishment in 2005, has allocated over $91 billion worth of investment banking mandates as of November 2022.[3]
For the year 2022, the National Bank of Kuwait has posted a net profit of USD 1.7 billion.[4]