His Excellency Ahmed Saad, DCEO of Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB), has opened the latest branch of SIB at Sahara Center in Sharjah. Strategically located between Sharjah and Dubai, the new branch is expected to reach out to a larger section of customers, over longer working periods.
The opening ceremony was attended by Nabil Abou Alwan, Head of Retail Banking Group at SIB, Jassim Al Baloushi, head of organisational excellence at SIB, the team of the SIB’S Corporate Communications, and group heads and managers of the bank.
His Excellency Ahmed Saad stressed the bank’s commitment to serve its customers on the various levels. In addition to the ongoing digital transformation, the bank is having a studied increase of its branches in the various parts of the country, to better serve customers and provide them access to various banking products and services in accordance with the Islamic Shariaa, over longer working periods to suit their conditions and meet their needs.
On his part, Nabil Abou Alwan said: “We have selected Sahara Center in Sharjah due to its convenient location, and high demand by customers and as part of the bank’s plan to expand their network and secure a presence in densely populated places that have good geographical distribution.”
The SIB new branch will operate six days a week, from Saturday to Thursday, from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm. It will offer services supported by a set of electronic and smart channels, platforms and devices available around the clock seven days a week, for both retail and corporate customers.
The Sahara Center branch is the fifth SIB branches in commercial centers, joining other branches in Emirates Mall, Al Jurainah Matajer, Al Mirqab Matajer and Mega Mall. It is the eighth branch offering evening services.
Sharjah Islamic Bank seeks to continuously provide market innovative and pioneering products and services, designed to meet the needs of its customer base, while adopting the UAE vision 2021, aims to achieve a competitive knowledge economy, based on innovation and quality.
