
Mashreq Bank
Business focus
Finance, Insurance & Fintech
Description
Mashreq Bank, founded in 1967 as Bank of Oman and renamed Mashreq in 1993, is the UAE's oldest bank and a regional digital banking pioneer via its Mashreq Neo platform, offering instant loans and digital onboarding. By September 2025 its balance sheet exceeded AED305 billion, up 20% year-on-year. Privately held, majority-owned by the Al Ghurair family, Mashreq operates in over ten countries, including Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt and India.