Kuwait · Financial institution
Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait K.S.C.P
Legal name in the LEI recordAl Ahli Bank of Kuwait (Kuwait Shareholding Co.)
Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait K.S.C.P. (ABK) is a Kuwaiti public shareholding company headquartered on Ahmad Al Jaber Street in Kuwait City. It was established on 23 May 1967 and has been listed on Boursa Kuwait since 29 September 1984. According to its 9M 2025 investor presentation, Behbehani family companies and a family member together hold about 31% and the Public Institution for Social Security holds 11.7%. The bank provides corporate, retail and treasury services in Kuwait, has branches in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), and owns Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait – Egypt, which it acquired in November 2015.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- ABKKKWKWXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under ABKKKWKW directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- 1 branch code
- Other BIC with this LEI
- ABKKAEAD
- BIC first registered
- 1988-11-21
- Last updated
- 2024-07-05
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Publicly listed
Ticker ABK
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as ABK
- Ownership
- The bank is listed and widely held: the Public Institution for Social Security holds 11.7%, Behbehani family holders together hold about 31.3% and the free float is 57.1% (Boursa Kuwait data, 12 October 2025).
- Major shareholders
- Public Institution for Social Security 11.7% · 12 Oct 2025
Behbehani Investment Co. 9.9% · 12 Oct 2025
Behbehani General Trading Co. 9.5% · 12 Oct 2025
Ali Morad Yousuf Behbehani 6.9% · 12 Oct 2025
Behbehani Financial Co. 5% · 12 Oct 2025 - Stock listing
- Boursa Kuwait ABK
- Head office
- Ahmad Al Jaber Street, Safat Square (PO Box 1387, Safat), 13014 Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Company register
- Commercial Registry No. 3705 (Kuwait)
- Name in the local language
- البنك الأهلي الكويتي ش.م.ك.ع.
Business lines
According to its 9M 2025 investor presentation, commercial banking produced 49% of group operating income, retail banking 36% and treasury and investments 15%.
Online
- Websites & references
- abk.eahli.com ↗
careers.eahli.com ↗ careers site
onboarding.eahli.com ↗ online account opening
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗ · Threads ↗
Sources · 8 pages consulted
- abk.eahli.com/en/
- abk.eahli.com/en/abk-group/corporate-governance/
- static.mubasher.info/File.Mix_Announcement_File/CC622E5C-1C61-4A32-93B9-962D9AA236E8.pdf
- abk.eahli.com/media/files/Consolidated_-_Q1_2026_IR_Call_Transcript_EN-vf.pdf?undefined=undefined
- arabtimesonline.com/news/al-ahli-bank-of-kuwait-group-reports-strong-results-for-h1-2026-with-net-profit-grow
- me.peoplemattersglobal.com/news/appointments/al-ahli-bank-of-kuwait-appoints-giel-jan-van-der-tol-as-new-group-ceo-4
- abk.eahli.com/en/abk-group/about-abk/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Ahli_Bank_of_Kuwait
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Giel-Jan M. Van Der Tol
Group Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
-
Talal Mohammed Reza Behbehani
Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Chief financial officer
-
Shiamak Soonawalla
Group Chief Finance Officer
- Executive
-
Sana Al Saqabi
Group Chief Compliance Officer
- Executive
-
Ammar Al Jazzaf
Group Chief AML & CFT
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Kuwait
- Central Bank of Kuwait Central bankPrudential supervisorAML supervisor
- Kuwait
- Capital Markets Authority Securities
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The bank appointed Giel-Jan M. Van Der Tol as Group Chief Executive Officer from 1 July 2025, following Central Bank of Kuwait approval.
me.peoplemattersglobal.com ↗ -
Other
The Central Bank of Kuwait approved the bank's first USD 500 million certificate of deposit programme.
static.mubasher.info ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- ABKKKWKWXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- ABKKBank
- KWCountry · Kuwait
- KWLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 254900PGVVLJTOEWLL80
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Kuwait · Middle East & North Africa
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
The Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (Kuwait Shareholding Co.) group has 3 institutions in the directory, in 3 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait-Egypt S.A.E.
See the Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (Kuwait Shareholding Co.) group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- AHMED AL JABER STREET PO BOX 1387 SAFAT 13014 KUWAIT
- Operational address
- SAFAT SQUARE AHMED AL JABER STREET KUWAIT 13014 KUWAIT POB 1387 KUWAIT
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>ABKKKWKWXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>254900PGVVLJTOEWLL80</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>ABKKKWKWXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>254900PGVVLJTOEWLL80</LEI>
<Nm>AL AHLI BANK OF KUWAIT K.S.C.P</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<Ctry>KW</Ctry>
<AdrLine>AHMED AL JABER STREET PO BOX 1387 SAFAT 13014</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>Swift’s two address fields do not agree on a town, so the full record gives the address as address lines only.
The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Network
Branches and correspondent banking
One branch BIC connects to the head office. Emirates Islamic Bank (Public Joint Stock Company) publishes 1 account held with this bank.
- Own offices
- Respondent banks: they hold accounts here
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Respondent banks
From the correspondent lists other banks publish
Emirates Islamic Bank (Public Joint Stock Company) publishes 1 account held with this bank.
| Currency | Respondent bank | Held at | Account | Published in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KWD | Emirates Islamic Bank (Public Joint Stock Company) United Arab Emirates | ABKKKWKWXXX | 0900-612480-050 | emiratesislamic.ae ↗ |
Each row is an account the respondent bank lists as held with this bank, as published. Only banks that publish their correspondent accounts, and that Elucidate has researched, can appear, so the list is not complete. Confirm settlement instructions with either bank before relying on them.
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABKKKWKWACI | — | Kuwait | SAFAT SQUARE AHMED AL JABER STREET KUWAIT 13014 KUWAIT POB 1387 KUWAIT | — | 2024-07-05 |
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Logo: abk.eahli.com (official website) · original; Giel-Jan M. Van Der Tol: abk.eahli.com (official website) · original; Talal Mohammed Reza Behbehani: arabtimesonline.com (official website) · original; Shiamak Soonawalla: abk.eahli.com (official website) · original; Sana Al Saqabi: abk.eahli.com (official website) · original; Ammar Al Jazzaf: abk.eahli.com (official website) · original.
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