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- Emirates NBD Bank PJSC (EMIRATESNBD.AE) is a leading banking group in the Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye (MENAT) region that provides a comprehensive range of financial services to individuals, businesses, governments and institutions; its core offerings include retail banking products such as loans, deposits, mortgages, credit cards and consumer financing; private banking and wealth management services; corporate and institutional banking encompassing current and savings accounts, overdrafts, trade finance, term loans and investment banking; Islamic banking products; global markets and treasury operations including investment portfolio management, funds management, interbank treasury and structured financing; asset management; equity broking; and brokerage services. The bank operates its lifestyle digital bank Liv., which serves nearly half a million users and facilitates 97% of transactions outside branches. Founded in 1963 as the National Bank of Dubai and formed through the 2007 merger with Emirates Bank International, Emirates NBD is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and maintains operations across 13 countries including the UAE, Egypt, India, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the UK, Austria, Germany, Russia and Bahrain, with 826 branches and over 4,500 ATMs. In recent developments, the bank completed the acquisition of Emirates Islamic Bank in June 2025 to bolster its Sharia-compliant offerings; announced plans in October 2025 to acquire a majority stake in India's RBL Bank through a USD 3 billion primary infusion; deepened partnerships with Nium for real-time cross-border payouts, BlackRock for wealth management and Mastercard for digital payments; expanded in Saudi Arabia with 57% loan growth in 2024 and received approval for new branches in India; and increased financing facilities such as boosting Dar Global's debt line to USD 440 million in August 2025. The group reported total assets of AED 1.086 trillion as of June 2025 and serves over 9 million active customers.