- CEO
- Khaled Yousef Al shamlan
- Full Time Employees
- 15,000
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Regional banks
- Address
- Abdullah Al-Mubarak Street Kuwait City KU Kuwait 13110
- IPO Date
- Sep 29, 1984
- Business
- Kuwait Finance House K.S.C.P. (KFH.KW) operates as a leading Islamic financial institution, providing Sharia-compliant banking, finance, and investment services across the Middle East, Europe, and internationally through its Treasury, Retail and Private Banking, Corporate Banking, and Investment segments. The company offers a comprehensive range of products including murabaha investments, debt securities, liquidity management, current, savings, gold, wakala, and electron deposit accounts; installment, consumer, auto, construction, medical care, real estate, and commodity financing; debit, prepaid, and credit cards; trade finance solutions such as letters of credit, guarantees, documentary credits, export financing, and istisna'a facilities; leasing services; investment funds, portfolios, and plans; merchant services, safe deposit boxes, portfolio management, insurance, and car leasing; as well as e-banking, telephone banking, ATM services, real estate investment, development, leasing, trading, management, computer maintenance, consultancy, software, and healthcare services. Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Kuwait City, Kuwait, KFH maintains over 680 branches in 12 countries including Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Malaysia, Germany, United Kingdom, Egypt, Iraq, Oman, and Libya, serving retail, private, corporate, and institutional clients with subsidiaries such as KFH Capital for equity, private equity, and real estate investments. Recent developments include the completion of its historic merger with Ahli United Bank Kuwait in February 2024, the largest banking deal in Kuwait's history, enhancing cross-border capabilities and economic diversification; rebranding of AUB operations as KFH Egypt in January 2025 to enter the Egyptian market; divestment of shares in KFH-Bahrain and Sharjah Islamic Bank in 2024 to focus on high-growth areas; issuance of a $1 billion sukuk listed in London in January 2025 under new CEO Khaled Yousef Alshamlan; launch of a new logo and slogan "Horizons Without Limits" in January 2025; and introduction of a smartphone-based payment solution for businesses in April 2025 to advance digital banking services.