Bank of Sharjah (BoS)

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Overview

Bank of Sharjah (BoS) is UAE commercial bank + ADX: BOS + Government of Sharjah + UAE Sharjah ruling Al Qasimi family + UAE retail + institutional + foreign investors free float + one of UAE's mid-sized commercial banks + founded Dec 22 1973 in Sharjah UAE as Sharjah emirate's first national commercial bank ^{1, United Arab Emirates report}.

History

Dec 22 1973 — Bank of Sharjah BoS PJSC founded in Sharjah UAE as Sharjah emirate's first national commercial bank distinctive UAE banking heritage as one of UAE's pioneer post-federation national commercial banks.

2014 — Bank of Sharjah Mobile banking app launch.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Bank of Sharjah BoS PJSC (UAE commercial bank; ADX: BOS).

Major shareholders: Government of Sharjah + UAE Sharjah ruling Al Qasimi family + UAE retail + institutional + foreign investors free float.

Regulators: Central Bank of UAE CBUAE + national regulators across 3+ countries.

Technical integration

Bank of Sharjah Mobile app (iOS + Android) + bankofsharjah.com online + Bank of Sharjah branch network across UAE + Lebanon (Emirates Lebanon Bank EL Bank Bank of Sharjah Lebanese subsidiary) + France international branches + BoS Visa + Mastercard cards; EMVCo QRCPS QR payments + Aani UAE national instant payments + AED Emirati Dirham domestic transfers.

Implementations & partners

Major UAE banking + payments competitors: First Abu Dhabi Bank (First Abu Dhabi Bank FAB; ADX: FAB) + Emirates NBD (ENBD X) (Emirates NBD Bank; DFM: EMIRATESNBD) + Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) (Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank ADCB; ADX: ADCB) + Mashreq NEO + NEOPAY (UAE) (Mashreq Bank; DFM: MASB) + Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) (Dubai Islamic Bank DIB; DFM: DIB) + Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) (Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank ADIB; ADX: ADIB) + Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) (Sharjah Islamic Bank SIB; ADX: SIB) + RAKBANK (RAKBANK; ADX: RAKBANK) + Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) (Commercial Bank of Dubai CBD; DFM: CBD).

Regulators: Central Bank of UAE CBUAE + national regulators across 3+ countries.

Status

Active, UAE commercial bank + ADX:BOS + Government of Sharjah + UAE Sharjah ruling Al Qasimi family + UAE retail + institutional + foreign investors free float + one of UAE's mid-sized commercial banks + founded Dec 22 1973 in Sharjah UAE as Sharjah emirate's first national commercial bank ^{1, 2}.

Sources

1 BoS — official
2 BoS — Wikipedia
^{United Arab Emirates report} In-corpus: reports/countries/AE-united-arab-emirates.md

Source

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