# Commercial Bank of Qatar (CBQ)

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/commercial-bank-qatar
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [CBQ — official](https://www.cbq.qa/)

## Key details

- **Parent:** assets

## Overview

**Commercial Bank of Qatar (CBQ)** is **Qatari commercial bank** + **QSE: CBQK** + **Qatari ruling Al Thani family + Qatari retail + institutional + foreign investors free float** + **one of Qatar's largest private commercial banks by assets** + **founded Jun 18 1975 in Doha Qatar as Qatar's first private commercial bank** <sup>[1][1], [Qatar report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/QA)</sup>.

## History

**Jun 18 1975 — Commercial Bank of Qatar CBQ QPSC founded in Doha Qatar as Qatar's first private commercial bank** distinctive Qatari banking heritage as Qatar's pioneer private commercial bank.

**2007 — CBQ Alternatifbank Turkey acquisition + 2013 controlling stake then full ownership for ~$460M consolidating into Turkish commercial banking presence**.

**2014 — CBQ Mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Commercial Bank of Qatar CBQ QPSC** (Qatari commercial bank; QSE: CBQK).

**Major shareholders**: **Qatari ruling Al Thani family + Qatari retail + institutional + foreign investors free float**.

**Regulators**: **Qatar Central Bank QCB + national regulators across 4+ countries**.

## Technical integration

CBQ Mobile app (iOS + Android) + cbq.qa online + Commercial Bank of Qatar branch network across Qatar + Turkey (Alternatif Bank Turkish subsidiary) + UAE + Oman international branches + CBQ Visa + Mastercard cards; EMVCo QRCPS QR payments + Qatar Mobile Payment QMP (Qatari national mobile QR payment scheme) + Qatari Riyal QAR domestic transfers.

## Implementations & partners

**Major Qatari banking + payments competitors**: [QNB Group (QNB Mobile)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/qnb-group) (Qatar National Bank QNB; QSE: QNBK; Qatar's largest commercial bank by assets) + [QIB (Qatar Islamic Bank)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/qib) (Qatar Islamic Bank QIB; QSE: QIBK; Qatar's largest Islamic commercial bank by assets) + [Qatar International Islamic Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/qatar-international-islamic) (Qatar International Islamic Bank QIIB; QSE: QIIK; Qatari Islamic commercial bank) + [Masraf Al Rayan](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/al-rayan-bank) (Masraf Al Rayan; QSE: MARK; Qatari Islamic commercial bank) + [Dukhan Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/dukhan-bank) (Dukhan Bank; QSE: DUBK; Qatari Islamic commercial bank) + [Doha Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/doha-bank) (Doha Bank; QSE: DHBK; Qatari commercial bank).

**Regulators**: Qatar Central Bank QCB + national regulators across 4+ countries.

## Status

**Active, Qatari commercial bank + QSE:CBQK + Qatari ruling Al Thani family + Qatari retail + institutional + foreign investors free float + one of Qatar's largest private commercial banks by assets + founded Jun 18 1975 in Doha Qatar as Qatar's first private commercial bank** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.cbq.qa/ "CBQ — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Bank_of_Qatar "CBQ — Wikipedia"
[qa-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/QA

- [1] [CBQ — official][1]
- [2] [CBQ — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Qatar report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/QA)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/QA-qatar.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [commercial-bank-qatar.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/commercial-bank-qatar). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.