Oman Arab Bank

Overview

Oman Arab Bank is MSX: OAB + Omani commercial bank + Arab Bank Jordan parent ~49% strategic investor + one of Oman's largest commercial banks [1, om-cro].

History

1973 — Oman Arab Bank OAB founded as Arab Bank Jordan Omani subsidiary.

2014 — OAB Mobile banking app launch.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Oman Arab Bank OAB (Omani commercial bank; MSX: OAB).

Major shareholders: Arab Bank plc Jordan (Amman Stock Exchange ASE: ARBK; Jordanian commercial bank) ~49% strategic + Omani retail + institutional + foreign investors free float.

Regulators: Central Bank of Oman CBO + Central Bank of Jordan.

Technical integration

OAB Mobile app (iOS + Android) + oman-arabbank.com online + OAB branch network across Oman + OAB Visa + Mastercard cards; OM IBAN + OmanNet.

Implementations & partners

Arab Bank Jordan strategic investor parent: [[arab-bank-jordan]] (Arab Bank; Amman Stock Exchange ASE: ARBK; Jordanian commercial bank; one of MENA's largest commercial banks by assets).

Major Omani + Gulf banking + payments competitors: [[bank-muscat]] (Bank Muscat; MSX: BKMB; Oman's largest commercial bank by assets) + [[nbo-oman]] (National Bank of Oman NBO; MSX: NBOB; Oman's #2 commercial bank by assets) + [[bank-dhofar]] (Bank Dhofar; MSX: BKDB; Omani commercial bank) + [[sohar-international]] (Sohar International Bank; MSX: BKSB; Omani commercial bank) + [[ahli-bank-oman]] (Ahli Bank Oman; MSX: ABOB; Omani commercial bank) + [[bank-nizwa]] (Bank Nizwa; MSX: BKNZ; Oman's largest Islamic bank).

Regulators: Central Bank of Oman CBO + Central Bank of Jordan.

Status

Active, MSX:OAB + Omani commercial bank + Arab Bank Jordan parent ~49% strategic investor + one of Oman's largest commercial banks [1, 2].

Sources

• 1 OAB — official
• 2 OAB — Wikipedia
• om-cro In-corpus: reports/countries/OM-oman.md

Source

Biography extracted from oman-arab-bank.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.