Egyptian Arab Land Bank

The Arab Egyptian Land Bank was established in 1880 in order to bolster the cycle of the Egyptian economy. The Bank inaugurated then its first major objectives through contributing to the development of the Egyptian agricultural sector by way of extending loans to agricultural land owners for improving their land productivity, bolstering the cycle of the Egyptian economy, and attaining the concepts of communication with all the segments of the local community. These objectives are intended to activate the productive and economic resources of these segments and to enhance the movement of building and national development.
Since establishment and over (139) years, the Bank has realized enormous growth and has today become one of the specialized major banks in the region and a renowned name in terms of providing banking services and contributing actively to socioeconomic development.
 Besides, the Bank extends services in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Arab Republic of Egypt, and Palestine as a regional commercial bank; particularly as the Bank provides comprehensive and well-integrated packages of banking services to its clients comprised of both companies and individuals.
The Bank has retained its pioneering role in all difficult times through which the whole area has already gone and during which the Bank has always assumed its responsibilities and duties. Thus, the Bank has deservedly earned the reputation affiliated to its name as the oldest Bank in the area and which was founded according to a decree issued by Khedive/ Tawfiq on 15 February 1880. That decision provided for establishing a shareholding company in the name of Egyptian Land Bank intended to make a contribution to enhancing the agricultural sector through providing loans to land owners then.
In March 1946, the League of Arab States issued a decree to establish the Arab Land Bank in accordance with the Royal Egyptian Decree under the name “Arab Land Company”. The Decree specified the goals of the company in terms of extending support to the Palestinians during Israeli occupation of the Palestinian lands by giving them loans to buy agricultural supplies for their land reclamation.
On June 13th, 1999, a presidential decree was adopted merging the (Egyptian Land Bank) with (Arab Land Bank) whereby this decision would be the beginning of the establishment of the bigger Banking entity in Egypt specialized in the field of Land investment and where all commercial activities would take place as a comprehensive commercial bank in The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Palestine and the total assets thereof after the merger reached more than USD 3.2 Billion.
On Nov. 16th,1999, the General Assembly of the Arab Land Bank held a meeting whereby it was decided to change the name of the bank to become (Egyptian Arab Land Bank) as of 01.01.2000.
On May 2018, the Bank Management decided to change the institutional identity of the company to promote its image in the current three markets (Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine) under the slogan (We Change … We Innovate) in order to ensure that the new banking identity reflects comprehensive respect for our heritage taking into consideration youth generations requirements. Therefore, a change of the slogan has been updated along with the start of the new phase being launched while retaining the picture of the Dome of the Rock within the new slogan as a symbol of the historical roots for this deep-rooted establishment and its unitary concepts.
Over the past 139 years and since establishment thereof, the Bank has nowadays constituted a comprehensive model for extending all banking services and made an effective contribution to all aspects of socioeconomic development. The Bank provides services as a comprehensive commercial bank and extends fully-integrated packages of banking services to its clients comprising small, medium, and large companies as well as individuals.
Despite the numerous changes which the Bank has witnessed both internally and externally throughout its operation and success, the Bank has not changed its commitment to provide distinguished and reliable banking services to citizens and Arab economy altogether.