Our Business
BNP Paribas Bahrain offers Corporate & Institutional Banking and Investment Solutions to local and international clients across the world through its conventional retail and wholesale branches, both licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain since 2001.
Global Banking
As the leading European investment bank across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, we support our corporate clients in their development, providing strategic advice and first-class access to financing and transaction banking services. Our role as bridge builders between our broad and long-standing corporates client base and trusted institutional investors relies on our teams that combine global reach, sectorial expertise and local knowledge.
Islamic Banking
BNP Paribas was one of the first international banks to establish a presence in Islamic banking in the early 1980s. In 2003, it consolidated its Islamic banking business under the BNP Paribas Najmah name, as the global franchise of the Group’s Islamic banking activities, based in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
The establishment of an Asia-Pacific hub in Malaysia in 2011 serves as a testament to the Bank’s continued commitment to expand its footprint across key global markets and to satisfy the increasing demand for Shariah compliant offerings.
The dedicated specialist teams across Najmah’s two hubs engage in the structuring and marketing of a broad range of innovative Shariah-compliant solutions, including Sukuk structures, liquidity management products, Islamic hedging instruments, Islamic investment and structured financing products, and facilities that are tailored to the needs of our diverse clientele of sovereigns, quasi-sovereigns and financial institutions, corporates and high-net-worth individuals. All our Islamic banking products and solutions are endorsed and certified by our internationally-recognised Supervisory Committee.
Since inception, Najmah has built a competitive edge in demanding Islamic finance markets by delivering innovative and award-wining Islamic products and solutions, many of which have been the first to launch to meet specific client needs.