{"id":36216,"date":"2025-05-07T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prnasia.com\/story\/archive\/4680759_AE80759_0"},"modified":"2025-05-07T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T05:00:00","slug":"qnb-becomes-the-first-bank-in-middle-east-africa-to-open-a-branch-in-indias-gift-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transmediavictoria.net.au\/?p=36216","title":{"rendered":"QNB becomes the first bank in Middle East &amp; Africa to open a branch in India&#8217;s GIFT City"},"content":{"rendered":"<table name=\"logo_release\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/1917328\/5304738\/QNB_Group_Logo.jpg?p=medium600\" border=\"0\" alt title=\"logo\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"118\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">DOHA, Qatar<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">May 7, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; QNB, the largest financial institution in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Middle East<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Africa<\/span> (MEA), has become the first bank from the MEA region to open a branch in GIFT City in Gujarat, <span class=\"xn-location\">India&#8217;s<\/span> first international&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Financial_centre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">financial centre<\/a>&nbsp;&amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special_economic_zone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">special economic zone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg0e4dleft\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2680301\/QNB_Group.jpg?p=medium600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg0e4dleft\" title=\"QNB becomes the first bank in Middle East &amp; Africa to open a branch in India\u2019s GIFT City\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2680301\/QNB_Group.jpg?p=medium600\" alt=\"QNB becomes the first bank in Middle East &amp; Africa to open a branch in India\u2019s GIFT City\" align=\"middle\"><\/a> <br \/><span>QNB becomes the first bank in Middle East &amp; Africa to open a branch in India\u2019s GIFT City<\/span> <\/div>\n<p>Commenting on the launch of the new branch, Mr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Abdullah Mubarak Al Khalifa<\/span>, CEO of QNB Group, said: &#8220;<span class=\"xn-location\">India&#8217;s<\/span> banking sector is poised for rapid growth on the strength of robust economic growth prospects, and banks have demonstrated strong operational performance along with improving asset quality. With the opening of the GIFT City branch, QNB is expanding its footprint at an opportune time when Indian corporates are seeking strong banking partners for supporting their growth plans. Combined with QNB&#8217;s global outreach and expertise, as well as its pioneering role in shaping the international financial landscape, <span class=\"xn-location\">India<\/span> presents long term growth opportunities for wholesale banking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Ali Darwish<\/span>, Senior Executive Vice President of International Business at QNB Group, said: &#8220;<span class=\"xn-location\">India<\/span> is one of the world&#8217;s fastest growing large economies and on track to become a major global supply chain and manufacturing hub. <span class=\"xn-location\">India&#8217;s<\/span> foreign exchange reserves exceed <span class=\"xn-money\">USD 650 Billion<\/span>, ranking amongst the world&#8217;s largest. With the new branch in GIFT, QNB has enhanced its product suite with a multi-currency proposition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The GIFT branch will strengthen QNB&#8217;s extensive regional &amp; international network in 28 markets across 3 continents,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;QNB is expanding its presence in <span class=\"xn-location\">India<\/span> &amp; the new branch in GIFT offers a wide range of liability as well as credit focused products. The branch will support customers located onshore in <span class=\"xn-location\">India<\/span> as well as offshore with their funding requirements in foreign currency,&#8221; said Mr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Gaurav Gupta<\/span>, CEO of Qatar National Bank in <span class=\"xn-location\">India<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>QNB established its first bank branch in <span class=\"xn-location\">India<\/span> in 2017, which has grown rapidly to support international banking requirements of Indian corporate and institutional clients. QNB India is a Scheduled Commercial Bank providing full-fledged banking services across the country. QNB India focuses on credit solutions for structured trade &amp; working capital financing as well as long tenor loans for bespoke end uses.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: <a href=\"mailto:prteam@qnb.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">prteam@qnb.com<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOHA, Qatar, May 7, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; QNB, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa (MEA), has become the first bank from the MEA region to open a branch in GIFT City in Gujarat, India&#8217;s first international&nbsp;financial centre&nbsp;&amp; special economic zone. 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