The Saudi British Bank (SABB) rated 'Best Bank in the Kingdom for the year 2004'

The award was handed to SABB at a ceremony held in London.

Commenting on the event, Sheikh Abdullah Mohamed Al-Hugail, Chairman of SABB said the Euromoney award represents another landmark added to the series of successes achieved by SABB last of which was the appointment of SABB as flotation manager for NCCI IPO. This achievement is also a result of the Bank's pursuance of its "Customer First" policy and reflects the continuous efforts exerted by the Bank to provide high quality services to its customers who had always been put first.

Mr. Sulaiman Al-Hamdan, Deputy Managing Director - Financial Services, expressed his happiness for the award and praised the efforts of all staff for their contributions as a team in achieving such success. He further added "the award represents an appreciation of the Bank's efforts across many sectors including Customer Service and Employment of Saudi Nationals which stands now at 80% of the total number of staff, as well as the Bank's introduction of the latest banking technology to facilitate the provision of a wide array of services and products to meet the requirements of customers which stresses the bank's leadership in the Saudi banking sector."