Dubai

Pandemic or no, Emirates NBD and its chief executive, Shayne Nelson, had plenty to celebrate this year, making it Asiamoney’s best domestic bank for Dubai and best corporate and investment bank.

Pandemic or no, Emirates NBD and its chief executive, Shayne Nelson, had plenty to celebrate this year, making it Asiamoney’s best domestic bank for Dubai and best corporate and investment bank.

Commercial Bank of Dubai wins in both the SME and CSR categories, partly on the strength of its digitalization push.

Commercial Bank of Dubai wins in both the SME and CSR categories, partly on the strength of its digitalization push.

If any institution disproves the adage that you can’t teach old dogs new tricks, it’s 54-year-old Mashreq Bank.

The Middle East’s best digital bank is also, not surprisingly, the best digital bank over the past year in Dubai. Mashreq Bank’s digital strategy has been in place for years, driven from the top by CEO Ahmed Abdelaal, as well as by group head of retail banking Subroto Som and group head of corporate & investment banking, Joel Van Dusen.

Emirates NBD Capital is a deal machine in Dubai and beyond. Among the standout transactions over the awards period were a Dh2 billion ($545 million) capital-raising for Dubai Asset Management, completed in July 2019, and the $500 million refinancing of a debut sukuk into a term loan by Dubai Aviation Corporation, better known as the budget airline flydubai.

Emirates NBD is not simply a colossus in Dubai, it is also a power-player across the region.

Emirates NBD is not simply a colossus in Dubai, it is also a power-player across the region.