Arab Tunisian Bank

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Bank headquarters in downtown Tunis

Arab Tunisian Bank (ATB) (Arabic: البنك العربي لتونس), a Tunisian commercial bank, was created on June 30, 1982, by the integration of a branch of the Arab Bank Tunis with Tunisian individuals. Its mission was contribution to the economic and financial development of the country.

History[edit]

Tunisia's first president, Habib Bourguiba, was helped by Abdul Hameed Shoman, the founder of the Arab Bank Group, in his combat against French colonization.[1] In 1952, Bourguiba permitted Shoman to open an Arab bank branch in Tunisia, as Arab Bank-Tunis. In 1982, Arab Bank changed its name to Arab Tunisian Bank.

In 2008, the General Assembly decided to grow the bank's capital from 60 million dinars to 100 million dinars within two years.[2] They increased the capital of the bank to 80 million dinars in 2008 as a first step.[3]

Today, ATB has a network of 103 branches and 12 subsidiaries.[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ (in French) « Opinion – De Hatem Kchouk à Monsieur le ministre Moalla », Webdo, 3 May 2011
  2. ^ Raouf Khalsi, « Nous ambitionnons de devenir le leader tunisien des métiers de la banque », Le Temps, 17 June 2008
  3. ^ "Arab Tunisian Bank : avis de réalisation de l'augmentation de capital (Bourse de Tunis)" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 17, 2012.  (16.1 KB)
  4. ^ ATB Gisr – Page Introuvable ![permanent dead link]

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