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National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) was listed the seventh among the ten safest banks worldwide, according to a report issued by US CNN network.
NBK is the only Arab bank mentioned in the report that considered banks’ stability a pressing concern for the world’s corporations and investors amid the global economic crisis.
The world’s 10 safest banks according to the report are:
1) Zürcher Kantonalbank
2) TD Bank Group
3) DBS Bank
4) U.S. Bankcorp
5) Nordea
6) CITI Bank
7) National Bank of Kuwait
8) Royal Bank of Canada
9) KfW
10) National Australia Bank