MANAMA, BAHRAIN – 31 March 2013 – Shareholders of Ithmaar Bank, a Bahrain-based Islamic retail bank today (ed note: 310313) once again threw their weight behind the Bank’s plans to increase its focus on core banking activities while working towards restructuring its investment portfolio. Ithmaar Bank Chairman, His Royal Highness Prince Amr Al Faisal, said this is in line with the Bank’s commitment to becoming the region’s premier Islamic retail and commercial bank.

MANAMA, BAHRAIN – 23 February 2013 – Ithmaar Bank, a Bahrain-based Islamic retail bank, announced today (ed note: 23/02/13) that it had merged with one of its Bahrain-based associates, First Leasing Bank.

The announcement follows the final approval of the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) and the Bahrain Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOIC), as well as the completion of the three-month and the sixty-day notice period required by the CBB and the MOIC respectively.

MANAMA, BAHRAIN – 06 February 2013 – Ithmaar Bank helped earn the Kingdom of Bahrain pride of place among the world’s most technologically developed countries when it was singled out for a prestigious United Nations (UN) based award.

Bahrain is the only country in the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) region, and one of only two in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, to have made it among the 40 World Summit Award mobile (WSA-mobile) contest winners. A total of 400 mobile applications from more than 100 countries participated in the contest.