VOL. XLIII

No. 45

6-November-2000

KUWAIT

NBK Launches Online Trading

National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) announced on 29 October that it had become the first bank in Kuwait to launch an online brokerage service. The new service enables the banks customers to trade stocks and equities on the US stock exchanges, and, according to a statement, to manage investment portfolios online with access to stock quotes, market news and charts. The statement quoted the banks CEO, Ibrahim Dabdub, as saying that the...