(IBD) handles all offshore Corporate Finance exposures, together with offshore Project &Structured Finance; it also manages all FI exposures, including Bahrain.

•The Bank is very active in project and contract financing in the international market, having financed numerous projects in the Middle East, Europe and Far East for periods up to 20 years. Projects include oil & gas, aircraft financing, power & water, petrochemical, infrastructure and telecommunications.

•Trade finance / forfeiting activities are provided for all import and export activities, including letters of credit, letters of guarantee, import loans and export bill discounting.