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Arab Tunisian Bank (ATB) ( ar, البنك العربي لتونس), a
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n commercial
bank A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Because ...
, was created on June 30, 1982, by the integration of a branch of the
Arab Bank Arab Bank is one of the largest financial institutions in the Middle East, founded in 1930 in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, as the first private sector financial institution in the Arab world. Headquartered today in Amman, Jordan, it serves cl ...
Tunis with Tunisian individuals. Its mission was contribution to the economic and financial development of the country.


History

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.« Opinion – De Hatem Kchouk à Monsieur le ministre Moalla », ''Webdo'', 3 May 2011
/ref> In 1952, Bourguiba permitted Shoman to open an Arab bank branch in Tunisia, as Arab Bank-Tunis. In 1982, Arab Bank changed to Arab Tunisian Bank. In 2008, the
General Assembly A general assembly or general meeting is a meeting of all the members of an organization or shareholders of a company. Specific examples of general assembly include: Churches * General Assembly (presbyterian church), the highest court of presb ...
decided to grow the bank capital from 60 million dinars to 100 million dinars within two years.Raouf Khalsi, « Nous ambitionnons de devenir le leader tunisien des métiers de la banque », ''Le Temps'', 17 June 2008 They have increased the capital of the bank to 80 million in 2008 as a first step. Today, ATB has a network of 103 branches and 12 subsidiaries.ATB Gisr – Page Introuvable !
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See also

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List of banks Lists of banks are contained in the following articles: By continent * List of banks in Africa – Each country in Africa has a list of banks operating in that country * List of banks in Asia – Asia has a list of banks operating in that co ...
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List of banks in Tunisia This is a list of commercial banks in Tunisia # Banque Al-Baraka # Arab Tunisian Bank (ATB) # Banque Franco Tunisienne (BFT) # Banque Nationale Agricole (BNA) # Attijari Bank # Banque de Tunisie (BT) # Amen Bank (AB) # Banque Internationale A ...


References


External links

* 1982 establishments in Tunisia Banks established in 1982 Banks of Tunisia Companies listed on the Bourse de Tunis {{bank-stub