Muscat, February 14^th, 2017: Oman Arab Bank (OAB), encouraging the savings habit with customers, has announced the new ‘Hassad’ Savings Scheme for 2017. The scheme has been completely revamped from last year to offer customers greatly increased chances of winning, with 100 guaranteed winners per month with different prize draws covering regional, Children’s, and Elite Account holders, together with Monthly Bumper Prizes and special customer draws.

Commenting on the launch of the new scheme, Fahd Amjad, the General Manager of Retail Banking at OAB said, “We believe our new ‘Hassad’ savings scheme makes Oman Arab Bank the bank of choice for customers looking to get rewarded for the habit of saving. By rewarding 100 winners monthly, we have now substantially improved the chances of winning for all our customers.”

The new Hassad savings scheme ensures customers from every region and branch have an equal opportunity to win, with OAB conducting prize draws every month alternating between regions and nationwide draws. Each of the draw will ensure a minimum of two winners of OMR 1,000 per branch in that respective region, together with multiple winners of OMR 500 across all branches and one Bumper draw of OMR 25,000 per month.

Oman Arab Bank’s banking proposition “Elite” for High Net worth customers will also benefit from the revised Hassad scheme. Elite customers will now be participating in a dedicated monthly draws with a prize pot of RO 25,000 monthly, together with a half-year and year end prize draw of RO 50,000 in June and December.

Continuing it’s tradition to reward children and ladies, Hassad prize scheme will have dedicated draws for both customer segments. Additionally, special occasion prizes for Omani Teachers day, Women’s day, Khareef, Eid Al Fitr & National day will also be celebrated with prizes for lucky winners.

OAB customers can easily open a ‘Hassad’ account with a minimum balance of OMR 100, in order to be eligible for the prize draws.

Oman Arab Bank is one of the first banks to be established in Oman, with a rich and proud history. Today, the bank operates a nationwide network of 67 branches and 120 ATMs spread across the Sultanate. OAB provides the complete range of financial products and services for personal banking, corporate and investment clients.

Muscat, 7^th March 2017:  As part of its commitment to the community, Oman Arab Bank (OAB) organised a clean-up initiative at Wadi Al Khoud. The event which carried the theme ‘Let’s keep Oman Beautiful’ was organised recently, and saw the participation of OAB employees and their families, together with a number of visitors to Wadi Al Khoud willing to join the Bank’s CSR initiative.

Commenting on the importance of such initiatives, Hilal O. Al Siyabi, Head of CSR at OAB said, “Although important, we at OAB believe that there is more to CSR than providing financial support to various social activities, CSR for us also includes the engagement of our employees with the community, which in turn will reflect positively on both parties. Therefore, at OAB we focus on promoting a culture of sharing and collaboration in volunteer work among OAB family members. Our goal is to instil a feeling of joy and satisfaction among our employees when serving the community. This initiative in particular reinforces the importance of collaboration in such social activities. Serving the community is a national obligation in which all members of society should be a part of, and we were pleased to see visitors to the Wadi joining us in our initiative.”

This event comes as part of OAB’s CSR initiatives, marking its first such event of this year and reflecting its commitment to the community. OAB employees and their families showed great enthusiasm in joining hands to clean the Wadi in order to reveal its true beauty and its prominence as one of the key tourism destinations in Muscat.

“At OAB we consider community work as an integral part of job and we do our best to encourage all our staff to participate and make each initiative a success. I would like to take this opportunity to thank each and every OAB staff member and their families who contributed towards the success of this initiative. I would also like to thank all the volunteers and visitors to the Wadi who participated in the initiative. I appeal to everyone to preserve the environment, and make sure not to pollute nature with waste; and especially so for our tourism attractions. In doing so we will set an example and indirectly teach the importance of preserving environment to our children as well,” Hilal Al-Siyabi added.

Oman Arab Bank is one of the first banks to be established in Oman, with a rich and proud history dating back over three decades. Consistently expanding its reach, the Bank today operates a nationwide network of 56 branches, 7 Islamic window ‘Al Yusr’ and over 135 ATMs spread across the Sultanate. It provides the complete range of financial products and services for personal banking, corporate, and investment clients.

Muscat, April 10, 2017 – Oman Arab Bank (OAB), as part of its continued efforts to promote the savings habit, recently held its third monthly draw of this year’s ‘Hassad’ Savings Scheme. Focused on the Dakhliya region, the draw was held live at the Nizwa Grand Mall under the auspices of H.E. Ahmed Bin Said AlHadhrami, Majlis Al Shura Representative for Wilayat Nizwa, and was attended by senior members of the Bank’s Retail Department. The draw saw 40 winners receive OMR 500, together with 28 winners of OMR 1,000 and ten winners of the OMR 250 child account draws. The draw also saw two customers from the region win the bumper prize and ‘elite’ prize respectively of OMR 25,000 each, as well as announcing 20 lucky female winners on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

Fahd Amjad, GM of Retail Banking at OAB said, “In addition to offering our customers the highest chances to win with our Hassad Savings Scheme this year, we also wanted to give greater focus to each of our branches across Oman. This is why we decided to alternate our draws each month covering our branches nationwide one month and covering branches in a specific region the next. This month we have focused our attention towards the Dakhliya region, focusing our draws for customers from each of the six branches located there; with a guaranteed minimum of two winners from each branch.”

The draw event, which was held at the Nizwa Grand Mall on the evening of April 6, saw a number of fun activities being held for children including face painting, games, contests, and even a magic show.

Fahd Amjad added, “The Hassad savings scheme offers customers even more chances of winning, and this is a great motivation to save and have a more secure future for them and their families. For 2017, the savings scheme will witness 100 winners per month across various age groups, which makes it one of the most attractive saving schemes for our customers.”

Launched earlier in the year, the new Hassad savings scheme ensures customers from every region and branch have an equal opportunity to win, with OAB conducting prize draws every month alternating between regions and nationwide draws. Each of the draw will ensure a minimum of two winners of OMR 1,000 per branch in that respective region, together with multiple winners of OMR 500 across all branches and one Bumper draw of OMR 25,000 per month. OAB customers need only open a ‘Hassad’ saving account with a minimum balance of OMR 100, in order to be eligible for these prize draws. The Bank will also be conducting region and nationwide draws for children’s accounts with 10 winners of OMR 250 per month.

Oman Arab Bank’s banking proposition ‘Elite’ for High Net worth customers will also benefit from the revised Hassad scheme. Elite customers will now be participating in a dedicated monthly draws with a prize pot of RO 25,000 monthly, together with a half-year and year end prize draw of RO 50,000 in June and December.

Oman Arab Bank is one of the first banks to be established in Oman, with a rich and proud history. Today, the bank operates a nationwide network of 65 branches and offices and over 135 ATMs spread across the Sultanate. OAB provides the complete range of financial products and services for personal banking, corporate and investment clients.

New branch prominently located at Nizwa Grand Mall and open from 9am to 5pm

Muscat, May 24, 2017: Oman Arab bank (OAB) has announced the official opening of its ‘new-look’ Nizwa branch at the Nizwa Grand Mall. With the opening of this new branch, OAB aims to deliver enhanced banking facilities, efficient and easily accessible services, as well as provide extended opening hours to its customers.

The official opening took place on May 24, under the auspices of Lt Gen Ahmed bin Harith Al Nabhani, Chief of Staff of The Sultan’s Armed Forces, and was attended by Hani M. Al Zubair, OAB board member, Amin Al Husseini, CEO of OAB; together with other members of the Bank’s executive managment.

Commenting on the opening of the branch, Amin Al Husseini noted, “At OAB we are proudly one of the country’s premier banking institutions, and we remain focused on growing closer to our customers. As such we are always on the lookout to offer increased convenience and better facilities to our customers across the country.  The opening of Nizwa Grand Mall aligns with this objective. Additionally, this is the first OAB branch that offers all services, from 9am to 5pm.”

The new Nizwa Grand Mall branch features an enhanced brand identity with refreshed look and feel; integral to OAB’s transformation strategy. The sleek, modern, and streamlined look is further augmented by a number of new features and systems introduced for the first time in the bank.  The branch has seen the introduction of a meet and greet facility with streamlined queuing system, video walls for bank news, private customer service spaces with multimedia screens for a more personal interaction, together with digital signature pads and ID Card readers within the advisory station design.

Aesthetically the new Nizwa branch takes its design inspiration from the concept of the ‘Omani Skyline’, wherein the white symbolises Omani architecture, browns denote the sand deserts, grey referencing the mountains, and the blue glass overhangs representing the sky.

Each new look branch has a separate ‘Elite’ reception, lounge and Elite Relationship Manager office to give premium customers an elegant and private experience that is memorable. The branch transformation combines elements of design, form and function and aims to elevate the customer experience leading to better service.

“Our new Nizwa branch not only helps us meet growing customer demand in that area but also reaffirms our commitment towards providing a range of fast and efficient banking solutions. This new branch location also offers the added advantage of an extremely convenient and easily accessible location that is already frequented by a large number of our customers in the area. We are in the process of transforming our entire branch network, and we look forward to opening a new look branch in Al Hail shortly.” concluded Fahd Amjad, GM of Retail Banking at OAB.

Oman Arab Bank is one of the first banks to be established in Oman, with a rich and proud history. Today, the bank operates a nationwide network of 65 branches and offices and over 135 ATMs spread across the Sultanate. OAB provides the complete range of financial products and services for personal banking, corporate and investment clients.

New branch prominently located on Sultan Qaboos Street and open from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm

Muscat, May 31, 2017: Oman Arab bank (OAB) recently celebrated the official opening of its new Al Hail branch, prominently located on Sultan Qaboos Street. The opening of this new branch takes the total number of branches within the OAB network to 66 and marks the Banks first ever branch in the Al Hail area. Following in the footsteps of the recently launched Nizwa Branch, the ‘new look’ Al Hail branch follows a modern design philosophy,  and extends the banks reach by delivering an enhanced banking experience for its growing customer base in the Muscat region.

The official branch opening took place on May 25, under the auspices of His Highness Al Sayyid Marwan bin Turki Al Said, DG Research and Development Studies at the Supreme Council of Planning, and was attended by Mulham Al Jarf, OAB Board member, and Amin Al Husseini, CEO of OAB; together with other members of the Bank’s management and staff.

Commenting on the opening of the new branch, Amin Al Husseini noted, “Through our international expertise and local capability we at OAB continue to deliver class-leading products and services to our customers; whilst building our branch network to deliver greater access and convenience to our growing customer base. We remain confident, strong and are committed towards moving forward together with our customers. The opening of this, our 66th branch, is in line with this objective; offering customers in the area convenient and accessible banking solutions.”

Integral to OAB’s transformation strategy, the new Al Hail branch features an enhanced brand identity with a refreshed look and feel and modern environments. The design concept takes inspiration from the ‘Omani Skyline’, and uses a palette of four colours – white, brown, grey, and blue; wherein the white symbolises Omani architecture, browns denote the sand deserts, grey referencing the mountains, and the blue glass overhangs representing the sky.

The sleek, modern, and streamlined look is further augmented by a similar array of new customer friendly features and systems introduced for the first time in the Nizwa branch. These include the new advanced meet and greet facility with streamlined queuing, video walls for bank news, private advisory spaces with moving monitor screens for more personal interaction, together with digital signature pads and ID Card readers built within the advisory station area. Each of these advanced features has been designed to facilitate a more paperless operation within the branch environment.

The new Al Hail branch also features a separate ‘Elite’ reception area, two lounges and dedicated Elite Relationship Managers; ensuring premium customers can enjoy an elegant and private banking experience.

“A similar zonal structure to what was featured in the Nizwa branch has also been incorporated here; with each of the four zones colour coded and dedicated to a specific task – meet and greet, transactions, customer support, and Elite. This approach not only simplifies the structure and facilities of the branch for our customers, but also streamlines operations and improves efficiency. The new branch reaffirms our commitment towards providing customers with a fast, convenient, and trouble-free banking experience that is unique to OAB,” concluded Fahd Amjad, GM of Retail Banking at OAB.

Oman Arab Bank is one of the first banks to be established in Oman, with a rich and proud history. Today, the bank operates a nationwide network of 66 branches and offices and over 135 ATMs spread across the Sultanate. OAB provides the complete range of financial products and services for personal banking, corporate and investment clients.