Noor Bank Gains Membership to FCI

Wednesday 14 March 2018
Dubai - MENA Herald:

Noor Bank, a leading Shari’a compliant bank in the UAE, is the first Islamic bank to have successfully obtained associate membership of FCI, a global representative of the factoring and receivables finance industry. This significant membership will enable Noor Bank to leverage the FCI network in more than 90 countries to offer export and import factoring facilities to clients in the UAE.

As an associate member, Noor Bank will have instant access to standardised procedures using a state-of-the-art communications system and arbitration services. This is in addition to the broad range of educational products, including e-learning, regional seminars and tailor-made training that will be made available. Noor Bank will also receive full access to statistics, studies, presentations and other useful information on the private library of the FCI website.

FCI formed a working committee comprising Noor Bank, International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation and Dar Al Tawreeq to develop Shari’a compliant documents enabling global Islamic finance institutions to apply for membership.  

Speaking of the affiliation to FCI, Ehsaan Ahmed, Head of Global Transaction Services & Corporate Strategy, Noor Bank, said: “We are pleased to have received this membership, which demonstrates our continued emphasis on offering new and improved services to our customers. As a leading Shari’a compliant bank, we are equally proud of being part of the working committee that crafted the standard framework in order to facilitate Islamic banks in the UAE to apply for membership. As associate member of FCI, we look forward to networking with factoring industry professionals across the world at our regular meetings.”

For his part, Peter Mulroy, Secretary General, FCI, said: “We are very happy to have Noor Bank joining FCI as associate member. After its active participation in the working group to adapt the FCI GRIF to International Islamic Factoring, it shows the development of factoring in the Middle East. With this membership, I can sense the winds of change blowing in the MEA region, that had in 2016 less than 0.3 per cent of global factoring volume.”

Established in 1968, FCI is an umbrella organisation for independent factoring companies around the world. With more than 400 member companies worldwide, FCI offers a unique network for cooperation in cross-border factoring.

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