Kuwait Finance House (KFH) won Global Finance magazine’s 2026 Best Bank for Financial Institutions in the Middle East award at the 26th annual Treasury and Cash Management Awards. The award recognizes KFH’s excellence in providing specialized banking services and its success in building strategic partnerships with regional and international financial institutions.

Group General Manager Financial Institutions at KFH, Abdullah AlMarzouq, praised the award, noting it underscores the bank’s leading role in delivering genuine value to global financial partners.

He added that the accolade highlights its achievements in innovation and digital transformation, providing incentives to keep delivering services that align with regional and international market demands.

AlMarzouq explained that this award expands the bank’s record of international accolades, reflecting its Islamic banking leadership and ongoing commitment to providing the highest standards of quality, innovation, and excellence to global customers and partners.

AlMarzouq emphasized that winning Best Bank for Financial Institutions in the Middle East reflects KFH’s strategy to strengthen its regional and global presence and develop specialized banking services. He noted this success leverages the bank's advanced technological infrastructure and deep Islamic banking experience, pointing out that KFH maintains strong ties with 191 banks worldwide, underscoring its market influence and role as a key link between regional and international banking services.

Award criteria

The Global Finance Awards are highly prestigious accolades recognizing banks with outstanding performance in treasury and cash management. The publication evaluates recipients based on criteria such as market share, customer service, product innovation, and the ability to meet evolving customer needs.

The magazine used a multi-tiered assessment process, which included entries from banks and providers and input from industry analysts, corporate executives, technology experts and independent research, to select the best providers of treasury and cash management services.

Evaluation combined subjective and objective criteria including profitability, market share, reach, customer service, competitive pricing, and product innovation. The process also weighed how successfully treasury and cash management providers differentiated themselves from competitors regarding core service provision.

Global Finance

Global Finance, founded in 1987, has a circulation of 50,000 and readers in 193 countries, territories and districts. Global Finance’s audience includes senior corporate and financial officers responsible for making investment and strategic decisions at multinational companies and financial institutions. Its website — GFMag.com — offers analysis and articles that are the legacy of 39 years of experience in international financial markets. Global Finance continues to select the best candidates from banks and financial service providers, making its awards a trusted benchmark of excellence for the global financial community.