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MEED announced that Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank – Egypt (ADCB-Egypt) has been crowned “Best Bank in Risk Management Strategy” and “Best Bank in Diversity and Inclusion” at the Banking Excellence Awards 2025, a ceremony attended by leaders from banks and financial institutions, confirming its leadership in risk management, financial inclusion and diversity among major banks and financial institutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). MEED (Middle East Economic Digest) has been a respected media brand since its founding in 1957 and plays a pivotal role in providing economic information, news and analysis on the economies and activities of the Middle East region.
Ihab ElSewerky , CEO and Managing Director of ADCB-Egypt, said: “These awards are a testament to the success of the bank’s strategy and staff’s efforts to deliver a distinctive and unique banking experience to make ADCB-Egypt the best banking partner for its customers, as an extension of the Group’s vision in the UAE. We are proud that the awards we received from various prestigious international organizations attest to the bank’s outstanding performance, the quality of its innovative products and services, as well as its strategy, governance and practices, especially as we approach five years since the launch of the ADCB brand in Egypt.”
MEED stated that ADCB-Egypt’s well-deserved win for “Risk Management Strategy” was based on its adoption of an integrated approach to risk management based on an open and balanced vision, strong governance, controls and commitment to using various tools to optimize performance across different types of risks, as well as the optimal application of regulatory guidelines, which are an integral part of the integrated risk framework that ensures the bank’s administrative and financial stability.
In this context, the bank recently announced the signing of an agreement with “Network International”, a leading provider of digital commerce services in the Middle East and Africa, to support the bank’s digital transformation strategy by providing state-of-the-art payment processing, fraud detection and prevention capabilities using artificial intelligence (AI).
. The win also reinforced the bank’s commitment to implementing the highest standards of security for its customers’ payment card data by obtaining the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) certification in its latest version, which confirms its commitment to providing an outstanding banking experience and enhancing the trust and satisfaction of its customers.
For the ‘Best Bank in Diversity and Inclusion’ award, MEED stated that ADCB-Egypt has provided tangible support to women and people with disabilities through its “Haya” and “Erada” financial inclusion packages and community development initiatives, providing access to financial services, health support, education and employment to thousands of beneficiaries across Egypt. This award recognizes the bank’s ambitious vision to achieve inclusion and its social responsibility by empowering target groups, especially people of determination and women, in line with Egypt’s Vision 2030 and the Central Bank of Egypt’s directives in this regard to increase the number of citizens who have financial transactions and promote the culture of financial inclusion. These efforts are in line with ADCB’s sustainability strategy, which recognizes financial inclusion as one of the drivers of growth and development for customers and society as a whole. The bank’s inclusion in the UN Women program, a set of principles to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women in the workplace, the labor market and society as a whole, also contributed to the award.
These awards come within a wide range of awards that ADCB-Egypt was crowned with during the previous period from many prestigious financial institutions in recognition of its outstanding performance at all levels and achieving a leap in the growth of all business sectors, in addition to its success in implementing its growth strategy and increasing its market share and following an approach of excellence in customer service in parallel with contributing to supporting the economy and society, applying the best corporate governance frameworks and integrating sustainability standards into the bank’s plans and operations.
