{"id":7305,"date":"2020-01-01T10:21:55","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T10:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/?p=7305"},"modified":"2020-04-08T10:23:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T09:23:18","slug":"icbc-dubai-difc-branch-most-innovative-international-bank-emea-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/middle-east\/2020\/icbc-dubai-difc-branch-most-innovative-international-bank-emea-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"ICBC Dubai (DIFC) Branch: Most Innovative International Bank EMEA 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5162\" src=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ICBC.jpg\" alt=\"ICBC\" width=\"500\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ICBC.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cfi.co\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ICBC-300x100.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For over a decade, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has been contributing to the development of the Middle East from its branch in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). As a part of the ICBC family, the Dubai (DIFC) Branch benefits from a network covering 48 countries and a customer base including 7 million global corporates and 600 million individual clients. ICBC Dubai (DIFC) Branch has made headway on the \u201cBelt and Road Initiative\u201d by fortifying trade exchanges between China and the Middle East. The bank has funded flagship projects, like the world\u2019s largest solar thermal power plant and the first Middle Eastern clean-coal power plant. It mobilises resources and coordinates between project investors and operators in the search for innovative financing solutions. The bank has customised products to meet the targeted financing needs for big-name clients, like the Emirates National Oil Company. ICBC Dubai (DIFC) Branch investigates \u2014 and invests in \u2014 fintech advances for the most efficient future. Its inhouse platform manages global financial market operations according to a parametric, modular configuration that enables direct connectivity between middle and back-office applications. Innovation is at the heart of ICBC Dubai (DIFC) Branch, and employees are encouraged to stoke their imagination \u2014 and fuel the future development of the institution \u2014 in annual branch-wide innovation contests. The CFI.co judging panel has recognised the bank in previous programmes and is pleased to present ICBC Dubai (DIFC) Branch with the 2019 award for Most Innovative International Bank (EMEA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For over a decade, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has been contributing to the development of the Middle East from its branch in the Dubai International Financial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[53,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front","category-middle-east"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.6 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ICBC Dubai (DIFC) Branch: Most Innovative International Bank EMEA 2019 - 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