Investor Presentaiton
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Kuwait's Banking Sector
Snapshot
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The Kuwaiti banking sector comprises 22 banks, including 11 domestic banks (five conventional, five Shariah-compliant and one specialized), and branches of 11 international banks
(10 conventional and one Islamic).
The sector is well regulated by the Central Bank of Kuwait ("CBK") with a number of regulations and supervisory norms to ensure the safety of the banking sector including through
strict supervision and imposition of prudential ratios, such as lending limits and concentrations, investment limits, liquidity and capital adequacy.
The banking sector has demonstrated strong resilience and elevated levels of financial soundness over the past 10 years. In fact, the sector is very well capitalized, with an
average Capital Adequacy Ratio of 19% in 1Q23, 6% higher than the required minimum of 13%. Non-performing loans to total loans stood at 1.5% during the same period with the
coverage ratio (all provisions to gross non-performing loans) of 302%.
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2015
Key indicators (USD bn, end year) 1
2016
■Loans
■ Deposits
Development of the Discount rate (%, end year)
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5.0
5.0
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4.0
וווווו
4.0
140
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3.0
3.0
100
80
2.0
2.0
60
220
40
1.0
1.0
0
0.0
0.0
2017
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2022
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023*
Sources: Central Bank of Kuwait / Refinitiv
1Loans refers to total credit facilities to residents and deposits refer to private resident deposits, all as reported by the Central Bank of Kuwait; * As of mid-July 2023
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