Emirates Bank, the first foreign bank to get a license to operate in Saudi Arabia. Founded Emirates NBD, the banking group leader in the region, in the October 16, 2007, while listed shares of Emirates NBD in Dubai Financial Market officially, is Emirates NBD as a result of the merger between Emirates Bank and National Bank of Dubai and become a regional plan to strengthen the banking and financial sector to collect it between the second and fourth largest banks in the United Arab Emirates to form a banking group with the largest budget in the GCC countries, which amounted to 281.6 billion dirhams as at December 31, 2009, to be able to provide enhanced value across corporate banking, retail and investment Islamic All the GCC countries. The vision of Emirates NBD in that he considers the world's leading enterprise services and the most vibrant in the Middle East.