1974 1 headquarters cairo egypt key people mohamed barakat chairman & managing director products investments total assets 4 billion usd december 2009 2 website www.aib.com.eg the arab international bank aib arabic founded by international treaty 1 to enjoy certain privileges is an investment bank headquartered in cairo which operates outside the jurisdiction of the central bank of egypt . its chair is mohamed barakat appointed by hosni mubarak shortly after being removed from his position as prime minister . 3 it conducts business through a network of 7 branches in cairo alexandria and port said . 1 contents 1 privileges 2 shareholders 3 operations 4 criticism 4.1 2009 4.2 2011 5 see also 6 references privileges edit by virtue of the treaty the bank enjoys certain privileges in the territories of the member states shareholders . these include as stated on their website 1 exemption from laws regulating banks credit exchange control statutory auditing requirements public institutions public companies and joint stock companies . immunity from all forms of nationalization and seizure of shares in and deposits with the bank inviolability of the bank s documents records and files and immunity from judicial administrative and accounting control and inspection rules and laws confidentiality of customers accounts with the bank which are not subject to judicial or administrative distraining orders . exemption from tax of any kind on its funds profits dividends and all its activities and different transactions . exemption from taxation and any obligations for the payment withholding or collection of any tax or duty which may be imposed on its customers . shareholders edit the bank s shareholders include the states of egypt 39 % and libya 39 % and the abu dhabi investment authority 13 % . 4 operations edit the bank states its activities as follows 1 the bank undertakes all banking financial and commercial activities relating to economic development and foreign trade particularly in member states arab countries and other countries . it may not carry out transactions in egyptian pounds so it invests its liquidity with local and foreign banks . it also has a sizeable and marketable investment portfolio . 3 the financial year of the bank was amended in september 2007 to end on 31 december before that it had ended on 30 june . 1 criticism edit egyptian law does not allow the prevention of money transfers unless by court order and the aib is regarded as a haven for businesses and businessmen seeking secretive accounts or to safely transfer funds . it also deals with the major institutions and individuals within the state apparatus . 5 2009 edit former members of parliament abu el ezz el herreiry and gamal zahran demanded that aib close to end its corruption . the bank is turning into a giant octopus that is going to swallow public money ... the confidentiality the chairman imposes on bank clients accounts and the volume of transfers makes the bank a doorway for all manner of crimes . el harreiry said in an article entitled a request for terminating the arab international bank . 3 2011 edit aib s awkward situation was further highlighted at the outset of the 2011 egyptian revolution ; it is suspected that heavy outflows were transferred from this bank after 25 january 2011 . 3 a senior aib official said that it saw large amounts of money transferred out of the country before 25 january 2011 but denied that significant transfers had taken place during the week after banks reopened . 5 claiming he learned the bank was given orders to transfer large sums abroad a lawyer has filed a lawsuit with the attorney general against it calling for a freeze on transactions and a transfer of assets . he accuses atef ebeid of involvement in the transfer of funds of corrupt businessmen and officials abroad in unknown and obscure banking operations . he called for the opening of an investigation into suspicious and dubious decisions taken in the current circumstances . 3 ebeid s reaction to such claims was that no ministers or big businessmen are depositing accounts in the aib ... . on the contrary some 90 % of its balance comes from small depositors . he also denied claims that aib is used as a doorway to money laundering and that the desire for personal revenge is behind such allegations . 3 see also edit list of banks list of banks in egypt central bank of egypt investcorp references edit a b c d e f aib establishment . retrieved 30 march 2011 . assets . a b c d e f egypt s arab international bank questions asked . retrieved 30 march 2011 . shareholders . a b money transfers put arab international bank in the spotlight . daily news egypt . retrieved 30 march 2011 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title arab international bank & oldid 732949547 categories 1974 establishments in egyptbanks of egyptbanks established in 1974hidden categories articles containing arabic language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 august 2016 at 10 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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