places with the same name see habib bank . habib bank ag zurich type private industry financial services founded 1967 1967 headquarters weinbergstrasse 59 zurich switzerland key people muhammad h. habib chairman mohamedali r. habib ceo mushfiq a. salahuddin advisor to the president trevor j bastow deputy general manager ralph schneider executive vice president number of employees 5 000 products loans checking savings investments credit cards debit cards letters of credit website homepage habib bank ag zurich a commercial bank incorporated in switzerland . it maintains headquarters in zurich switzerland but has operations in switzerland united kingdom united arab emirates and kenya . habib bank ag zurich also has fully owned subsidiaries in isle of man habib european bank south africa and canada . contents 1 overview 2 history 3 see also 4 references 5 external links overview edit the bank is a large financial services provider with operations spanning four continents . its operations and subsidiaries in europe asia africa and north america provide trade finance corporate consumer private retail and correspondent banking products . 1 2 history edit the bank was founded in 1967 with a capital investment of swiss francs 2 million approximately us 2 million . habib bank ag zurich developed hplus one of the world s first java banking systems using java and sybase ase . the bank has been named as a finalist for the 21st century achievement award from the computerworld honors program for its use of information technology in the finance insurance & real estate category . 3 see also edit list of banks in switzerland list of banks in the united kingdom list of banks in canada list of banks in kenya list of banks in south africa list of banks in united arab emirates references edit company profile at businessweek.com liebling der e banker habib bank ag zurich success story external links edit website of habib bank ag zurich computerworld honors program 2005 finalists stamp habib bank ag zurich date of issue march 20 2001 company profile at linkedin.com list of banks in the united kingdom details regarding hplus hbz signature core banking product retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title habib bank ag zurich & oldid 729609557 categories 1967 establishments in switzerlandbanks established in 1967banks of switzerlandcompanies based in z richpakistan switzerland relationshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 13 july 2016 at 11 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view