Founded in the early eighties with the sight full vision of reputable Egyptian businessmen. AWB started business targeting small to medium corporate clients being a profitable segment hard to penetrate from other peer group competitors due to high overhead cost endured in dealing with such a segment, and having a credit worthiness risk that needs a well planed and informed management in order to be able to face different market fluctuations and conditions. AWB already having high overheads due to staff number, and sight full founders being businessmen dealing day to day with different market conditions, the edge of the newborn baby was created.
Successfully growing in the footsteps of a roaring economy, AWB established its reputation as being the leading bank for medium sized institutional segment within the market,
With the turn of the millennium the Egyptian economy has faced challenging turns leaving almost every business in hard times. Such a slow down effected harshly small to medium corporations urging the adoption of a new strategy in order deal with such times, AWB hired a new management team to take on the mission of implementing a new strategy, stringent credit policies focusing on more resilient and lower risk industries, in order to continue being recognized for its performance and growth.
