Burgan Bank announces special Ramadan activities

Press release

Published July 20th, 2011 - 11:53 GMT

Bashir Jaber- Burgan Bank Acting Chief Marketing Officer

Burgan Bank has organized a range of special activities that are set to take place throughout the Holy Month of Ramadan. This special program is aimed at helping people celebrate this special time of the year. These series of events have been designed to further communicate the bank’s commitment towards the wider public.

Burgan Bank will host a cultural event that highlights local traditions of Girgi’an at Discovery Mall. The event will be open to the public to share the joy of the Holy month, with a special fun-filled program that includes traditional music, and the distribution of gift bags. The bank will also honor the Kuwait Handicapped Sports Club through a specially designed joyful Girgi’an event that will take place at the Handicapped sports club. Burgan Bank has also created special Ramadan collateral that include themed Imsakiyas to remind people of prayer timings, along with specially designed bookmarks that will help readers of the Holy Quran track and plan their daily readings. The bank will further distribute these across a number of entities around the country.

Bashir Jaber- Burgan Bank Acting Chief Marketing Officer said: “The Holy month of Ramadan is a very special time of the year. Our exciting range of programs and initiatives during this month reflects the true Ramadan spirit, and mirrors the bank’s spirit of social solidarity and interaction amongst the Kuwaiti society, and provides moral support to various underprivileged segments in the community.”

Burgan Bank continues to integrate itself within the Kuwaiti social fabric by adding more achievements to its corporate social responsibility (CSR) portfolio. The bank’s participation further demonstrates its leadership and social dedication, as well as its innovative approach towards communicating its CSR initiatives.

Background Information

Burgan Bank

Established in 1977, Burgan Bank is the youngest conventional Bank and second largest by assets in Kuwait, with a significant focus on the corporate and financial institutions sectors, as well as having a growing retail, and private bank customer base. Burgan Bank has majority owned subsidiaries in the MENAT region supported by one of the largest regional branch networks. which include Gulf Bank Algeria - AGB (Algeria), Bank of Baghdad - BOB (Iraq & Lebanon),Tunis International Bank – TIB (Tunisia), and fully owned Burgan Bank – Turkey, (collectively known as the “Burgan Bank Group”). Furthermore, Burgan Bank has a present in the UAE through its corporate office (“Burgan Financial Services Limited) which had helped the bank to participate in multiple financing opportunities in the UAE.