Three BLC regional awards for women empowerment

The BLC bank won three regional awards for its comprehensive commitment and support of women empowerment and development of business environment. The first of the awards which was organized by the US Commerce Department carried the title of the ‘best bank in the Middle East and North Africa backing enterprises led or owned by women for 2016’. According to the bank’s statement, the BLC was selected, during a meeting last March in Egypt, amongst 9 MENA countries, namely, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia. CPI Financial, Banker Middle East organized the other two awards: ‘the best bank for the empowerment of women’ and the ‘the best bank achieving a shift in the business environment’. The latter, the statement noted, came as a result of the BLC’s impressive accomplishments in terms of growth and profitability maintained by progressive programs bound for the empowerment of women, small and medium enterprises as well as retail or consumer banking services. (Al Diyar, August 29, 2016)