Type Public Industry Finance Founder Agha Hasan Abedi Number of employees 15,000 | Traded as KSE: UBL Headquarters Karachi, Pakistan Founded 7 November 1959 | |
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Key people His Highness Shaikh Nahayan Mubarak Al Nahayan, Chairman
Sir Anwar Pervez OBE HPk,
Agha Hasan Abedi, Founder Products Commercial Banking, Corporate Banking, Private Banking, Asset Management Revenue ₨77.83 billion (US$740 million) - 2015 CEO Wajahat Hussain (1 Jun 2014–) Parent organizations United Bank, BESTWAY (HOLDINGS) LIMITED, United Bancorp Of Alabama Subsidiaries Bela Ghee Mills Limited, United Bank UK Profiles | ||
United Bank Limited (UBL) is one of the largest commercial banks in Pakistan having more than 1,320 online branches inside the country. Its 15 branches outside the country are in the United States of America, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, and Republic of Yemen. It also has representative offices in Beijing, China, Tehran, Iran, and Almaty, Kazakhstan. It owns subsidiaries in the UK (United National Bank Limited), and in Zürich, Switzerland.
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History
Agha Hasan Abedi founded the bank in 1959. In 1971 the Government of Pakistan nationalized the bank. In 2002, the Government of Pakistan sold it in an open auction to a consortium of Abu Dhabi Group and Bestway.
In 2002, the bank merged its operations in the UK with those belonging to National Bank of Pakistan to form United National Bank Limited. United Bank owns 55% of the joint-venture and National Bank of Pakistan owning the remainder.
Online banking
Muhammad Shafiq khan The Ex-president of UBL thought it prudent to initiate UBL’s state of the art online banking. Through this facility customers are able to access their account from more than 1200 branches located in 150 cities across Pakistan. Transactions such as Cash Deposit, Cheque Encashment, Stop Payment, Account Statement, Funds Transfer, Bill Payments are done online without the need to travel to the local branch.
Awards and Honors
In the maiden Pakistan Banking Awards, held in Karachi in May, 2016, UBL was crowned as the Best Bank of Pakistan by the jury. They were appreciative of the bank's efforts to contribute towards national development and the effective management of its resources including its employees, clients, franchise, community and financials.