ABC was one of the first wholesale Arab financial institutions to be set up with the aim of utilising global capital resources to become a significant participant in the international financial markets.

For almost three decades ABC has developed and expanded its wholesale activities both within the Arab world and in international financial centres such as London, Paris, Milan, Frankfurt, Madrid, Stockholm, New York, Grand Cayman, Sao Paolo, Singapore, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, Egypt, Bahrain, Istanbul, Beirut, Abu Dhabi, Tehran, Amman and Baghdad.

The wholesale arm of the ABC Group is a market leader in trade finance, project finance, corporate finance, syndication and Islamic banking services.