Brunei bank named Bank of the Year 2020; Zero Covid-19 cases for 19 days


BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Dec. 5 (Xinhua): Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) was awarded the Bank of the Year 2020 by The Banker magazine, which marks the third time the biggest local bank received this award.

"BIBD took the difficulties of 2020 in its stride, pushing forward with innovations and creating new systems that assisted its customers while keeping in line with its Islamic banking principles," The Banker was quoted as saying by local daily the Borneo Bulletin on Saturday.

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