Bahrain-based Islamic retail bank Ithmar Bank continued its commitment to nurture Bahraini undergraduates into future banking professionals at the Bank, by two months long internship programme for twenty-three undergraduate students from five Bahrain Universities.
Ithmaar Bank’s stood on their commitment to help develop the future generation of banking professionals with long-standing annual summer internship programme. The Internship Programme offers trainees first-hand insight into the Bank’s organisational structure, as well as the key functional areas in an Islamic retail bank and an understanding of day-to-day operations. It also gives the interns an insight in the Banking careers daily challenges in real work-life situations.
University Students participating in the Programme were placed in various departments at Ithmaar Bank, which included Retail Banking, Banking Operations, Administration, Asset Management, Financial
Institutions and Treasury, Compliance and Anti Money Laundering, Remedial and Collection, and Retail Support.
As a regional Islamic Banking Pioneer, Ithmaar Bank is proud to help develop these University undergraduates into leaders of the future, said Ithmaar Bank Che
“Bahrain is a major financial hub in the Middle East, and Ithmaar Bank Chief Executive Officer, Ahmed Abdul Rahim. “Our Internship Programme