CIH Bank
 | |
| Formerly | Caisse de Prêts Immobiliers du Maroc (until 1967)[1] |
|---|---|
| Company type | Société anonyme |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Headquarters | |
Key people | Lotfi Sekkat (president and managing director)[2] |
| Services | Investment banking Retail banking |
 MAD 1,381 billion (2007) | |
| 34.4 million US$ (2016) | |
| Total equity |  MAD 2.3 billion |
Number of employees | 1,542 |
| Website | cihbank |
CIH Bank S.A. (Crédit immobilier et hôtelier) is a Moroccan bank. It is part of the Caisse de dépôt et de gestion (CDG) group, concentrating especially in the real estate and tourism sectors. It also provides retail banking services.
History
[edit]CIH Bank was created in 1920 as Caisse de prêts immobiliers du Maroc (CPIM).[1] After branching into the tourism sector in 1967, it changed its name to Crédit immobilier et hôtelier.[1] As of 2014, CIH Bank offers a broader service across all sectors of the banking market.
Services
[edit]in 2022, CIH and MasterCard launched a joint digital payment service "CIH PAY", that allows customers to use their phones for payments and transactions [3][4]
Previous presidents
[edit]- Ayoub Boubalgha (2001)
- Akram El Masfioui (2002)
- Abdelouahed Souhail (1998 – 2001)
- Mohamed El Alej
- Khalid Alioua (24 July 2004 – 24 April 2009)[5]
- Ali Harraj[5] (Interim)
- Ahmed Rahhou (6 October 2009 – 4 June 2019)[6]
External links
[edit]- (in French) Official website
- (in French) CIH Bank Stock in the Casablanca Stock Exchange
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Historique" [History]. www.cihbank.ma (in French). Retrieved 24 October 2014.[non-primary source needed]
- ^ "Conseil des ministres : Un nouveau PDG à la tête du CIH". L'Economiste (in French). 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
- ^ "Morocco's CIH, Mastercard Celebrate CIH PAY Launch".
- ^ "Home". cihpay.ma.
- ^ a b "Ali Harraj, un pur produit de la CDG dont il dirige le pôle financier" [Ali Harraj, CDG company man, its chief financial officer]. L'Economiste (in French). 2001. Archived from the original on February 24, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ^ "SM le Roi nomme M. Ahmed Rehou PDG du crédit immobilier et hôtelier" [His Majesty the King names Mr. Ahmed Rehou President and Director-General of Crédit Immobilier et Hôtelier]. CIH Bank (Press release) (in French). Agadir. 22 September 2009. Archived from the original on October 9, 2009. Retrieved October 7, 2009.
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