Afghanistan Banks Association

The economic activities in general and banking activities in particular were at low levels in Afghanistan prior to 2003, when the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB, Central Bank of Afghanistan) took initiatives to promote the banking sector in the country. The licensing process was resumed for establishment of new local private banks as well as opening of new branches of foreign banks in the country.

Afghanistan Banks Association (ABA) is a non - political, non-government, not for profit, and independent association established in September 2004 to meet the need of growing banking sector as a united body representing all banks to serve as their voice in dialogues with Da Afghanistan Banks (DAB), Government and other Stakeholders. ABA was initially founded by nine licensed banks,but membership has since grown to include 15 duly licensed banks. ABA strives to promote a strong, healthy and competitive banking industry in Afghanistan and it represents the common interests of Afghanistan ba

Afghanistan Banks Association (ABA) organized five days Islamic Banking training and exposure program for the representatives ABA member banks at Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia (IBFIM) at Lanai Kijang, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) during August 25-29, 2014. The program was supported by New Market Development (NMD) Program of GIZ. The training program started with registration at 8:30am on August 25, 2014 in Lanai Kijang, Bank Negara Malaysia. Mr. Mohammad Najib Shahruddin, Chief Operating Officer, IBFIM and Mr. Mohammad Hawari, IBFIM Representative welcomed Afghan Banks del

The United States Department of Commerce Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) with close coordination of Afghanistan Banks Association (ABA) conducted Finance Law Workshop. The workshop took place in New Delhi, India from November 9-11, 2015. The goal of the workshop was to discuss the importance of Finance law to the banking and financial sector as well as various mechanisms that can expedite the foreclosure and debt recovery processes in Afghanistan. In addition, the establishment of special court for debt recovery was also one of the main discussion points during workshop.

ABA has recently taken series of steps in strengthening corporate governance in Afghanistan banking sector. ABA held member banks’ Corporate Governance Working Group (CGWG) and ABA Board of Directors’ workshop to finalize corporate governance code for member banks. The series of discussion on corporate governance were aimed