Cham Bank

Cham Bank
Cham Bank
Type Public
Industry Islamic banking
Founded 2006
Headquarters Damascus, Syria
Area served Syria
Key people Jamal Abdul Hameed al-Mutawaa (Chairman)
Website http://www.chambank.com/

Cham Bank (Arabic: بنك الشام‎) is the first Islamic bank to be established in Syria. It started operations in 2007. The Bank's operations and activities are supervised by the Central Bank of Syria.

Beside the Board of Directors, it has the Islamic Committee which supervises and audits the implementation of Islamic activities according to the Quran. The Islamic committee members are approved by the general assembly.

The major shareholder of the bank is The Commercial Bank of Kuwait which is the second largest bank in Kuwait.

The bank has branches in Damascus, Aleppo, Hama and Daraa.