Emirates Development Bank ("EDB" or "the Bank") today held its first open day for regional UAE company owner and also entrepreneurs. Taking place at the Bank's headquarters in Hazza Bin Zayed Street, Abu Dhabi, the occasion attracted a variety of existing company owner as well as business owners keen to make use of the advice and knowledge on offer.

Site visitors to the branch were given a warm welcome as well as met specialists from the Bank, that encouraged them on the array of support choices readily available to them to help expand their businesses. This consisted of preparation, technique, finance, ability, and awareness management.

Emirates Development Bank supplies neighborhood Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with cutting-edge banking options with indirect and also straight funding, and assistance structure strategic partnerships with all neighborhood and federal authorities.

The open day is the first of a series of similar initiatives the Bank will certainly turn out over the course of 2016 straightened to its tactical goals to sustain the growth of the UAE economic climate.

Discussing the Bank's first Open Day initiative, Rashid Mahboob, Acting CEO of Emirates Development Bank claimed: "Our first open day for neighborhood companies and entrepreneurs has been a fantastic success. Our team of consultants and also specialists met a variety of local companies and also entrepreneurs and also it is clear that the message is getting through to UAE residents that we are here to support the development and also aid of their businesses.".

Mohammed Ibrahim, Chief Executive Officer of Armor Lubricants Manufacturing, who participated in the open day stated: "I was glad to attend the SME Open Day where I connected with the Bank's representatives that supplied me with an introduction of their offerings, and also declared their assistance for Emirati business owners. As a domestic enterprise, we invite initiatives by national financial institutions that sustain commercial industries that are crucial to the financial material of the country.

"I anticipate EDB holding such occasions in various other emirates, permitting young UAE Nationals to look for the much-required specialist assistance in order to additional increase their businesses. That being stated, I also hope to see more cooperation amongst government entities, supplying further support for entrepreneurs as well as company owner that are the engine room of the local economy.".

Developed in 2011 under a mandate released by the President of the UAE, HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, EDB's vision is to help build a varied nationwide economic situation based on the private sector as well as in which residents could access appropriate cottage by providing finance at an affordable economic expense. The banking institution likewise gives support, financial investment and also innovative financial solutions to SME.