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CIH Bank

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CIH Bank S.A.
FormerlyCaisse de Prêts Immobiliers du Maroc (until 1967)[1]
Company typeSociété anonyme
Founded1920
Headquarters
Key people
Lotfi Sekkat (president and managing director)[2]
ServicesInvestment banking
Retail banking
Increase MAD 1,381 billion (2007)
Increase 34.4 million US$ (2016)
Total equitySteady MAD 2.3 billion
Number of employees
1,542
Websitecihbank.ma

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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Historique" [History]. www.cihbank.ma (in French). Retrieved 24 October 2014.[non-primary source needed]
  2. ^ "Conseil des ministres : Un nouveau PDG à la tête du CIH". L'Economiste (in French). 2019-06-04. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
  3. ^ "Morocco's CIH, Mastercard Celebrate CIH PAY Launch".
  4. ^ "Home". cihpay.ma.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "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.