Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF) has won awards from the Banker Middle East CPI Financial, a top publication in the financial and banking sector in the region, at a ceremony held in Dubai recently.

This is part of the magazine's annual contest where BSF won the Best Corporate Bank KSA for 2016, Most Improved Retail Bank for 2016, Best Online Banking Services and Best Customer Service–Corporate Banking for the same year.

These awards served as recognition of the bank’s achievements and outstanding efforts in better serving the corporate sector clients and providing the best banking services in the Middle East, BSF stated.

BSF’s MD Patrice Couvegnes, Head of Corporate Banking Group Kamal Khodr, and SED Retail Pierre Derajinski received the awards during the dinner reception from the Chairman of CPI Financial and publisher of The Banker Middle East, Saleh Al-Akrabi. Banker Middle East CEO Robin Amlot attended the event, which was held in Dubai on May 12.

Couvegnes said: “These awards reflect the bank's efforts to reach for excellence and to make sure its ability to serving its customers by providing the latest banking services. In addition, these awards come as a result of the launch of the MTP plan 2014-2016, Banque of Excellence, resulting in record high profits, which has enabled us to reap the benefits of these awards.”