Dubai - "His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Minister of Defence awarding Mr. Abduhadi A Shayif General Manager of National Commercial Bank (NCB) the 'Business eIntiative of the year Award'. NCB announced today the signing of an agreement with IBM and its Saudi Business Partner, Saudi Business Machines (SBM), to outsource the development and hosting of its Website components for its new corporate portal. NCB maintained the leading position in introducing new electronic banking services for its retail customer base and as one of the Kingdom's pioneers in extending Internet Banking, WAP banking, e-brokerage, and Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) Banking." -keralamonitor.com October 28, 2002

National Commercial Bank Outsources Website With IBM and SBM