This database defines the relative strength of the banks in the database of the 100 largest banks in Arab Middle East by assets. Asian Banker Research has developed over several years a Strength Scorecard that ranks banks in six areas: scale, balance sheet growth, risk profile, profitability asset, quality and liquidity. Included in the ranking are commercial banks -as well as financial holding companies that focus on banking – from Bahrain, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirate.