In recognition of its innovative Islamic solutions and quality of services to its customers, Bahrain Islamic Bank (BIsB) has won the Best Islamic Bank in Bahrain Award 2009 from the US magazine Global Finance. The magazine is specialized in banking, finance and international banking and finance operations. BIsB's win of this major award comes in view of the deliberations of the Award's panel of judges consisting of a number of editors and specialists in Islamic banking and finance. The bank has won this award in appreciation of the quality of services to its customers in addition to the invocative nature of its products that are Shariah compliant. Commenting on the win, Mohamed Ebrahim Mohamed, BIsB chief executive said: “The bank's achievement of winning this award from Global Finance, which is a highly respected magazine on the international level underlines the effectiveness of the policies and plans of the management for developing the Bank's performance and position on the regional and international levels. It is also a recognition of the pioneering role played by the bank in the Islamic banking industry.