Samba Financial Group has been named for four straight years "Best Bank in Saudi Arabia 2008" by Euromoney through its annual Awards for Excellence. With this, the Group has won this accolade for 13 of the last 16 years in the history of the Award, which emphasizes its global reputation and ability to maintain a solid and consistent financial and banking position to gain the trust of leading rating agencies.

Euromoney has also named Sambacapital as "Best Equity House" in Saudi Arabia for 2008.

Mr. Eisa M. Al-Eisa, Managing Director & CEO of Samba, and Chairman of Sambacapital said "these two accolades reflect the confidence in Samba and Sambacapital as being pillars of banking and financial industry in the Kingdom and reflect the continuous pursuit for excellence through which Samba and Sambacapital were able to maintain the world-class standards of service delivery, which prompted the rating agencies and financial specialists to the two institutions on top of the banking and financial institutions in the kingdom and the region,