ABOUT Doha Sooq

Doha Sooq (www.dohasooq.com), an e-mall targeted to the merchants and consumers of Qatar, is the first e-commerce initiative by a leading financial entity in the Middle East.

Business success today comes from getting ahead on the Internet highway. The portal provides the business community of Qatar a platform for unleashing the power of Internet to do business and expand their canvas to reach high net worth and tech-savvy customers across the world. Besides being a typical online shopping mall, the portal is also an online Business-2-Business market-place offering solution for auctions, sourcing, business directory and online settlements. 

Doha Sooq uses a very sophisticated catalogue management system and a secure mechanism for Internet Payments. Settlement process has been made convenient for the merchants to reconcile the payments made for their products on the portal through Doha Bank’s secured online payment gateway.

Doha Sooq is sponsored by Doha Bank and is backed by the same professionalism, security, customer service and commitment for excellence for which the Bank is known across the region. Doha Bank has also launched Dubai Sooq (www.dubaisooq.com), an identical portal meant for UAE business community.

Incidentally, this e-commerce project of Doha Bank was adjudged the Banking & Finance Implementation of the Year 2007 by ACN Arab Technology Awards.

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Doha Bank, one of the leading banks in GCC based in Qatar, has always been a trendsetter in deploying consumer centric technology solutions to increase convenience and efficiency. The Bank has over 30 branches in Qatar and is in the process of expanding its branch network to international locations. The branches in New York, Dubai and Kuwait are already functional and new branches at many other locations are to come up soon.

Doha Bank has been applauded by various financial sector organizations for its pioneering and leadership role in taking banking experience in Middle East to new heights. Some of the recent achievements are:

1.       Best Bank in Qatar 2005 – Euromoney

2.       Best Commercial Bank in the Middle East 2005 – Banker Middle East

3.       Best  Bank in Middle East 2006 - Banker Middle East

4.       Excellence in E-Banking 2006  - Middle East Excellence Awards Institute

5.       The Bank of the year 2006, Qatar - The Banker

6.       The Best Commercial Bank in the Middle East 2007 - Banker Middle East

7.       The Best Internet Banking in the Middle East 2008 - Banker Middle East