ASArab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd.
Two stars: no published fees and an owner's home jurisdiction under increased monitoring.
Why Arab Bank has two stars
Arab Bank earns two stars. What holds the rating down: no fee schedule is published; pricing is given on request. An owner's home jurisdiction is under increased monitoring for money laundering. In its favour: no final adverse finding against this licence holder in ten years of regulatory and court records. Not yet documented: the custody terms and the services offered here. These points carry no weight until they are documented.
Noam Cohen, Editor, Bank IntelligenceReviewed 6 November 2026, Q4 2026 edition. The rating weighs the public record together with what clients and their advisers tell us in confidence; retail products, branches and apps play no part.
Where Arab Bank stands out
- No final adverse finding against this licence holder in ten years of regulatory and court records.
- Custody assets are protected by statute in the booking centre, with conditions a family should read.
- Deposits are covered by a statutory protection scheme.
- Ownership is public, with some detail missing.
- No politically exposed person holds a significant stake.
What to weigh
- No fee schedule is published; pricing is given on request.
- An owner's home jurisdiction is under increased monitoring for money laundering.
- Custody terms are not published; ask for the agreement before opening an account.
- Services available from this centre are not published.
- The policy on payments to and from third parties is not published.
The rating expresses the opinion of PPLI.com on the date shown. It is not a statement of fact about the bank, not a credit rating, not a forecast of failure and not investment advice.
Regulatory and legal record
What regulators, prosecutors and courts have decided, recorded against the legal entity they named, with the status, the amounts as published and a link to the original document. Claims and investigations still under way are marked as open.
Client experience and financial standing
What clients meet at Arab Bank, read from complaint registers, ombudsman decisions and court records, independent reporting and what clients and their advisers tell PPLI.com in confidence. Announcements by the bank, awards and marketing material are left out.
What clients report
The Swiss Banking Ombudsman reports its cases without naming banks.
Worth raising with the bank
- Ask whether the bank and Gonet & Cie will keep separate licences and client books after the group's acquisitions of 2022 and 2025, and which of the two would hold your assets.
In the press
- Bär & Karrer
Bar & Karrer advises Gonet and Arab Bank Group on the acquisition and subsequent merger with ONE swiss bank
Bär & Karrer reported that, after FINMA approval, ONE swiss bank was acquired and absorbed by Gonet & Cie SA, controlled by the bank's group, which now manages nearly CHF 12 billion under the Gonet name.
- Private Banker International
Swiss private banks Gonet & Cie, ONE swiss bank agree on merger
Gonet & Cie, part of the Arab Bank group, agreed to take a majority stake in ONE swiss bank, with the legal merger targeted for 30 June 2025.
- finews.com
An Arab Bank Snaps up a Swiss Private Bank
finews.com reported that Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. took a controlling interest in the family holding that owns Gonet & Cie, with both banks keeping separate licences and names.
- finews.com
Ex-Gonet Partner Departs for Rival
finews.com reported that Serge Robin, a former Gonet partner, became chief executive in July 2018, succeeding Nasri Malhame.
- finews.ch
Arab Bank Schweiz will Zürich aufgeben
finews.ch reported a plan to move the bank's activities from Zurich to Geneva, affecting almost 30 Zurich jobs, with about 15 posts relocating and 12 back office and IT posts likely to be outsourced.
What Arab Bank charges
Arab Bank does not publish its private banking fees. The site says that pricing is given on request. We searched its website on 6 November 2026 for a fee schedule, a tariff or a pricing page. We read its legal, documents and client information pages and searched the site in each language it uses. 96 of the 151 banks we cover publish theirs. A family cannot see what a relationship with Arab Bank would cost before asking, so the cost transparency element of the PPLI.com rating gives Arab Bank no credit for a published schedule, and the bank cannot be placed in our fee comparison. If Arab Bank publishes a schedule, we will read it and add it in the next edition.
Banks that publish their fees, and how they compare, are listed on the comparison page. If you hold a proposal from Arab Bank, our editors can place it against the published fees of other banks in confidence: write to [email protected].
Identity, protection and services
Legal identity
Ownership
Ownership is shown as published, with its date. It describes who owns the bank; it does not, by itself, suggest any wrongdoing by the bank or its owners.
Financial strength, as reported
Figures for Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd., consolidated (ABS Group). Sources: Arab Bank (Switzerland) Annual Report 2025 (consolidated); Arab Bank (Switzerland) Regulatory Reporting 2025 (Pillar 3 key metrics); Moody's rating action on Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd., 22 Apr 2026 (hosted by the bank).
Services published for this booking unit
Offered at this booking centreOffered by the group, not confirmed hereNot located, which does not mean unavailable
Checked on the bank's own pages, 2 November 2026.
Access and costs
Protection of client assets
Before opening an account
- Custody agreement. The applicable legal framework is set out above. Ask for the agreement that would govern your account and check how securities are titled, whether any sub-custodian is used, and when the bank may take a lien.
- Reporting to the family office. The bank lists a desk for external asset managers. Ask for a sample statement or data export and confirm whether it includes positions, transactions, accrued income and all currencies held.
- Transferring assets out. Ask which positions can be transferred without selling them, who approves exceptions, and how charges are calculated for each position and market.
Rate Arab Bank
If you bank with Arab Bank or advise clients who do, your experience forms part of its PPLI.com rating. Every response is read by the editor and treated in strict confidence.
Sources
All 14 documents cited on this page, by subject.
Client experience and press
- Bär & Karrer: Bar & Karrer advises Gonet and Arab Bank Group on the acquisition and subsequent merger with ONE swiss bank, 18 July 2025baerkarrer.ch
- Private Banker International: Swiss private banks Gonet & Cie, ONE swiss bank agree on merger, 20 November 2024privatebankerinternational.com
- finews.com: An Arab Bank Snaps up a Swiss Private Bank, 11 November 2022finews.com
- finews.com: Ex-Gonet Partner Departs for Rival, 10 July 2018finews.com
- finews.ch: Arab Bank Schweiz will Zürich aufgeben, 19 August 2016finews.ch
Identity, ownership, finances and services
- FINMA: Bewilligungstraeger (PDF)finma.ch · Licence
- arabbank.com.jo: Arab bank group annual report 2021arabbank.com.jo · Group parent
- Mubasher: Profileenglish.mubasher.info · Holder of 10% or more
- Arab Bank (Switzerland) Annual Report 2025 (consolidated)arabbank.ch · Financial strength
- Arab Bank (Switzerland) Regulatory Reporting 2025 (Pillar 3 key metrics)arabbank.ch · Financial strength
- Arab Bank: Moody's rating action on Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd., 22 Apr 2026 (hosted by the bank)arabbank.ch · Financial strength
- Arab Bank: Wealth managementarabbank.ch · Services
- Arab Bank: Finsaarabbank.ch · Third party payments
The bank
- Arab Bank, websitearabbank.ch
For Arab Bank
Before we publish a significant negative finding that is not already public, we give the bank the facts and time to comment, on the same timetable for every bank. Decisions of regulators and courts are shown as they were published. Corrections we verify are published with the date of the change. Write to [email protected] quoting reference BK-CH-ARAB-BANK-SWITZERLAND-98ED23.
Reviewing this file with us
Families and their advisers read this file before they open an account. It can only be as complete as the documents we can find, and much of what sets a private bank apart, from its custody terms to the way a client team works, is rarely published.
If you represent Arab Bank, one of our Bank Intelligence analysts can go through the file with you: correct anything that is out of date, add terms and documents that are not yet public, and set out what has improved since our last edition. The review is a paid engagement for the analyst's time and research.
The rating itself stays with our editor and follows what the documents show, so we cannot promise a particular result. When a review changes the file, this page notes that the bank took part, with the date and what was added.
About this file
Researched by the PPLI.com research desk from the public sources listed. The rating is our editorial opinion; read how we rate.