KUWAIT CITY, November 6: Kuwait International Bank (KIB) announced the winners of the monthly and weekly draw held under the Al Dirwaza account’s 2024 campaign, which is distinguished by the highest number of winners throughout the year. The monthly and weekly draw, based on customers’ October deposits, recently took place in the presence of representatives from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, as well as representatives from the Bank. Khawla Mohammed Abdullah Almesfeer and Manal Yaseen Ibrahim Abdullah were named the lucky winners in the monthly draw, with each customer walking away with a prize of KD 5,000. As for the weekly draw, the KD 1,000 prize was awarded to Zainab Mohammad Falah Alrasheedi, Halah Mohamed Mahdy Hussein, Baqer Sadiq Merza Alsulaimi, Nagy Fahmy Gouda Awad and Abdulrahman Tareq Ahmad Orabi, whilst the KD 500 prize was awarded to Ghada Ali Hussain Alqattan, Sabeekah Ahmad Saleh Alsaleh, Amany Elmorssi Mohamed Ibrahim, Abdulwahab Mohammad Abdulrazzaq Aladsani, Ghaneemah Mohammad Hasan Malek, Khaled Rashed Sultan Alsalem and Hamad Ahmad Mohammad Alkandari.

It serves to note that AlDirwaza account is a savings account for individual customers, based on the Wakala investment principle, launched by KIB as one of its banking products for individuals. The account is currently the best of its kind in the sector, with annual expected profits of up to 2% disbursed on a monthly basis, where the customer gets an expected profit of 2% for the first 3 months from the account opening date and up to 1% expected rate onward. The expected profits are automatically deposited into the customer's account within the first day of the beginning of each month. 

Al Dirwaza account holders are eligible to enter the weekly, monthly and annual draws on the condition of maintaining at least KD 100 in their account. For the weekly and monthly draws, each KD 1 that has completed a full month’s cycle in the account will count for one chance, and chances are calculated based on the lowest monthly balance preceding the draw. As for the mega draw, chances are calculated for each KD 1 that completes a two-month cycle in the account – based on the lowest two monthly balances prior to the draw.

Al Dirwaza account is also in compliance with the provisions of Islamic Sharia and approved by the KIB’s Sharia Supervisory Board. Furthermore, the account comes with a wide range of benefits, including the ease of opening the account, which does not require a salary transfer, and the customer’s ability to open it remotely without visiting a branch through KIB Online on the Bank’s website or KIB Mobile application on smartphones.

Additionally, Al Dirwaza account automatically grants customers instant issuance of an ATM card, with a KD 2,000 ATM daily withdrawal limit, as well as the ability to issue credit cards against the cash collateral in the account. To open the account and participate in its draws, a minimum of KD 100 is required and can only be withdrawn upon account closure.