Mr. Faisal Mohammed Al Shafei Wins the Standard Chartered luxurious Lexus ES350

03 November 2009, Bahrain- Open a Standard Chartered Dream Account today and Drive Away Lexus

Standard Chartered Bank Bahrain recently announced the winner of the third 2009 luxurious Lexus ES350 car, under our Standard Chartered Dream Account 2009 campaign. The lucky winner was Mr. Faisal Mohammed Al Shafei who has an Ultra Pack account with the Bank. This is the third of the four Lexus ES350 cars being given away since the launch of the new campaign early this year. The previous two 2009 winners of the Lexus ES350 were Mr Sali Mattappallil Ninan and Mr Mubarak Ahmed Abdulla Al Haji.

The Dream Account, a first of its kind range of deposit products in Bahrain, catering to different individual banking needs was introduced early 2008. This year the two new products which qualify under the Dream Account campaign are Bancassurance and the "Two Year Fixed Deposit". Bancassurance is an investment plan that takes care of satisfying the customers' diverse financial needs. It simply helps the customer to plan and arrive at specific life time events such as Retirement solution, Child Education, Savings etc.

The Dream Account is a clear example of Standard Chartered Bank's steadfast commitment to listening to our customers and innovating in line with their real needs.

The Dream Account in Bahrain continues to give our customers an opportunity to participate in the quarterly Dream draw where they get an opportunity to win a Lexus ES350 car. The campaign will run till 31 December 2009 and the next Lexus Car draw 14th January 2010. Don't miss your chance to win the last luxurious Lexus ES350.

B. Chandrasekhar, Regional Head of Consumer Banking, Standard Chartered Bank, Northern Gulf, Levant and Oman added, "The Dream Account and its market-leading benefits will further inculcate the habit of savings since the product offers significant incentives to all the account holders. To top it all, we are pleased to reward our lucky customer with a luxurious Lexus ES350. Indeed, at Standard Chartered we believe in leading the way to make dreams come true for our customers."

The Dream Account is available today at all of Standard Chartered's 5 branches. For further information on Dream Account Campaign, please contact the nearest Standard Chartered Branch or call 17 531 532.

For further information, please contact:

Nimmi Kamal
Head Corporate Affairs Bahrain, Standard Chartered Bank
Tel: +973 3977 076
E-mail: Nimmi.Kamal@sc.com

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