Bank Melli Iran

National Bank of Iran

Company type	State-owned enterprise
Industry	Banking, financial services
Founded	14 May 1927; 97 years ago (1927-05-14)
Headquarters	Ferdowsi Street, Tehran, Iran
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Abolfazl Najjarzadeh (CEO)
Products	Consumer banking, corporate banking, finance and insurance, investment banking, mortgage loans, wealth management, credit cards,
Revenue	US$10.510 billion (2015)[1]
Number of employees	39,305[2]
Website	bmi.ir

Bank Melli Iran (BMI; Persian: بانک ملی ایران, romanized: Bânk-e Melli-ye Irân, lit. 'National Bank of Iran') is the first national and commercial retail bank of Iran. It was considered as the largest Iranian company in terms of annual income with a revenue of 364 657 billion Rials in 2016.^[3] It is the largest bank in the Islamic world and in the Middle East.^[3] By the end of 2016, BMI had a net asset of $76.6 billion and a network of 3.328 banking branches; so it was known as the largest Iranian bank based on the amount of assets. The brand of BMI was recognized as one of the 100 top Iranian brands in 10th National Iranian Heroes Championship in 2013.^[4] The National Bank has 3328 active branches inside, 14 active branches and 4 sub-stations abroad, and it has 180 booths.^[5] The first managing director of BMI was Kurt Lindenblatt ^[de] from Germany, the first foreign branch of BMI was opened in Hamburg, Germany in 1948.