The National Bank of Yemen was established in Aden in 1969 according to Law No. (37) for the year 1969 AD as a bank owned by the government and the first government bank to be established after independence from the British colonialism in southern Yemen, which was called (the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen) as a successor to the foreign banks present at that time. Important represented in organizing the financial and banking process and financing giant, medium and small projects in various agricultural, industrial, fishery, residential, transportation, communications, commercial and other fields. After the blessed Yemeni unity was achieved on May 22, 1990, specifically in 1991, the bank system was modified to practice Its activities are under the Law of Public Institutions, Institutions and Companies, in accordance with Law No. (35) for the year 1991 AD, and in 2013 the bank was reorganized according to Cabinet Resolution No. (405) for the year 2013, according to which the statute of the National Bank of Yemen was issued without differing in its legal capacity as a government bank and under The supervision of the Ministry of Finance, and since the establishment of the bank until now, the bank has been practicing its banking activity as a financial institution with complete independence that ensures it performs the roles entrusted to it in providing services Banking, investment and financial intermediation for individuals and companies in all their sectors and in accordance with the provisions and laws of the Central Bank and the relevant authorities. The bank also had and still has important economic and developmental roles for half a century to become one of the largest commercial banks operating in Yemen, which has taken the lead in establishing the banking base in Yemen.