Because of fiscal difficulties in both banks, in 2004 Yemen's government adopted a plan to merge them; the new publicly owned Development Bank will have a minimum capital of US$50 million.
兩家銀行陷入財政困難，也門政府在2004年通過計畫將其合併，新公眾擁有的開發銀行將最低資本金設為5,000萬美元。