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    • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
      Special ReportMorocco: Gateway to Africa
      Moroccan lenders shore up small businesses but risks loom

      Government underpin to encourage lending during the pandemic has ended, leaving banks’ balance sheets vulnerable

      Small businesses employ roughly half the workforce
    • Wednesday, 24 April, 2019
      Special ReportFinancial Inclusion: Middle East & Africa
      Banks use fintech to make up for lost time on financial inclusion

      Institutions are investing in a bid to reach ‘unbanked’ groups in Africa and the Middle East

      A woman stands next to a TymeBank client onboarding kiosk in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 28, 2018. Picture taken November 28, 2018. REUTERS/Tiisetso Motsoeneng - RC17CD8F5080
    • Thursday, 24 January, 2019
      Special Report
      Morocco: Gateway to Africa

      The pandemic has battered sectors such as tourism, but the kingdom is showing signs of recovery — helped in part by government-back programmes to encourage business lending, as well as the expansion of the country’s car manufacturing and renewables industries. Meanwhile, critics are concerned about a weakness of opposition within the new parliament

    • Thursday, 11 October, 2018
      News in-depthQatar
      Banks shrug off impact of Qatar blockade

      The crisis may have helped the country diversify leaving it in better shape than before

      Customers operate automated teller machines (ATM) inside a Qatar National Bank SAQ (QNB) branch in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012. Qatar Telecom QSC, the country's biggest company by revenue, is seeking a syndicated loan for about $1 billion to refinance existing debt, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal. Photographer: Gabriela Maj/Bloomberg
    • Thursday, 11 October, 2018
      News in-depthMergers & Acquisitions
      Middle East banks decide bigger can be better

      Sharp fall in oil prompted reforms and spurred interest in tie-ups

      Pedestrians walk past a Union National Bank PJSC bank branch in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. Abu Dhabi is engineering a second bank merger in its latest attempt to stay competitive in the era of lower oil prices. Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg
    • Thursday, 11 October, 2018
      News in-depthEgypt
      Egypt is the latest darling of overseas lenders

      Western banks that sold out stand to miss out on emerging opportunities

      Georges Elhedery HSBC Middle East and north Africa chief executıve Press image
    • Thursday, 11 October, 2018
      News in-depth
      Abu Dhabi Financial Group: a turnround and tech specialist

      Arab Spring turmoil helped ADFG to become more opportunistic

      Jassim Alseddiqi, chief executive officer Abu Dhabi Financial Group LLC, poses for a photograph following a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Thursday, April 5, 2018. The Abu Dhabi fund is looking for acquisitions and has hired an adviser to look for opportunities in North America, Europe, and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, Alseddiqi said during the interview. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
    • Wednesday, 11 April, 2018
      Emerging market investors to find Saudi stocks in their funds

      Passive funds will automatically include equities from the oil state

      Saudi Aramco
    • Tuesday, 12 December, 2017
      Special ReportDoing Business in the Arab World
      Gulf banks face up to Qatar fallout

      Stand-off with neighbours blocks flow of money, people and goods

      DOHA, QATAR - JUNE 12: People wait ahead of their flights as air traffic flow continue as normal as before despite of a land, sea and air blockade applied by Saudi-led Arabic countries, at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar on June 12, 2017. Crisis that broke out last week as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Yemen abruptly cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing Doha of supporting terrorism. (Photo by Ahmed Youssef Elsayed Abdelrehim/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
    • Thursday, 12 January, 2017
      Saudi Arabia to cull billions of dollars of projects

      Cost-cutting measure aims to narrow budget deficit gap and balance the books by 2020

      A picture taken on April 26, 2016 shows workers at a construction site of a section of the Saudi capital Riyadh's $22.5 billion metro system. The system, which will have six lines covering 176 kilometres (109 miles), supported by a bus network of 1,150 kilometres, is due to be completed by the end of 2018. Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced a long-term reform programme, dubbed "Vision 2030", marking the beginning of a hugely ambitious attempt to move Saudi Arabia beyond oil, the backbone of its economy for decades. / AFP / FAYEZ NURELDINE (Photo credit should read FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2017
      Saudi Arabia plans bond deal to help finance budget deficit

      Country sharply affected by collapse in energy prices since 2014

      Prophet Muhammed holy mosque and pigeons flying in the sky in Medina, KSA
    • Thursday, 3 November, 2016
      Demand rises for education in Islamic finance

      Non-Muslim business students seek to understand sharia-compliant deals

      Women stand at the CIMB Islamic Banking Bhd. and the Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd. booths at the Global Islamic Finance Forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. The forum runs through Sept. 4. Photographer: Charles Pertwee/Bloomberg
    • Friday, 7 October, 2016
      Arab World: Banking & Finance

      Abu Dhabi and Dubai are striving to support and develop local financial technology start-ups

      Trader watches an electronic share price display at the Doha Stock Exchange in Doha...A trader watches an electronic share price display at the Doha Stock Exchange in Doha May 28, 2015. Qatar's bourse fell in early trade on Thursday, extending losses following the launch of criminal investigations against senior FIFA officials, while stocks upgraded by index compiler MSCI supported markets in the United Arab Emirates. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon - RTX1EW7Z
    • Thursday, 6 October, 2016
      Cairo’s ‘Tahrir Alley’ supports Egyptian tech start-ups

      App inventors, website designers and investors cluster on the GrEEK Campus

      an Uber driver in Cairo checks his app
    • Thursday, 6 October, 2016
      Abu Dhabi and Dubai put fintech first

      The UAE is striving to support and develop local financial technology start-ups

      Dubai hopes to seize on the fintech revolution
    • Thursday, 6 October, 2016
      Syrian crisis
      Lebanese camps for Syrians witness the rise of the connected refugee

      They are benefiting from cutting-edge apps

      A Syrian refugee checks his location on his smartphone
    • Thursday, 6 October, 2016
      Dubai turns to blockchain for domestic challenges

      The emirate is challenging tech developers to solve expensive problems

      Dubai Future Foundation’s 3D-printed office
    • Tuesday, 6 September, 2016
      UAE set to enact bankruptcy law as companies grapple with downturn

      New regulations seek to protect executives at failing businesses from criminal prosecution

      TOPSHOTS Burj Khalifa (C), the world's t...TOPSHOTS Burj Khalifa (C), the world's tallest tower, is seen engulfed with fog as it stands behind a traditional mosque in the early hours of the morning, in Dubai on November 25, 2013. The Emirati city is competing with Brazil's Sao Paulo, the Turkish city of Izmir and Ekaterinburg in Russia to host the Universal Exposition in 2020 according to the International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE), which oversees the organisation of these large-scale events. Dubai could present a "positive" image of tolerance in a region rocked by turmoil if it wins a bid to host the six months event, UAE Minister of State Reem al-Hashimy said. AFP PHOTO/MARWAN NAAMANIMARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images
    • Friday, 15 April, 2016
      Islamic banks hope to attract Mauritania’s deposit-wary consumers

      Many consumers are uncomfortable with western banking practices

      A picture taken in Dakar on June 19, 2015 shows the logos of the Attijariwafa Moroccan bank (L) and the CBAO Group (Banking Company of Western Africa) (R). In 2007, Attijariwafa bank bought a majority stake of the CBAO, which thus became the first bank in French-speaking Africa in terms of agencies. AFP PHOTO/ SEYLLOU (Photo credit should read SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)
    • Wednesday, 24 February, 2016
      Gulf states to introduce sales tax

      Long drop in oil pushes six-member group to seek new revenues

      Female shoppers pass a luxury Graff jewellery store at Dubai Mall shopping complex, operated by Emaar Malls Group, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. The United Arab Emirates' central bank limited mortgage lending and required larger down payments, and the Land Department doubled transaction taxes early last year as policymakers tried to avoid a repeat of a property bubble in 2008 that caused values to slump by about 65 percent. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 16 February, 2016
      Harsh economic reality on oil price drives Saudi-Russia accord

      In spite of enmity, oil exporters respond to low prices, tight budgets and chaos in Middle East

    • Sunday, 31 January, 2016
      British regulators help Iranian banks come in from the cold

      Start-up unit assists three lenders to overcome sanctions legacy

      FILE - In this Saturday, April 4, 2015 file photo, Iranians use ATM machines of Bank Melli Iran in downtown Tehran, Iran. Iran said Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016 it successfully transferred some of the billions of dollars' worth of frozen overseas assets following the implementation of the nuclear deal with world powers. But ordinary Iranians are still waiting to see how their daily lives will improve and how fast Iranian companies will gain access to financial markets worldwide. Posters at right, placed by a vendor, show Iranian singers Daryoush, top and bottom left, Shadmehr Aghili bottom right, and British film director Alfred Hitchcock at center. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
    • Wednesday, 20 January, 2016
      Currencies
      Saudi Arabia intervenes to prevent currency speculation

      Intervention stokes unease about Riyadh’s ability to manage economy

    • Wednesday, 7 October, 2015
      Saudi Arabia forced to embrace change

      Culture of largesse is under pressure as the country accelerates efforts to cut dependence on crude

      A Saudi investor monitors the stock exchange at the Saudi Stock Exchange, or Tadawul, on June 15, 2015 in the capital Riyadh
    • Wednesday, 7 October, 2015
      Abu Dhabi’s financial hub plans may take time to gather momentum

      Abu Dhabi’s financial centre will find it hard to compete with Dubai

      View of new Sowwah Square property development on Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
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