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World’s Best Private Banks 2026: Global Winners
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World’s Best Private Banks 2026: Middle East
Thriving In A Haven For Millionaires: Private banks in the Middle East and North Africa are enhancing digital capabilities and adding international offices to cater to their expanding client base.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Algeria: Ambitious Goals, Investor Skepticism
Africa’s largest country offers opportunity for investors willing to navigate heavy bureaucracy and an unpredictable business environment.
Executive Interviews
BIAT CEO Jebir Sees Brighter Horizons For Tunisia’s Banks
Elyes Jebir, CEO of Banque Internationale Arabe De Tunisie (BIAT), speaks with Global Finance about growth and innovation at Tunisia’s largest private bank. Jebir discusses resilience, innovation and new cross-border opportunities as Tunisia’s economy steadies.
Executive Interviews
Beltone’s Khalil El Bawab On Challenges And Growth In MENA Financial Services
Beltone is a financial services group with 24 diversified funds and more than 100,000 clients. Khalil El Bawab, CEO of the Local & Regional Markets Division, shares the firm’s growth plans and challenges with Global Finance.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
North Africa: On The Rise
North Africa is emerging as a growth engine, led by Egypt and Morocco. But structural challenges persist.
Executive Interviews
Adel Al-Sharkas: Transforming External Shocks Into Catalysts
With the economy growing despite major headwinds, Adel Al-Sharkas, governor of the Central Bank of Jordan, outlines how he plans to keep the momentum going.
Banking
CIB Reflects On 50 Years Of Transformative Growth
At a roundtable at the bank’s headquarters in Cairo, CIB’s leadership team discusses expansion in Africa, commitment to sustainable finance, growing digital banking tools, and the future for the bank.
Executive Interviews
Governor Hassan Abdalla: At A Turning Point, Stability Restored
Hassan Abdalla, governor of the Central Bank of Egypt, speaks to Global Finance about attracting more investors and about the bank’s next steps.
Banking
Egypt’s Cautious Comeback: IMF Support and Rising FDI Fuel Growth
One year after an eleventh-hour bailout, Egypt’s economy is brightening. Reforms are being implemented, inflation is declining, and FDI is up.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
GCC: Managing Tensions And Mega Deals
Amid regional upheavals, Gulf states are asserting their influence and betting on a vast economic transformation.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Investment Banking Surge In The GCC: From Oil To Assets
Corporate and investment banking revenues in the Gulf are burgeoning as lenders underwrite the region’s economic transformation.