Banking
Celebrating Continued Growth: Rakbank Group CEO Raheel Ahmed
Rakbank Group CEO Raheel Ahmed discusses his bank’s focus on service diversification and open banking. Global Finance: What do you...
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Banking
MENA’s Growth Opportunities: Q&A With Arab Bank CEO Randa Sadik
Randa Sadik, CEO of Arab Bank, speaks to Global Finance about the impact of climate financing and future plans for...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
MENA Grows Despite Instability
Despite many unexpected obstacles in the past year, economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa region continued. The...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Kuwaiti Banks Go Digital
The oil-rich emirate’s banks are also expanding across the Gulf region. With Kuwaiti lenders embracing new technologies through fintech partnerships...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Turning Point For Kuwait?
Kuwait is one of the world’s smallest yet richest countries. A proposed fiscal and financial market overhaul aims to tap...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Saudi Arabia Opens Its Doors
Middle East turmoil is catching up with Saudi Arabia. Halfway through Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s ambitious economic and social...
Sustainable Finance
COP28 Ends With A Whimper
Fossil fuel phaseout is now a global goal. But in other respects, the climate change conference saw few breakthroughs. When...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
A More African Banking Sector: Global Finance Roundtable
At the recent annual meeting of the IMF and the World Bank in Marrakesh, Morocco, Global Finance organized a roundtable...
Sustainable Finance
Climate Finance’s Biggest Challenges: Q&A With First Abu Dhabi’s EVP And Chief Sustainability Officer Shargiil Bashir
Shargiil Bashir sat down with Global Finance on the sidelines of COP28 to discuss which economic sectors need to transition...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Qatar: Projecting Power
Qatar is rich and getting richer. The tiny Persian Gulf state boasts a per capita GDP that is one of...
Banking
World’s Best Private Banks 2024—Middle East
Institutions eye Asian and African markets. In 2022, the GDP for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) grew by...