Executive Interviews
‘Compliance Is the Foundation’: Kawa Junad On Banking Digitally In Iraq
Few executives have shaped Iraq’s digital transformation as directly as Kawa Junad, founder of First Iraqi Bank.
Iraq
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
Central Banker Report Cards 2024: Africa And The Middle East
Algeria Salah-Eddine Taleb: C+ Africa’s largest natural gas producer posted a 4.1% growth last year. The Bank of Algeria (BoA)...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Pursuing Reform: Q&A With Iraq’s Central Bank Governor Ali Muhsen Al-Allaq
The governor of the Central Bank of Iraq, Ali Muhsen al-Allaq, speaks to Global Finance about the main challenges and...
Iraq
Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Iraq economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Iraq best banks and safest banks are also available.
News
Iraq: New President And Prime Minster Appointed
The appointments may bring the political instability and violent clashes that erupted after the 2021 elections to an end.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Iraq’s New Prime Minister Under Scrutiny
The new prime minister’s resolve to tackle runaway government salaries faces an early test.
Features
Iraq: From Guns to Budgets
Iraq’s new government must push reconstruction forward, pull in new foreign investment and produce results for a battered population. Its time is limited.
Features
Reopening For Business: Q&A with CEO of Trade Bank of Iraq Faisal Al Haimus
Faisal Al Haimus, CEO of Trade Bank of Iraq, talks about his country’s prospects for economic growth—and potential to leap ahead with new technology—as it emerges from hard years.
Awards
After ISIS: Q&A With Iraq’s Central Bank Governor Ali Mohsen Ismail Al-Allaq
Central Bank of Iraq Governor Ali Mohsen Ismail Al-Allaq tells Global Finance how his institution is working to support financial inclusion and economic diversification in the wake of his country’s victory over ISIS.
Award Winners
Winner Profiles | The Best In Islamic Finance | 2016
Global Finance magazine profiles the best Islamic Financial Institutions of 2016
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
ANNUAL SURVEY: WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2014
In our 21st annual survey, Global Finance identifies the best banks in 150 countries and eight regions. The winners are not always the biggest banks, but rather, the best—those with the qualities that corporations should look for when choosing a bank.
Awards
BEST BANKS 2014: MIDDLE EAST
Banks in the Middle East are liquid and well capitalized, particularly in the oil-producing countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council.