Banking
Middle East Banking Legend Retires
NEWSMAKERS By Gordon Platt Ibrahim Dabdoub, group CEO of National Bank of Kuwait, is stepping down after 30 years as...
Kuwait
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Banking
Ranking GCCs Safest Islamic Banks
SPECIAL REPORT By Andrew Cunningham Al Rajhi tops the rankings of Safest Islamic Banks in the GCC. The use of...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Slashing Saudi Oil Reliance
COUNTRY REPORT By Gordon Platt The coming year could be crucial for Saudi Arabia, as the Middle Eastern powerhouse deals...
Banking
World’s Best Trade Finance Banks
Jump To See Winners ANNUAL SURVEY: TRADE FINANCE BECOMES AN ASSET CLASS Global Finance presents its annual awards for the Best Trade Finance Institutions globally, regionally, and by country. The outlook for the trade finance business in 2014 is rosy, ...
Awards
World’s Best Trade Finance Banks 2014
<em style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">Global Finance<span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">magazine named the World’s Best Trade Finance Banks 2014.</span>
Country Report
Kuwait: Reshaping The Welfare State
COUNTRY REPORT By Gordon Platt Oil-rich Kuwait is finally making progress on implementing its multibillion-dollar development program and improving its business operating environment. Despite its aim to become a world-class financial and commercial center, the Arab Gulf ...
Banking
Whats Next For Kuwaiti Banks?
SPECIAL REPORT By Andrew Cunningham Kuwaiti banks are in good health. Capital levels are high, nonperforming loans low and declining,...
Awards
World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers
ANNUAL SURVEY — STABILITY AMID CHANGE By Gordon Platt A global investigation into trading irregularities has not hampered growth or innovation in one of the world’s largest and most volatile markets—foreign exchange. The $5.3 trillion-a-day foreign exchange ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Middle East: A Different Kind Of Fuel
Oil may be the liquid that drives many of the economies in the Middle East, but the spread of the Internet has unleashed a new generation of tech-entrepreneurs and start-ups, fueling hopes of a non-oil economy for the future.
Award Winners
Safest Emerging Markets Banks 2013
Global Financepresents its annual ranking of the Top 50 Safest Banks in the Emerging Markets.
Awards
World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers 2013
<em style="font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">Global Finance<span style="font-size: 14px; text-align: justify;">magazine has named the World’s Best Foreign ExchangeProviders 2014.</span>
Awards
World’s 50 Safest Emerging Markets Banks 2013
Global Finance Names the World’s 50 Safest Banks in Emerging Markets New York, November 5, 2013 – As developing nations...