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Oman: Credit Advance
Oman is tapping an Icelandic startup for a new bureau to speed credit applications.
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Features
Oman Faces Cash Crunch Amid US-Iran Tensions
Oman faces a serious cash squeezedue in part to factors beyond its control and in part to factors of its own making.
Awards
Looking Beyond Oil: Q&A With Oman’s Central Bank Deputy Governor Sultan Al Habsi
Sultan Al Habsi Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Oman talks to Global Finance about special economic zones, foreign investment, and state-of-the-art logistics.
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Oman: Pivotal Position
Oman qualifies as the least known and understood of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, but its importance goes beyond its size.
Features
Building Inclusion: Q&A With Bank Muscat CEO Abdul Razak Ali Issa
Bank Muscat CEO Abdul Razak Ali Issa discusses the unique challenges and opportunities of banking in Oman, and how his institution serves clients throughout the region.
Award Winners
Winner Profiles | The Best In Islamic Finance | 2016
Global Finance magazine profiles the best Islamic Financial Institutions of 2016
Awards
Global Finance Names The 50 Safest Banks In Emerging Markets 2015
NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2015 — Rapid-growth emerging markets have long been the engines of global economic growth. With clients enjoying swiftly-rising incomes, many emerging markets banks benefited by providing services to meet the increasingly sophisticated banking needs of their client base.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
FRONTIER MARKETS | THE OMAN DILEMMA
Frontier Markets Report | Oman
The sultanate’s proximity to the Gulf has long been an attraction. But with war in neighboring Yemen, its location could be a drawback.
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.
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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.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Middle East Capital Markets: GCC Triumph
MIDDLE EAST 2014 SUPPLEMENT By Tiziana Barghini Stock markets in GCC countries, in particular Dubai and Abu Dhabi, have capitalized...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Middle East FDI: Infrastructure Boom
MIDDLE EAST 2014 SUPPLEMENT By Gilly Wright The Arab Spring dissuaded many companies from investing in the Middle East-North Africa...