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Business Unusual: Q&A With International Bank of Qatar’s Managing Director

Amid talks of a merger between is bank and two others, Omar Bouhadiba, managing director International Bank of Qatar (IBQ), talks about the domestic market, mitigating impacts of the blockade, banking innovations and what-if scenarios.

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Egypt’s Recovery Room

Egypt is leading the region’s economic rebound, with special attention paid to nurturing the strong growth potential of smaller businesses.

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Expanding Opportunity: Q&A With Egypt’s CIB Chairman Hisham Ezz Al-Arab

Egypt’s entrepreneurs need innovative financial services delivered via mobile phone to become successful contributors to the economy, says CIB’s chairman and managing director, Hisham Ezz Al-Arab.

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Growing Organically: Q&A With Boubyan Bank CEO and Vice Chairman Adel Al Majed

While other banks look abroad for growth, Boubyan Bank CEO and vice chairman Adel Al Majed says Boubyan focuses closer to home.

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Is Lebanon The New Greece?

The war in neighboring Syria has taken its toll on Lebanon’s economy, which is demonstrating lackluster growth and high levels of public debt. Could the upcoming May parliamentary elections restore growth and investor confidence?

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Lebanon Ready To Rebuild Syria

As the war in Syria enters its final stages, regional and international investors are eyeing postconflict economic opportunities.

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MENA’s Big Tech Boom

High-speed 5G networks and Cloud data centers are giving digital efforts across the region a big boost.

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MENA: Dipping Into Digital

Digital banking, cryptocurrencies, ecommerce and fintech start-ups—2017 was a record year for digital investments in the MENA region. But there’s wide variation between countries.

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Mideast Markets Curb Appeal

Following a period of relatively subdued infrastructure and real estate activity, 2017 was a better year in the Middle East; and 2018 should record more improvement. Transport-related projects remain essential to the region’s growth, but the most crucial area remains ...

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New Realities, New Technologies

The Middle East is striving to adapt to rapid economic and social change—with some success.

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Opportunities Abound Despite Instability: Q&A With Standard Chartered Banks Regional Chief Executive of Africa and the Middle East Sunil Kaushal

Sunil Kaushal, Standard Chartered Bank’s regional chief executive of Africa and the Middle East, speaks with Global Finance about where he sees potential for growth in the high-risk region.

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Qatar’s Revolutionary Independence

Qatar, cornered by neighbors in a blockade, has since become more economically diversified and self-sufficient—and as a result, more independent.