Features
MENA Nations Shift Gears
As some countries struggle with the burden of cheap oil, others pursue fresh growth opportunities.
Middle East
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Features
Out Of Africa, Into MENA
With more people holding a smartphone than a bank account, the MENA region offers giant opportunities for telcos offering payments and money-transfers.
Features
Qatar’s Dollar Diplomacy
The emirate’s deep pockets are helping it secure new and deeper trade and investment ties in an end run around the Saudi economic embargo.
Features
Rebuilding Syria
Putting the war-ravaged country back together will cost $400 billion. With Assad still in power and US sanctions still in place, who will foot the bill—and reap the benefit?
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.
Features
Simplifying Banking: Q&A with ABK-Egypt CEO and Managing Director Khaled El Salawy
ABK-Egypt CEO and Managing Director Khaled El Salawy discusses how technology is making banking easier for consumers and businesses in a fast-growing economy.
Features
Saudi Aramco IPO Unlikely Despite Big Profits
Aramco IPO may be delayed but it is offering up bonds and received its first-ever ratings from Fitch and Moody's.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Developing Economies Relax Rules To Draw Foreign Investors
Nations compete for foreign direct investment.
Features
Kuwait Roundtable: Banks Stand Ready To Support Growth
Diversification is the biggest challenge ahead but Kuwait can count on a strong financial sector, according to participants in a recent Global Finance roundtable in Kuwait City.
Award Winners
Middle East: Going Digital
New technologies can help treasurers solve challenges they face in accurately forecasting their future cash and liquidity needs.
Features
MENA: Fintech Makes Its Mark
Investors made 2018 a record year for startups in the MENA region, highlighting its rapid embrace of fintech. But regulation and infrastructure still have to catch up.
Country Report
Riyadh Joins The Club
Saudi Arabia has had mixed results in attracting foreign capital.