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Top 50 Safest Banks In Middle East 2017
GCC banks still dominate, with First Abu Dhabi Bank firmly on top.
Middle East
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The Levant: Sun Shines Through Clouds
Definedloosely as the region spreading from Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria in the northeast, and including Egypt in the southwest, with Cyprus off the shore, the Levant sees many points of lightdespite the current gloomy outlook.
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Getting Inflation Back To Target Range A Challenge: Flug
Karnit Flug, governor of the central bank of Israel, again won an “A” grade in Global Finance’s annual Central Banker Report Cards. She speaks with editor Andrea Fiano about Israel’s economy and the challenge of getting inflation to target, as well as global conditions and the threat of rising protectionism.
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Can Saudi Women Jumpstart The Auto Industry?
By June 2018, 32 million Saudi women will be allowed to drive.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Private Deal to Replace Aramco IPO?
The potential IPO for 5% of Aramco isexpected to be the largest IPO ever and was scheduledfor 2018.
Features
Central Bankers Report Card 2017 | Ratings For Middle East & Africa
These are the ratings for central bank governors from the Middle East and Africaregions in 2017.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
2017 Could Be A Record Year For Arab Fintech
Some of this year’s biggest deals include $20 million for Bahraini payment solution PayTabs, $3.5 million for Emirati finance-comparison platform yallacompare and $1.5 million for Emirati mobile-banking solution NOW Money.
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Can New CEO End Crisis For Teva Pharmaceutical
Kåre Schultz willtake over as CEO at a time when the pharmaceutical companystruggles withcompetition, downwardpressure on drug prices,expiring patents, risingoperational costs, bribery investigations,fines and failed acquisitions.
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Branchless Mortgages
Global Finance: What is Bidaya's business strategy? Mohamed Badat: Our business strategy involves leveraging innovation and digital infrastructure to directly reach customers in a secure, swift and seamless manner. Home finance and real estate has long been perceived as a ...
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Chain Of Crude
Global Finance talks withArnaud Stevens,Frederic Dalibard of Nexitis, and Luca Comparini of IBM about blockchain technologies and commodity trade finance.
Features
Open Or Shut? MENA Banks Under Pressure
New regulatory demands are changing banking relationships and, combined with rapid technological change, squeezing transaction banks in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Proving Products
Global Finance: What are the unique features of the Al Nuwair Deposit Account? And what about the Eservice Gold Account? Fahad Khaled Al-Mukhaizeem: Al-Nuwair deposit is an innovative investment deposit that promises clients with expected profit rates based on the ...