Middle East

Global Finance presents the best private banks in the Middle East.

  Global Finance: How has CBQ’s successful tech innovation influenced your overall banking strategy? Shahnawaz Rashid: Technology and innovation has more than influenced CBQ: it is the core of our banking strategy. Client experience and innovation are two of the ...

Tapping the millennial market pushes digital development.

Islamic financial institutions recorded a strong 2021 while continuing digital investments.

Fragmented payment systems and a lack of standardization have hindered the cash management efforts of companies in the Middle East, but this looks set to change.

It has been Global Finance’s practice to conduct a Best Bank award ceremony during the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. As this year’s Meetings have gone virtual, so will Global Finance’s awards ceremony. Below are a selection of winners ...

The governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait speaks to Global Finance. 

Already facing low oil prices and weak credit demand, Middle Eastern banks now must gird themselves for the impact of Covid-19.

Growth continues for Islamic financial institutions, helped by technology and product innovations.

As Islamic banking spreads, service providers continue to develop new tools and products to meet the wide-ranging financial needs of the world’s Muslims.

Arab Bank CEO Nemeh Sabbagh talks about the bank’s regional strength and its digital platform for corporate clients.

Global Finance gives readers insight into the providers delivering Shariah-complaint solutions that meet the needs of sophisticated customers with complex needs.

Global Finance gives readers insight into the providers delivering Shariah-complaint solutions that meet the needs of sophisticated customers with complex needs.

Credit growth picks up: Wider interest margins lift bank earnings, but problem loans creep higher.

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. 

Islamic finance has great opportunities to gain market share, says Endy Abdurrahman, CEO of Bank Muamalat Indonesia.

CEO Nemeh Sabbagh talks to Global Finance about how Arab Bank combines careful management with innovation in a region facing a challenging environment.

Global Finance Magazine’s 2017 rankings of the best banks in the Middle East. 

Abu Dhabi’s Al Hilal Bank is the safest Islamic bank in the six GCC states, replacing Al Rajhi Bank of Saudi Arabia, which falls to seventh position following downgrades prompted by the downgrading of the Saudi government. Kuwait Finance House ...

The safest banks in the Middle East are all based in the GCC, with the exception of the two large Israeli banks, Hapoalim and Leumi, which rank 26th and 27th. National Bank of Abu Dhabi remains the Safest Bank in ...