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The Middle East has been the most volatile region in the world for the past seven decades since Israel was established in 1948. The past two months have seen two major shocks for the region – the COVID-19 pandemic and the sharp oil price meltdown. There are several other problems as well which have rattled …
Middle East’s Digital Economy is set double from $15 billion in 2015 to $30 billion in 2018. Middle East boardrooms are urged to adopt real-time data solutions to compete in the region’s digital economy, set to double to $30 billion by 2018, business experts announced on Monday at Gitex Technology Week. With the growth in …
Mutasim Mahmassani, Board Member and General Manager of Al Baraka Bank Lebanon, said that the size of the Islamic finance industry in Lebanon does not exceed $1 billion. Mahmassani said Islamic finance in Lebanon is still very small and represents less than one per cent of the size of the banking sector in general. He …
