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Qatar’s Islamic banking assets soar

QATAR Central Bank Governor HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Saud al Thani has said that the assets of Islamic banks in Qatar touched QR195 billion at the end of 2012. Speaking at Oman’s second Islamic Bankin…

BNP to boost Africa investment banking business

REUTERS ABU DHABI BNP PARIBAS, France’s No 1 listed bank, plans to boost its investment banking footprint in Africa as it favors promising growth markets away from the riskier eurozone, its regional…

Qatar set to take control of Harrods’ banking arm

ASIF IQBAL DOHA QATAR, owner of London’s famous Harrods department store, is set to take full control of the luxury store’s private banking arm, unwinding a trust structure set up under previous own…

Europe advances towards single banking supervisor

REUTERS BRUSSELS EUROPEAN Union leaders took a big stride towards establishing a single banking supervisor for the eurozone, agreeing it would enter into force next year, opening the way for the blo…
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