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Jadwa Saudi Chartbook for August 2012: Banking Indicators
Jadwa Investment’s recently released Saudi Charbook for the month of August 2012 found that the Saudi economy remained “robust.” On the subject of banking indicators in Saudi Arabia, Jadwa found that “bank lending to the private sector jumped in June. Monthly growth was the highest since August 2009. In year-on-year terms it was at its peak since […]
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Wealth Management in the Middle East: Boon or Bust?
Middle Eastern policymakers and bankers will develop an indigenous wealth management industry which keeps the super-wealthy’s investments at home. Developing a local national wealth management industry requires letting in foreign competition, changing banking and securities laws, and growing local companies whose shares are worth buying. The first part of the article reviews trends in wealth […]
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Saudi car sector to accelerate
Strong fundamentals coupled with a rapidly growing young population made Saudi Arabia the largest importer of vehicles and automotive parts in the Middle East in 2011, with the pace seen accelerating in the medium term, the National Commercial Bank said in its report on the Kingdom’s automotive sector released Wednesday. It noted that rising income […]
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Jadwa Chartbook June 2012: Sectoral Performance
Riyadh-based Jadwa Investments recently released its June, 2012 Saudi ‘Chartbook’ which includes updates on the Saudi economy, trade, oil metrics as well as assessments of various sectors including banking, trade, and sectoral performance. Below is a snapshot of Jadwa’s analysis of the performance of Saudi Arabia’s main economic sectors. For the full Jadwa report, click […]
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Jadwa Chartbook June 2012: Trade
Riyadh-based Jadwa Investments recently released its June, 2012 Saudi ‘Chartbook’ which includes updates on the Saudi economy, trade, oil metrics as well as assessments of various sectors including banking. Below is a snapshot of Jadwa’s analysis of Saudi imports and exports and letters of credit.
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Jadwa Chartbook June 2012: Banking
Riyadh-based Jadwa Investments recently released its June, 2012 Saudi chartbook which includes updates on the Saudi economy, trade, oil metrics as well as assessments of various sectors including banking. Below is a snapshot of Jadwa’s banking sector analysis.
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Baseball and Saudi Economic Policy
Dr. Muhammad Al-Jasser, Minister of Economy and Planning, recently spoke to the Young Businessmen’s Committee of the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Though the setting would appear innocuous, Dr. Al-Jasser’s remarks were not. The theme was the Future Vision of the Saudi Economy and they are worth reading in full.
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Saudi tops in job creation in GCC
The Gulf region continued to create jobs despite the impact of Arab Spring in 2011 with the regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia topping the list followed by Qatar and Oman, according to a new survey. The oil and gas industry, healthcare and retail sectors enjoyed the largest headcount expansion in 2011, while banking and construction fared the […]
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Jadwa Saudi Chartbook – March 2012 – Banking
Bank deposits rose for the fifth consecutive month in January, with demand deposits accounting for the entire rise to reach almost 60 percent of total bank deposits. Bank excess deposits at SAMA remained very high, giving scope for further lending growth.
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US unleashes sanctions on Iran, hitting oil, banking and shipping
The Trump administration reinstated all sanctions removed under the 2015 nuclear deal, targeting both Iran and states that trade with it.
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Islamic banking on the rise
Findings demonstrate that Islamic banks are outperforming their conventional peers in customer acquisition—55 per cent of the UAE consumers now have at least one Islamic banking product, compared to 47 per cent when the Index was launched in 2015.
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CEO confirms Credit Suisse seeking Saudi banking license
Credit Suisse (CSGN.S) Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam personally traveled to Saudi Arabia to apply for a banking license, he said on Tuesday, confirming Reuters information the Swiss bank is seeking a full banking license in the Middle East’s biggest economy.
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Saudi grants banking licence to Commercial Bank of Iraq
The Saudi Cabinet approved the licence for Commercial Bank of Iraq to open a branch in the kingdom, it was announced on Tuesday.
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Saudi Arabia Ranks as Top Digital Banking Market in Middle East and North Africa
In a recent survey of regional banking customers by research firm ArabNet, 76 percent of Saudi banking customers use digital platforms, and 60 percent use online and mobile apps, both ranking highest in the region. Top Saudi digital banking offerings are loyalty programs (53 percent), mobile discount coupons (51 percent), and virtual prepaid debit cards (50 percent), according to McKinsey.
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Saudi Banking Sector Exceeds Basel I Requirements
A Saudi official has said that Saudi banks capital adequacy in the first quarter of this year exceeded 20.4 percent, surpassing the Basel I committee’s requirements of capital adequacy by two and half times.
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Why Saudi Banking M&A Awoke From a Two-Decade Slumber
After an almost 20-year drought in mergers and acquisitions among lenders in Saudi Arabia, a new deal may spur activity in the Middle East’s biggest economy.
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Credit Suisse likes Saudi Banking, Petrochem Stocks
Saudi Arabian markets look set to get a boost from their inclusion in the FTSE Russell's emerging markets index in March 2019, according to Krithika Subramanian, a research analyst at Credit Suisse Private Banking.
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Saudi Arabia’s Samba, Alawwal underline banking upturn
Of the seven main Saudi banks to report so far, all have posted higher profits for the quarter, although few have done enough to beat market forecasts.
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Citi gets Saudi go-ahead for investment banking business
Citigroup Saudi Arabia, which obtained a capital markets licence in April enabling its return to the oil-rich kingdom after an absence of almost 13 years, said it had held its inaugural board meeting in Riyadh.
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