Operating within the largest banking sector in the GCC, Abu Dhabi’s banks have thrived, and today the UAE capital is home to some of the most successful lenders in the country. Recent years have seen a number of regulatory changes brought in. These include more prudent credit risk management policies, new controls on lending activity, and changes to the nature of banks’ concentration of risk...
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Legislative reforms opening up the rural banking segment to wider foreign investment could see an injection of funding into at least some of the almost 600 small lenders. However, it is likely that only a few will attract an overseas partner.
Aunque gran parte del impresionante crecimiento económico de Panamá durante la década pasada proviene de la inversión pública, la contribución del sector financiero al PIB se eleva de manera constante sobre la base de un sólido sector privado y una bien planeada consolidación fiscal.
Economic update | Panamá: Financiando el crecimiento
20 Feb 2013
El sistema bancario de Panamá se ha convertido en uno de los más extensos y dinámicos centros financieros en América Latina, y ha recibido los correspondientes elogios estos últimos meses, primero del Foro Económico Mundial y luego de una agencia internacional de calificación.
Economic update | Dubai: Negotiating mortgage lending
19 Feb 2013
The UAE’s central bank has postponed plans to implement a cap on mortgage lending, a move welcomed by Dubai bankers who had been concerned the tight restrictions originally proposed could limit lending growth just as the real estate sector is showing signs of recovery in certain sub-sectors.
Articles & Analysis | Tightening up: A renewed focus on regulation has followed the global slowdown from The Report: Dubai 2013
Since the global financial crisis struck Dubai in 2008/09, successive waves of new regulation have been brought in for banking and the financial sector in general. These have been both local and global, as Dubai and the UAE have sought to meet new international best practices and requirements while taking account of their own unique characteristics...