Nigeria’s banks have been through some challenging times in recent years, but for all their travails, they have turned in an impressive performance and continue to present a compelling narrative to foreign investors. However, the challenging times are not over just yet. West Africa’s largest banking sector – accounting for 74% of regional banking assets and now fully...
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Articles & Analysis | Nigeria's banking sector looking ever healthier after recovering from the last crisis from The Report: Nigeria 2015
Nigeria’s banks have been through some challenging times in recent years, but for all their travails, they have turned in an impressive performance and continue to present a compelling narrative to foreign investors. However, the challenging times are not over just yet. West Africa’s largest banking sector – accounting for74% of regional banking assets and now fully recovered from its last...
Fresh from a rebasing exercise in April 2014 that boosted 2013 GDP by 89% to $509.97bn, Nigeria now ranks not only as Africa’s most populous country, but also as its largest economy. It has long played an outsized regional role, making up 76% of West Africa’s GDP and around 60% of its population.
Chapter | Islamic Financial Services from The Report: Saudi Arabia 2014
Long a key participant in the global Islamic finance arena, Saudi Arabia secured its position in 2013 by becoming the largest issuer of sukuks (Islamic bonds) in the region for the second year in a row. The outlook for sukuks is positive, as the short-term nature of most bank lending in the Kingdom (with around 60% of all loans having maturities of less than one year) makes them an attractive...
The past year has been a positive one for the Kingdom’s banking sector, with asset growth and profitability continuing the upward trend that has buoyed the industry in recent years. Growing cooperation between local and overseas banks has helped the sector, while remittance flows in the Kingdom are second only to those in the US. Government initiatives offer support for SMEs looking to boost...
Pese a los bajos niveles de penetración de crédito y una población con bajos niveles relativos de bancarización, el sector de microcréditos en México crece rápidamente.