HSBC’s new head of international banking, Tony Mahoney, tells emeafinance’s editor Julian Evans the bank is ready for a “substantial move” into Central & Eastern Europe (CEE).
Private Banking
The American lending company QuickCashLoans specializing in providing short term loans to US citizens has implemented an online loan application form.c
As new players enter the Kuwaiti banking market and the central bank tightens lending rules, existing domestic players are increasingly
looking abroad, writes Clare Dunkley.
Boosted by a wave of reforms and foreign investment, Turkish banks are confident that they can weather the current climate of slowing growth and rising interest rates and resume their rapid growth. Of course, there will be winners and losers. And privatisation is still to come, writes Bernard Kennedy in Ankara.
As Egypt's government faces food riots and discontent on the street, foreign investors keep on coming.
Barclays to refocus on its core retail business.
AED650mn deal could see Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank gain 110,000 new customers.
Investment group to take US$3.3bn, 65.9% stake in Telefónica Czech Republic.
- 7pm, Wednesday December 11, 2013
- Le Meridien Piccadilly, London
Mauritian banking group AfrAsia could soon enter Kenya, chief executive officer James Benoit tells EMEA Finance.
The group has been approached by several institutions keen to strike a deal and the CEO expects to reach an agreement this year.
In preparation for continued expansion, the group has made several new appointments, hiring bankers from global names including Standard Chartered and Standard Bank.
