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UAE to tighten banks’ liquidity management guidelines

New rules to reduce severity of liquidity problems; Banks need to comply with new rules from September

June 1, 2011 2:19

Dubai’s Mashreq Bank retail NPLs peaked in 2010 – exec

Mashreq retail NPL ratio to improve - exec; Retail banking sector to remain difficult in 2011; Bank to focus on retaining existing customers

April 19, 2011 2:56

Hold the phone

Sniff. Sniff. Will cold calls eventually be a thing of the past?

March 22, 2011 12:50

Let’s be fair

Or: The story they begged me to write, Part Two. Are all retail banks in the UAE as bad as each other?

March 15, 2011 2:08

The story they begged me to write

Samuel Potter has been amazed at the number of people who have asked him to write a story about HSBC in the UAE.

March 13, 2011 3:51

Spot the disconnect

Banks in the UAE will soon have assets to the tune of AED 2 trillion, while SMEs are ‘stifled by funding shortage.’ It’s a disconnect that must be addressed, thinks Kipp.

December 29, 2010 3:46

Wrong medicine

After Kipp’s blog said it quite liked Eric Cantona’s plan to punish banks for the crisis, Arab News argues that he may be a brilliant footballer – but he knows little about economics.

December 5, 2010 2:29

Ooh, ah, Cantona

The most notorious philosopher of the football world, Eric Cantona, is about to lead a people’s revolution against the global banking system.

November 21, 2010 11:43

UAE banks failing consumers

A new survey has revealed that as many as one in five UAE consumers is considering ditching their banks. This guest article from cashy.me, who conducted the research, explains all.

October 4, 2010 4:33

UAE youngsters clueless on cash

Kipp explores the question of financial education for the UAE’s younger generation: Do they really need lessons on learning the lessons of the credit crunch?

September 28, 2010 4:58

Dubai World to repay interest, then loan installments – paper

Formal deal has been reached on almost $25 billion.

September 12, 2010 10:56

Want to know what a stress test is?

In Europe, the stress test for banks and the likely impact of any results are being keenly watched. But what does a stress test involve? Less than you think.

July 8, 2010 7:05

‘We failed very, very badly’

Richard Cooper, Professor of International Economics at Harvard, on what went wrong, why it was necessary, and whether the much-touted bank tax could ever work.

June 24, 2010 4:46

Greece vs. Iceland

Two very different countries, two very prominent victims of the worldwide financial crisis. But which one made the biggest mess out of it all? Kipp takes a look.

June 23, 2010 5:35