May 13 Sami Zaptia

Opinion: My 2 Cents: Libya’s Financial Sector

By Hafed Al-Ghwell.Washington DC, 13 May 2013: One of the undisputed features of the oil-based Libyan economy over the past half a century or so, is t...

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Jan 28 Nigel Ash

Central Bank issues new money transfer powers

 Tripoli, 28 January 2013:The Libyan Central Bank has announced that it has granted commercial banks powers to transfer money abroad to finance import...

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Oct 3 Nigel Ash

Sharia-compliant banking for Libya

Tripoli, 3 October 2012:Demand for Sharia-compliant banking is so high that Islamic finance could become an important part of Libyan banking by the en...

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Jul 17 Nigel Ash

Aman Bank removed from black list

Tripoli, 17 JulyAman Bank has been removed from the NTC blacklist and escaped the danger of being taken over and administered by the state.Sources at...

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Mar 16 Michel Cousins

Turkey to return bank

Tripoli, March 16: Turkey’s Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) is handing back control of the Arab Turkish Bank (A&T Bank) to Libya....

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Mar 7 Michel Cousins

Bank of Uganda cedes control of Tropical Bank

Reproduced from Uganda's Daily Monitor with permission By Ismail Musa Ladu, KampalaThe Ugandan government has finally started to cede control of Liby...

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Mar 6 Michel Cousins

Uganda returns Tropical Bank to Libyan control

Kampala, March 6: by Mark Keith Muhumuza, Kampala.Uganda’s Tropical Bank was today, Tuesday, officially returned by Uganda’s central bank, the Bank o...

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