Keywords: Financing


Morocco and France sign agreement to strengthen fight against terrorism financing

Morocco and France have signed a new cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing during an international conference held in Paris. The agreement was concluded between Morocco’s National Financial Intelligence Authority and the French......

Tamwilcom launches strategic reform to strengthen support for TPME financing

The Moroccan financial guarantee institution Tamwilcom has launched a strategic initiative aimed at strengthening its financial stability and improving its capacity to support very small, small, and medium-sized enterprises (TPME). The project focuses on enhancing asset-liability management to better......

Canada to host new multilateral defence bank to support global security funding

Canada has announced that it will host a new multilateral financial institution aimed at supporting defence and security investments among allied countries. The initiative is designed to help nations strengthen their military capabilities amid rising geopolitical tensions. The proposed institution,......

Banque populaire opens second small business support center in Tangier

Banque Populaire has expanded its support network for very small businesses with the opening of a new Al Moukawil Chaabi center in Tangier, marking its second facility after Marrakech. The initiative targets small entrepreneurs, traders, and artisans across Morocco, as the group moves to bring services......

Kuwait arrests 24 people suspected of financing “Terrorist” entities

Kuwait’s Interior Ministry announced the arrest of 24 individuals suspected of involvement in financing activities linked to “terrorist” organizations, in a major security operation aimed at protecting national stability. According to official statements, security forces dismantled......

BCP signs student financing and digital transformation deals at Gitex Africa

BCP Group signed two agreements at GITEX Africa in Marrakech focused on expanding access to higher education for African students and accelerating the digital transformation of its banking operations. The first agreement involves the International University of Rabat and Banque Centrale Populaire International.......

Iran war energy shock puts $800 billion in Asian data center funding at risk

The energy crisis triggered by the war in Iran is reshaping how banks assess risk across hundreds of billions of dollars in planned data center investments throughout Asia, as rising electricity costs and supply uncertainty force lenders to treat power not as an operating expense but as a fundamental......

Nicolas Sarkozy appears in court for appeal trial in Libya campaign financing case

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy appeared before the Paris Court of Appeal on Monday as proceedings opened in the appeal trial related to allegations of illegal financing connected to his 2007 presidential campaign. The high-profile case has been under judicial investigation for more than a decade......

SoftBank seeks record $40 billion loan to expand investment in OpenAI

SoftBank Group is seeking a loan of up to $40 billion to finance a major expansion of its investment in OpenAI, according to Bloomberg. If completed, the deal would represent the largest dollar denominated borrowing in the Japanese conglomerate’s history. The financing is expected to take the......