Keywords: Banking


Arab region struggles to unlock women’s financial potential

A new United Nations report has highlighted persistent barriers preventing women in Morocco and across the Arab region from fully participating in the financial system, warning that limited access to banking and digital services continues to restrain economic growth. In its study titled Unlocking women’s......

CIH Bank warns of fraud following scam targeting customer

CIH Bank has issued a warning after a viral video surfaced in which a customer claimed she had been defrauded. The bank clarified that the incident was linked to a scam, in which the customer voluntarily shared her banking information with fraudsters. According to CIH, the victim had been contacted......

Crédit Agricole appoints Anne Laimé as deputy CEO

Crédit Agricole Personal Finance & Mobility has named Anne Laimé as Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of Personal Finance & Banking Servicing, a move that strengthens the company’s leadership team as it accelerates its growth strategy across Europe and Morocco. A subsidiary......

BBVA joins European bank consortium for euro stablecoin

BBVA has abandoned its individual stablecoin project to join Qivalis, a consortium of 12 major European banks developing an euro-pegged stablecoin. Announced Wednesday, the Spanish bank's entry unites some of Europe's largest financial institutions under a single regulatory framework to challenge......

Deutsche Bank posts record 2025 profits amid money laundering probe

Deutsche Bank revealed blockbuster financial results for 2025 on Thursday, posting a net profit of 7.1 billion euros for the full year, nearly double the 2.7 billion euros from 2024. This marks the German lender's highest annual earnings since 2007 and its sixth straight year in the black. The fourth......

Forbes mena highlights benjelloun and akhannouch among the fastest-growing fortunes in 2025

According to recent rankings published by Forbes Middle East, the families of Moroccan business leaders Othman Benjelloun and Aziz Akhannouch are among the seven families in the MENA region whose wealth recorded the strongest growth in 2025. Over a period of less than one year, marked by economic......

Morocco’s banking liquidity needs exceed 135 billion dirhams by end of 2025

Morocco’s banking sector experienced a further tightening of liquidity conditions at the end of 2025, with liquidity needs rising to an average of 135.7 billion dirhams in December, according to data released by Bank Al-Maghrib. This represents an increase compared to the previous month, reflecting......

Euro poised to gain as dollar loses safe-haven appeal, ECB's Lane says

Philip Lane, the European Central Bank's chief economist, stated on Friday that the euro is well-positioned to capture a larger share of investor portfolios amid growing doubts about the dollar's effectiveness as a global safe-haven asset. Speaking at the Danish Economic Society conference in......

Turkish banking sector posts $19.9 billion net profits in November

Türkiye’s banking sector recorded net profits of 842.84 billion Turkish liras ($19.92 billion) in November, marking a 17.3% increase compared to the same month last year, according to the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK). The sector’s total assets reached 44.97......