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Lebanon has picked former HSBC managing director, Karim Souaid, as its new central bank governor, to lead a policy overhaul and kickstart an economic recovery. Bloomberg's Paul Wallace reports on the reaction to the appointment plus a suspected US airstrike on Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Lebanon has named Karim Souaid as its new central bank governor. Souaid is the founder of Dubai-based private equity firm, Growthgate Partners, and has previously worked at HSBC. But Kim Ghattas, author of Black Wave told Bloomberg's Horizons Middle East and Africa host Joumanna Bercetche that many in Lebanon are disappointed by the appointment of a former banker. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Lebanon selected Karim Souaid as central bank governor, picking a private-sector finance specialist to lead a long-delayed overhaul of the financial sector and kickstart an economic recovery....

Lebanon appointed BlackRock Inc. money manager Amer Bisat as economy minister, a key figure in a new government that will look to pull the cash-strapped country out of one of the world's worst financial crises....

Lebanon's international dollar bonds rally after Syria rebels oust Assad LONDON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Lebanon's international dollar bonds rallied on Monday after rebels in neighbouring Syria ousted President Bashar al-Assad , fuelled by expectations the events could weaken Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and bring change to the country. The 2031 bond gained the most, up 0.75 cents to bid at 11.59 cents on the dollar, its highest level since April 2022, Tradeweb data showed....

Citigroup shifts some staff out of Lebanon amid conflict...

Citigroup Moves Some Staff Out Of Lebanon - Bloomberg News...

Israel Expands Lebanon Strikes To Banks Helping Hezbollah Israel on Sunday night began fresh, heavy airstrikes on Beirut's southern suburbs as well as in the Bekka Valley in the east of Lebanon, for the first time declaring it would target banks suspected of financing Hezbollah. "The air force will launch extensive strikes on targets in the southern suburb of Beirut, targeting Hezbollah-linked economic assets," IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said as strikes were underway. Buildings that belong to al-Qard al-Hassan Association are at the top of the list, identified by the Israelis as long associated with the Shia paramilitary group backed by Iran. Smoke rises from explosions near Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, Oct. 20, 2024 in Beirut. CBS/Getty Images With at least 30 branches across Lebanon, and 15 Beirut locations in bustling neighborhood, al-Qard al-Hassan Association is also used by many Lebanese civilians. The US-sanctioned bank has been around since the 1980's and is focused o...

In ganz Libanon beschießt die israelische Armee Banken, die auch das Geld der Hisbollah verwalten. Zivilisten sind aufgefordert, die Gebiete zu verlassen. Die Armee fliegt die Angriffe unmittelbar vor dem Eintreffen eines US-Friedensvermittlers....

Israel launched strikes on branches of Al-Qard Al-Hassan, a Hezbollah-linked financial association, across Lebanon late on October 20....

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - The U.S. Department of State announced that it has resumed full immigrant visa processing at its embassy in Beirut to facilitate the reunification of Lebanese family members......

Israel Strikes Lebanon's Northernmost City For First Time Of War An Israeli drone bombed a Palestinian refugee camp in the Lebanese city of Tripoli, killing a Hamas leader and three members of his family in the early hours of Saturday. Al-Jadeed TV channel reported that "an Israeli drone targeted a residential apartment in the vicinity of Khalil al-Rahman Mosque in the Beddawi camp in Tripoli," killing four people and injuring others who were transported to the Hilal Hospital inside the camp. Tripoli, Lebanon. File image. Hamas issued a statement announcing the death of Qassam Brigades commander, Saeed Atallah Ali, his wife Shaima Khalil Azzam, and his two young daughters, Zainab and Fatima, who were killed as a result of the airstrike. The Hamas statement added that "the Qassam Brigades, in light of the ongoing and escalating massacres of the occupation in the steadfast Gaza Strip, our proud West Bank, and our camps, the fortresses of our return, pledge to our people to avenge the pure b...

We explore how young people in Lebanon are navigating a multitude of crises while living under constant threat of war....

Gegen Salameh wird in mehreren europäischen Ländern ermittelt. Die Schweizer Finma sanktionierte erst kürzlich die HSBC Private Bank wegen hochriskanter Geschäfte mit dem früheren Notenbankchef....

HSBC's Swiss bank is said to have failed to conduct proper checks on funds sent between Lebanon and Switzerland during a period of 13 years....