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The loan aims at enhancing financial inclusion, developing payment and settlement systems. (Shutterstock)

February 15th, 2019 - 08:50 GMT

$96 Million Loan to Support Jordan's Banking Sector

The government and the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) on Thursday signed a loan agreement for 23 million Arab accounting dinars, equivalent to $96 million.

The deadline for the implementation of the automatic tax data exchange ends in September. (File photo)

September 20th, 2016 - 09:56 GMT

Lebanon's banks risk international blacklisting if tax disclosure bill is not passed

The new project will serve around 350,000 people while indirect beneficiaries from the project would reach 800,000. (Wikimedia Commons)

September 4th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Lebanon gets $55M World Bank loan to fight Bekaa Valley pollution

The Gaza Strip’s Hamas-run government continues to face a dire financial crisis that has prevented it from regularly paying the salaries of many public employees. (Paltoday.ps)

August 18th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Gazan civil servants begin receiving salaries with help from $31M Qatari grant

The finance ministry stopped reimbursing expenses for the crane 10 months earlier because it was no longer considered useful. (AFP/File)

August 18th, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Mecca crane crash trial: Finance Ministry provides a new twist

Transferring money in Lebanese banks can take weeks of frustration. (Shutterstock)

August 11th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Show me the money: Lebanon addresses bank transfer delay problems

Egypt announced in 2014 ambitious plans to develop renewable energy. (File photo)

August 7th, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

Investors' high hopes clouded by Egypt’s solar power struggles

Will Lebanon have to press "pause" on its media output? (Shutterstock)

August 3rd, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

Lebanon faces critical financial issues for state, local media organizations

Syrian refugee children look on from a window during a sandstorm at a refugee camp on September 8, 2015 near the Bekaa Valley village of Taalabaya Lebanon. (AFP/File)

July 28th, 2016 - 02:00 GMT

World Bank renews $1.5 billion commitment to Lebanon

The letter between Jordan and the IMF paves the way for the $700 million Extended Fund programme. (File photo)

July 27th, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Jordan signs $700m deal with IMF

The development plan approved in December 2015 plan would increase funding for housing, education, employment of Arab women, infrastructure, welfare services and public transport in Arab localities. (AFP/File)

June 15th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Israel downplays delay in $645M Arab budget allocation

Lebanon’s budget deficit in the first four months of this year rose to 37.2 percent of spending compared to 33.75 percent in the same period last year. (File photo)

May 31st, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Lebanon's primary budget deficit increases 190 percent

The country’s ceding to the union’s demands will be a blow to plans to include up to 20,000 oil workers under its new public payroll system as low oil prices hit coffers. (AFP/File)

May 24th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Kuwait caves in to striking oil workers' salary demands