DUBAI / Reuters Warba Bank, a Kuwaiti sharia-compliant lender, is syndicating a $250 million debt facility, its first in the syndicated loan market, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The financing is Warba’s latest fund-raising exercise after its issue in March of $250 million of Tier 1 sukuk, as the lender seeks to boost its capital ratios and …

Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s pledges to overhaul taxes, trade, infrastructure and health care may thrill some corporate leaders, but it’s causing many to delay expansions. That’s bad for banks. Lending growth probably decelerated for a fourth straight quarter in the three months ended Sept. 30 across more than a dozen of the biggest US banks, according to Royal Bank of …

Bloomberg Kuwaiti discount carrier Jazeera Airways has delayed a planned expansion into long-haul flights to focus on extending its existing network to serve the Indian subcontinent. Jazeera, which has previously been limited to operations within the Middle East, will start operating to Hyderabad in India and Lahore in Pakistan this month before adding Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai later in the …