Bloomberg India’s financial regulator will gain new powers to order banks to clean up as much as $180 billion of soured loans on their balance sheets, which has been choking credit and weighing on growth. With the new rules bolstering its regulatory authority, Reserve Bank of India, is seeking to resolve the country’s 60 largest delinquent-loan cases in about …

  DUBAI / Reuters Standard Chartered’s banking business in the United Arab Emirates is performing much better than last year, helped by growing consumer confidence, the bank’s head of retail clients in the UAE said. Banks operating in the oil-producing states of the Gulf Cooperation Council reported sluggish growth in 2016, with some recording lower profits and higher provisions on …

  Riyadh / Emirates Business QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, inaugurated its branch in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Senior bank officials and distinguished representatives from the banking and business sectors attended an inauguration ceremony held under the patronage and presence of H.E. Dr. Ahmed bin Abdul Karim Al-Khulaifi, Governor of the …