@RichardMBanks

Trying to make sense of the new economic and investment environment. MENA a speciality, innovation a passion.

 London
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Joined May 2009
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Even in the darkest, coldest month there are plants in flower, and some gorgeous wafts of scent around the garden ... #January #WinterGarden #scentedplants
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Does a #digitalbank need to be more than a digital bank if it is to thrive? Join our CIO, Sean Hunter, on the #euromoneylivestream this Thursday at 15.00 BST to find out. Sign up here - lnkd.in/dpEYNXN
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@euromoney29 Jun 2020
Does a digital bank need to be more than a digital bank if it is to thrive? Join Sean Hunter, CIO of succesful @OakNorth on the #euromoneylivestream this week and find out.
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Yorkshire's grand. Putting the 'North' in @oaknorthbank
OakNorth@oaknorth29 Jun 2020
In case you missed it this weekend! Check out the full article below:
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Davide Barbuscia@DBarbuscia28 Jun 2020
Saudi c. bank net foreign assets largely unchanged in May after PIF-linked record drops in March & April - SAMA data
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Ali Al-Salim
@alialsalim26 Jun 2020
Kuwait 1958, 1965 and 2020
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jamie
@gnuman197923 Jun 2020
Overly dramatic dog.
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euromoney.com
@euromoney25 Jun 2020
Join Diane Holdorf on #EuromoneyLiveStream Food and Finance in 10 minutes time. bit.ly/3fYJJHa
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Tarekcoin👾@tarekfad25 Jun 2020
Big news in #Saudi banking sector. Combination will lead to 3rd largest #GCC banking group by assets. PIF is the largest shareholder in both NCB (44%) and Samba (23%). Currently 30 licensed local and international lenders in KSA.
Matthew Martin@MattMartin12825 Jun 2020
Saudi Arabia’s largest lender by assets, NCB, is exploring a deal to acquire rival Samba in what could become the banking industry’s biggest deal this year bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @Dnair5 @ak_mna

Saudi Bank NCB Plans $15.6 Billion Takeover of Rival Samba

bloomberg.com
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Davide Barbuscia@DBarbuscia25 Jun 2020
Saudi lenders NCB and Samba are in early merger talks: sources reut.rs/3i3983Z
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euromoney.com
@euromoney25 Jun 2020
Oscar-winning #documentary maker to use #securitiesTokens for #funding. Director @Luc_Jacquet hopes to fund his next project, in the Galapagos Islands, through a #securitiesTokenOffering launched from Monaco euromoney.com/article/b1m6x4… #fintech #MarchofthePenguins @icebreakerstud
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If Iceland's volcano goes off just as Europe's airlines are returning to the sky ... airline bosses might well wonder if God decided 2020 was the year to back Greta
Miss Williams - Geography🌍@missw_geography25 Jun 2020
So if this erupts it might disrupt the lifted travel bans like the 2010 E15 eruption, can see it now, a possible future geography exam question “How did a volcanic eruption in Iceland reduce the spread of coronavirus in Europe?” independent.co.uk/news/world…

Iceland hit by thousands of earthquake tremors as scientists warn volcano may erupt

‘Compared to previous earthquake swarms in the area it is expected that this swarm will continue during the coming days,’ government says

independent.co.uk
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What is the importance of building a resilient food supply? Andy Griffiths joins a panel to discuss this and more today at 3pm BST on #EuromoneyLivestream. bddy.me/37XCigm #SupplyChain #ClimateChange@euromoney
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Africa is not a country .. sorry, America is not a country, but a collection of states with huge differences between them. Weekly confirmed cases up from 5k to 26k in Florida over the past month, and 8k to 30k in Texas. NY down from 11k to under 5k. These 5 are 40% of US GDP
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All the blue skies on today walk @PhilipSerrell
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Davide Barbuscia@DBarbuscia24 Jun 2020
Qatar's fiscal break-even oil price will average USD48/bbl in 2019-2021, one of the lowest among Fitch-rated energy exporters #OOTT fitchratings.com/research/so…
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ARK Invest
@ARKInvest24 Jun 2020
Apple’s App Store policy faces developer revolt and regulatory scrutiny. Analyst @jwangARK has more: arkinv.st/3g5XCn1
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euromoney.com
@euromoney24 Jun 2020
The world’s food system is becoming increasingly fragile. What must the private sector do? Diane Holdorf from @wbcsd will join us on #EuromoneyLiveStream this Thursday at 15.00 BST. bit.ly/31aNHIv
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I forecasted -6% across the region in April. I think I may have been optimistic...
Tarekcoin👾@tarekfad24 Jun 2020
IMF behind the curve but getting closer to reality: Middle East and Central Asian economies projected to contract -4.7%, from -2.8% forecasts in April. Saudi Arabia set to shrink -6.8% from 2.3%. US/European forecasts worrisome! via ⁦@MDerhally⁩ thenational.ae/business/econ…
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Absolutely thrilled to be one of eight gardens shortlisted for @Historic_Houses Garden of the Year award! Please vote for us: historichouses.org/goya2020.… Thank you so much
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