Middle Eastern lenders continued to post strong gains in this year's Top 1000 World Banks ranking.
The charge was once again led by banks from the Gulf Cooperation Council, as well as sharia-compliant institutions, which dominated the regional ranking and regional highest movers' list respectively. As a result of this capital strengthening, the region's profitability as a share of the global total marginally declined this year. 

 

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