The South American country's financial institutions anticipate 2021 will not be easy.

Salah Y Al-Fulaij, Kuwait CEO of NBK, on the state of Kuwait’s banking sector and the key drivers for post-pandemic growth.

Asian Development Bank president Masatsugu Asakawa outlines challenges Covid-19 has created for development banks.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank president Jin Liqun on how the pandemic has exposed weaknesses in many economies. 

Despite a difficult operating environment, Egypt’s banks have shown resilience.

Egypt needs to look beyond the public sector for future growth.

Hussein Abaza, Commercial International Bank’s chief executive, on the rise of fintech during the pandemic.

Historic enmity between Kuwait’s government and national assembly offer little confidence that the country will pass the economic reforms it desperately needs.

Banks in Kuwait may have taken a knock from Covid-19 and its related effects, but optimism remains.

Despite ongoing friction with the EU, there is hope the City can move in a new direction as a financial centre.