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Top Five Summer Destinations Tired of sitting in Beirut traffic, breathing in the summer smog? With schools out last week, students and parents can finally forget the exam season and …

Towering above the country’s gross national product at some three times the size, Lebanon’s banks deposits (about $127 billion in 2012) make up much of their balance sheets’ liabilities.  The …

The eBay of Lebanon – that’s what Samir Hanna, CEO of Bank Audi, called their new innovative online shopping platform eMall. Launched on Sunday night at a glitzy cocktail reception …

Political turbulence and economic uncertainty have not stopped new banks from opening their doors in Lebanon. For this month’s special report on the banking sector, Executive spoke to the general …

Ferrying about 1 million passengers from the Middle East to Germany and onward in 2012, Lufthansa continues to make its mark on a region that aviation giants such as Emirates …

As Raymond Audi, chairman of Bank Audi, Lebanon’s largest bank, walked me through the four floors of their headquarters in Downtown Beirut, I would have thought I was in a …

Standing six meters tall, French artist Jean Dubuffet’s blue, red, white and black sculpture decorates the entrance of the Beirut headquarters of Bank Audi, Lebanon’s largest bank. It is one …

Loans have divided societies throughout history, between people who consider them a beneficial product that allows customers to purchase goods they need now and pay for later in the future, …

Lebanese bankers are sailing off to foreign shores to generate growth in profits as turbulence rattles their home country and cripples their neighbours next door. The blood being spilled in …

Trying to achieve anything online in Lebanon can be a frustrating ordeal, so perhaps it’s no surprise that real growth of electronic banking has been late to emerge. According to …