VOL. XXXIV

NO.16

21-JANUARY-1991

Financial and Banking News

Regional Banking

USCB Uses Record Profits to Strengthen Reserves

Riyadh-based United Saudi Commercial Bank (USCB) has declared profits ofSR125.3mn ($33.4mn) for 1990, a 31% increase over 1989 and its highest ever.USCB is the first Gulf commercial bank to publish its 1990 figures. The bank'sboard of directors has recommended that the entire 1990 profit be transferred toshareholders' equity, a move which goes beyond the requirements of Saudi...