VOL. XXXII

NO. 15

16-JANUARY-1989

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

Banque du Liban Inherits another Catastrophe

The Banque du Liban (central bank) of Lebanon, already staggering under theburdens of political crisis, inflation, and economic paralysis, has nowinherited a fresh catastrophe - the apparent collapse of Mr. Roger Tamraz'sfinancial empire, comprising Bank Almashrek and four smaller Lebanese banks,with numerous subsidiaries and affiliates in Lebanon and abroad. On 6 Januarythe...