VOL. XXXI

NO. 2

19-OCTOBER-1987

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

US Allows Bankers Trust to Repay Libya

The US Treasury Department on 9 October licensed Bankers Trust to honor a UKHigh Court ruling and repay a deposit of $292mn, together with interest anddamages, to the Libyan Government. The British court had ruled in favor of theLibyans at the beginning of last month (MEES, 7 September), and Bankers Trusthad been preparing to appeal the decision, on the assumption that the USGovernment...