VOL. XXXI

NO. 29

25-APRIL-1988

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

SAIB Results Show SRl0mn Write-Off

Detailed results for 1987 published by Saudi Investment Bank (SAIB) show thatthe bank wrote off SR10mn ($2.7mn) worth of bad loans during 1987, after a SR4mnwrite-off the previous year. The results show that the bank succeeded in cuttingits operating costs for the fourth successive year to SR49.4mn (31% below the1983 level), while increasing its net interest income from SR70.4mn to...