VOL. XXXVI

NO. 1

5-OCTOBER-1992

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

Shaikh Salim Reiterates Call for Bank Mergers in Kuwait

The Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait, Shaikh Salim 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Sabah,has reiterated his call for the merging of Kuwaiti banks in order to meet theeconomic challenges ahead (MEES, 22 June). In an interview with the Kuwait dailySaut al- Kuwait of 27 September, Shaikh Salim said that the debate over themergers of Kuwaiti banks goes back to 1988 and that he was...