VOL. XXXVI

NO. 3

19-OCTOBER-1992

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

Kuwait Asia Directors Take Formal Decision to Close

Shareholders of Bahrain-based Kuwait Asia Bank decided on 11 October to putthe bank into liquidation with immediate effect. The winding down process isexpected to take about two years. The bank has been operated on a care andmaintenance basis for the last 18 months (for background see MEES, 10 June1991). Kuwait Asia is majority owned by Kuwaiti financial entities, with...