VOL. XXXVI

NO. 27

5-APRIL-1993

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

Albaraka International Fails Regulation Hurdle And Leaves London

London-based Albaraka International Bank Ltd. (AIBL) is to surrender its UKbanking license due to its inability to fulfill supervisory requirements of theSecond Basle Banking Concordat. The bank announced on 1 April that it wouldbegin repaying all depositors and that it had the liquidity to do so.

The Second Basle Concordat requires banking groups operating...