Lebanese Banks

Lebanon: Is Cedrus Bank the Missing Link in Lebanon’s Banking Scandal?
Prosecutor Ghada Aoun is doing a great job going after the heads of “the Lebanon…

Suing Lebanon’s Banks: The Only Tool Left in the Box
Despite the political dimensions, it must be said that Judge Ghada Aouns’ investigations have revealed…

Bank Audi Takes Revenge on Lebanese Depositors
Audi Bank has started a process of getting rid of depositors with a British nationality…

Foreign Legal Pressure Can Corner Lebanon’s Banking Elites
With a coordinated legal and political campaign, Lebanon’s scorned depositors can finally coerce banking elites…

Hezbollah’s “Bank:” US Sanctions, Gold, and Black Market Rate
Al-Qard al-Hassan. According to Hezbollah, it’s a charity. According to the US Treasury, it’s a…

Lebanon: Hezbollah Represents an very Advanced Model of Internationalization
With its call for “internationalization,” the Maronite patriarchate has played a card as old as…

Lebanon: The Hacking of Hezbollah’s Al-Qard Al-Hasan and US Sanctions
On December 29, 2020, a group of hackers known as Spiderz hacked “Hezbollah’s bank.” What…

Lebanon: Will The Banks Recapitalization Effort Recover Frozen Deposits?
The ballooning banking crisis is set to become even more complicated this year, with the…

Lebanon’s Corona: The Virus is the President’s Last Maze
It is the Corona stage of the Lebanese collapse. Corona’s service in the context of…