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Banks to weather the storm, but pockets of risk linger

Banking sectors across the Middle East and North Africa are generally well placed to weather the current economic downturn but there are pockets of vulnerability, particularly in Qatar and parts of North Africa. And there is a growing risk of a wave of bank failures in Lebanon as the crisis there intensifies.

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