The financial gap resolution plan announced by Nawaf’s government is being marketed as a path toward order, reform, and eventual…
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Lebanon’s proposed gap resolution law is being marketed as a serious attempt to solve the country’s deposit crisis. In reality,…
Lebanon’s cash economy has proven remarkably resilient, even as the rest of the world accelerates toward digital payments, traceable financial…
In Lebanon, the hawala system is no longer confined to the margins of the economy. Based on direct observations inside…
In Lebanon’s ever-mutating political theatre, silence has become the governing class’s most reliable instrument. As the country reels under economic…
Over the past few years, Lebanon has witnessed an explosion of cash-service kiosks and “digital wallet” agents sprawling across supermarkets,…
Lebanon’s attempt to revive its banking system is collapsing under the weight of contradictory government actions and misguided international advice.…
Lebanon’s economic collapse has pushed the country from bank accounts to banknotes. In that vacuum, “cash companies”—money-transfer outfits, currency exchangers,…