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A new (and soon last) page in BFT saga

ABCI Investments is now recognized as the rightful owner of Banque Franco-Tunisienne (BFT). ABCI acquired the bank in 1989 but [...]

Published on 23/06/2011 at 10:00 GMT

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Tunisia
ABCI carries out a first seizure of BFT assets

ABCI Investments, which is battling with the state for control of BFT (Banque Franco-Tunisienne), has just made its first use [...]

Subscribers only Business 03.09.2015

Tunisia
Collateral victim of BFT case gets his job back

Named the new boss of the government’s litigation department on [...]

Subscribers only Business 28.05.2015

Spotlight | Tunisia
Donors in no hurry to save public banks

Summoned to the Ramada hotel in Gammarth by the governor of the Banque Centrale de Tunisie (BCT), Chedly Ayari, officials from the World Bank, European Investment Bank, the African Development Bank and the like were asked to contribute to a [.

Subscribers only Business 26.06.2014

Tunisia
How to make BFT disappear?

The junior minister Noureddine Bhiri and economic affairs minister Ridha Saidi seem ready to go to extremes to get rid [...]

Subscribers only Business 24.10.2013

Tunisia
BFT: No amicable accord in sight

Efforts to reach an out-of-court settlement between Tunis and ABCI to resolve the Banque Franco-Tunisienne (BFT) affair won’t pay off [...]

Subscribers only Business 12.09.2013

Tunisia
BFT case back in arbitration?

The clock at the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) is ticking with regards the case of [...]

Free access Business 11.07.2013

Tunisia
Bouden cleared in BFT case

A new chapter seems to have ended in the saga of the Banque Franco-Tunisienne (BFT) bought by ABCI in 1982 [...]

Free access Business 03.01.2013

Spotlight | Tunisia
Gentleman’s agreement in sight for BCT

A burning issue since April (MC 1015), the succession of Mustapha Kamel Nabli as governor of the Banque Centrale de Tunisie has been mulled endlessly by the three party coalition (Ennahda, PR-FDT) and by the opposition lined up behind the [.

Subscribers only Politics 21.06.2012

Spotlight | Tunisia
Ennahda in bid to grab Central Bank

The end game has begun for Mustapha Kamel Nabli. According to our sources, his days are numbered at the head of the Banque Centrale de Tunisie (BCT). The ruling coalition (the Ennahda-FDTL-CPR troika) has decided to fire him and is [.

Subscribers only Politics 26.04.2012

Tunisia
BFT chasing bad debts at last

Weighed down by loans awarded to cronies of the Ben Ali clan, the Banque Franco-Tunisienne (BFT) will proceed with its [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.04.2012

Tunisia
ABCI carries the day at ICSID

The champagne corks are popping at ABCI Investments. After seven years of legal wrangling, the International Center for the Settlement [...]

Free access Business 17.03.2011

Tunisia
Banque Franco-Tunisienne

Banque Franco-Tunisienne (BFT) has failed to find a buyer. The [...]

Subscribers only Business 23.12.2010

Tunisia
Latest Turns in long BFT Saga

Fresh developments have sprung up in the Banque Franco-Tunisienne (BTF) story. On Nov. 6, ABCI Investments, which is claiming ownership [...]

Subscribers only Business 11.11.2010

Tunisia
Future Ben Ali Son-in-Law Could Buy BFT

The sale of Banque Franco–Tunisienne (BFT) by state-owned Societe Tunisienne de Banque (STB) is quickly moving ahead. Maghreb Confidential understands [...]

Subscribers only Business 21.10.2010

Tunisia
BFT Sell-Off Resembles Clearance Sale

Will Societe Tunisienne de Banque ’s sale of Banque Franco -Tunisienne (BFT) to private interests turn out to be the [...]

Subscribers only Business 16.09.2010

Tunisia
ABCI No Longer Blocks BFT Sell-Off

Will the Banque Franco-Tunisienne (BFT) find a buyer now that its long-standing dispute with the Arab Business Consortium Investment (ABCI) [...]

Subscribers only Business 02.09.2010

Tunisia
Tunisian Bank Shake-Up: Unfinished Business

Five years after the privatization of Tunisia's banking industry started with the partial sale of Union International de Banque (UIB) [...]

Subscribers only 11.09.2008

Tunisia
Fast Sale for BFT

The Tunisian government has reportedly decided on a direct sale [...]

Subscribers only 12.06.2008

Tunisia
BFT Privatization Stalled

Eight months after a first attempt to privatize Banque Franco-Tunisienne [...]

Subscribers only 05.06.2008

Tunisia
A French Buyer for BTK, Nobody for BFT

France's Caisse Nationale de Caisses d'Epargne has acquired a controlling, [...]

Subscribers only 25.10.2007

Tunisia
Would-be Buyers Line up for BFT

Twelve candidates including two from Tunisia -the cable manufacturer Chakira [...]

Subscribers only 24.05.2007

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Tunisia Banque Franco-Tunisienne

Tunisia Latest Turns in long BFT Saga

Tunisia Future Ben Ali Son-in-Law Could Buy BFT

Tunisia BFT Sell-Off Resembles Clearance Sale

Tunisia ABCI No Longer Blocks BFT Sell-Off

Tunisia Tunisian Bank Shake-Up: Unfinished Business

Tunisia Fast Sale for BFT

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Tunisia
A new (and soon last) page in BFT saga

Tunisia
ABCI carries out a first seizure of BFT assets

Tunisia
Collateral victim of BFT case gets his job back

Spotlight | Tunisia
Donors in no hurry to save public banks

Tunisia
How to make BFT disappear?

Tunisia
BFT: No amicable accord in sight

Tunisia
BFT case back in arbitration?

Tunisia
Bouden cleared in BFT case

Spotlight | Tunisia
Gentleman’s agreement in sight for BCT

Spotlight | Tunisia
Ennahda in bid to grab Central Bank

Tunisia
BFT chasing bad debts at last

Tunisia
ABCI carries the day at ICSID

Tunisia
Banque Franco-Tunisienne

Tunisia
Latest Turns in long BFT Saga

Tunisia
Future Ben Ali Son-in-Law Could Buy BFT

Tunisia
BFT Sell-Off Resembles Clearance Sale

Tunisia
ABCI No Longer Blocks BFT Sell-Off

Tunisia
Tunisian Bank Shake-Up: Unfinished Business

Tunisia
Fast Sale for BFT

Tunisia
BFT Privatization Stalled

Tunisia
A French Buyer for BTK, Nobody for BFT

Tunisia
Would-be Buyers Line up for BFT