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  Press Statement: Key Developments in the Balance of Payments of the State of Kuwait During the First Quarter of 2013 (1/7/2013)

  Press Release: CBK Announces New Banknotes Issue (10/6/2013)

  Main Developments in the Balance of Payments of the State of Kuwait for the Year 2012 (8/5/2013)

  The 50th Anniversary of the Enactment of the State of Kuwait's Constitution  (11/11/2012)

  Announcement: Gulf Monetary Council (GMCO) (1/11/2012)

  Press Statement: CBK Cuts its Discount Rate by 50 Basis Points to 2% (3/10/2012)

  CBK 2011/2012 Annual Report Published (6/9/2012)

  Fitch Affirms Kuwait at 'AA', Outlook Stable (24/7/2012)

  International Monetary Fund 2012 Article IV Consultation -Concluding Statement (15/5/2012)

  New Deputy Governor for the Central Bank of Kuwait (3/5/2012)

  Quarterly Statistical Bulletin "Sepecial Edition" (24/4/2012)

  Main Developments in the Balance of Payments of the State of Kuwait for the Year 2011 (24/4/2012)

  New Governor for the Central Bank of Kuwait (2/4/2012)

  International Monetary Fund Staff Report and Other Related Documents (1/8/2011)

  Fitch Affirms Kuwait at 'AA', Outlook Stable (25/7/2011)

  International Monetary Fund 2011 Article IV Consultation  (2/6/2011)

  Main Developments in the Balance of Payments of the State of Kuwait for the Year 2010 (5/5/2011)

  The Gulf Monetary Council Logo Design Competition (9/3/2011)

  The Central Bank of Kuwait Won the Best Visual Award in the Arab Region for Best Website Design for 2010 (23/11/2010)

  IBAN System Comes into Force as of the Beginning of 2011 (30/8/2010)

  Main Developments in the Balance of Payments of the State of Kuwait for the Year 2009 (10/5/2010)

  Registration of a Bank (Warba Bank) in the CBK Islamic Bank Register (7/4/2010)

  Deletion of the Bank of Kuwait and the Middle East (BKME) from the CBK Bank Register to Register it as "Ahli United Bank" in the Islamic Bank Register (31/3/2010)

  Registration of a Bank Branch (BankMuscat of the Sultanate of Oman) in the CBK Bank Register (2/3/2010)

  Registration of a Bank Branch (Al-Rajhi Banking & Investment Corporation (Al-Rajhi Bank)) in the CBK Bank Register (15/2/2010)

  Press Statement: CBK Cuts its Discount Rate by 50 Basis Points to 2.5% (8/2/2010)

  Press Statement: Kuwait Financial Forum, 1-2 November, 2009. (20/7/2009)

  Main Developments in the Balance of Payments of the State of Kuwait for the Year 2008 (14/5/2009)

  Press Statement: CBK Cuts its Discount Rate by 50 Basis Points to 3% Effective Thursday, 14/5/2009 (13/5/2009)

  Press Statement: CBK Cuts its Discount Rate by a Quarter Percent to 3.50% (13/4/2009)

  Press Statement: CBK Cuts its Discount Rate to 3.75% (17/12/2008)

  Press Statement: CBK Board Decisions to Resolve Gulf Bank Crisis (17/11/2008)

  Law No. 30/2008 Concerning Guarantee of Deposits at Local Banks in the State of Kuwait Comes into Effect (3/11/2008)

  Press Statement: CBK Cuts its Discount Rate to 4.25% (30/10/2008)

  Press Statement: Gulf Bank Has Closed All Financial Derivative Transactions on Account of its Customers (28/10/2008)

  Press Statement: Government Submits to National Assembly a Draft Law to Guarantee Local Bank Deposits. (28/10/2008)

  Press Statement: Gulf Bank (27/10/2008)

  Press Statement: Gulf Bank (26/10/2008)

  Press Statement: Governor Meets Local Bank Chairmen (16/10/2008)

  Press Statement: The Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) Board of Directors issued a number of resolutions concerning the supervisory instructions directed to banks. (16/10/2008)

  Press Statement: Governor of CBK Receives the Award of "Central Bank Governor of the Year 2008, Middle East" (11/10/2008)

  A Press Statement: CBK Cuts its Discount Rate to 4.5% (8/10/2008)

  A Press Statement: The Central Bank of Kuwait will be hosting the proceedings of two workshops during the period 7-8 October, 2008 on the two standards set by Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) concerning risk management, and corporate governance in institutions offering Islamic financial services (24/9/2008)

  Press Statement: CBK Board of Directors reviews developments in the Kuwait Stock Exchange (22/9/2008)

  Registration of a Bank Branch (Doha Bank of Qatar) in the CBK Bank Register (17/6/2008)

  Preliminary Approval to Licensing Mashreq Bank of the United Arab Emirates to Open a Branch in the State of Kuwait (10/6/2008)

  Provisional Balance of Payments of the State of Kuwait for the Year 2007 (22/5/2008)

  H.E. the Governor Issues a Press Statement on Inflation (7/5/2008)

  A Press Statement: The Preliminary Approval to Licensing Muscat Bank of the Sultanate of Oman to Open a Branch in the State of Kuwait (4/5/2008)

  A Press Statement: Announcement of a Seminar on Financial Inquiry Units and Their Applications (26/3/2008)

  CBK Decides to Make Fundamental Changes to its Consumer and Installment Loans Instructions. New Instructions would Curb Growth of these Loans to the Benefit of Citizens, and will Apply Only to New Loans  (24/3/2008)

  H.E. the Governor Announces CBK's Preliminary Approval to Al-Rajhi Banking & Investment Corporation (Al-Rajhi Bank) of Saudi Arabia to Open a Branch in Kuwait (24/3/2008)

  CBK Cuts its Discount Rate to 5.75% (23/1/2008)

  Registration of a Bank Branch (National Bank of Qatar) in the CBK Bank Register (30/12/2007)

  Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Regional Conference, 2-3 December, 2007. (28/10/2007)

  Preliminary Approval to Licensing Doha Bank of Qatar to Open a Branch in the State of Kuwait (17/9/2007)

  Press Statement of H.E. Sheikh Salem Abdulaziz Al-Sabah, Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK), regarding striking the Kuwait Real Estate Bank from conventional banks' register and registering it in the Islamic Banks' Register of the Central Bank of Kuwait under the name 'Kuwait International Bank'. (28/6/2007)

  The Kuwaiti Dinar (KD) Re-Pegged to a Basket of Currencies (20/5/2007)

  Press Statement of H.E. Sheikh Salem Abdulaziz Al-Sabah, Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) regarding expanding the content of its periodic statistical publications to encompass statistics and aggregate financial data on exchange companies subject to its supervision, and statistics on the use of plastic cards in the banking system (14/5/2007)

  Main Developments in the Balance of Payments Statistics of the State of Kuwait for Year 2006 (9/5/2007)

  Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Seminar (7/11/2006)

  CBK Raises its Discount Rate to 6.25% (3/7/2006)

  Press statement of H.E. the Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK), Sheikh Salem Abdulaziz Al-Sabah, on the inclusion in CBK's periodic publications, of data and statistics on the investment companies subject to CBK's supervision (28/5/2006)

  Provisional Balance of Payments Statistics of the State of Kuwait for Year 2005 (25/5/2006)

  CBK Changes KD Dollar Exchange Rate (11/5/2006)

  Registration of a Bank Branch (Citibank, N.A.) in the CBK Bank Register (26/3/2006)

  Application of the Basle II Capital Adequacy Standard (13/12/2005)

  A Press Statement concerning the Upcoming MENAFATF Evaluator Training in Kuwait (5/12/2005)

  Registration of a Bank Branch (National Bank of Abu Dhabi) in the CBK Bank Register (20/11/2005)

  Seminar on Good Corporate Governance in the Banking and Financial Institutions (14/11/2005)

  CBK Raises its Discount Rate to 6% (2/11/2005)

  CBK Raises Discount Rate to 5.75% (3/10/2005)

  Registration of a Bank Branch (HSBC Bank Middle East) in the CBK Bank Register (18/9/2005)

  H.E. the Governor's Statement on the Total Transformation of the Kuwait Real Estate Bank to an Islamic Bank, and the Opening of a Citibank Branch in the State of Kuwait (12/9/2005)

  CBK Raises its Discount Rate to 5.50% (3/7/2005)

  The Developments of the Balance of Payments of the State of Kuwait for Year 2004 (10/4/2005)

  CBK Raises its Discount Rate to 5.25%  (23/3/2005)

  Registration of a Bank Branch (BNP Paribas) in the CBK Bank Register (8/3/2005)

  Preliminary Approval to Licensing HSBC Bank Middle East to Open a Branch in the State of Kuwait (14/2/2005)

  CBK Raises its Discount Rate to 5% (3/2/2005)

  Preliminary Approval to Licensing National Bank of Abu Dhabi to Open a Branch in the State of Kuwait (10/1/2005)

  CBK Raises Its Discount Rate by 25 basis points (15/12/2004)

  CBK Raises its Discount Rate to 4.50% (11/11/2004)

  CBK Raises its Discount Rate to 4.25% (22/9/2004)

  Kuwait's Automated Settlement System for Inter-Participant Payments (KASSIP) Goes Live (5/8/2004)

  CBK Raises its Discount Rate by 50 Basis Points to 4% (4/8/2004)

  CBK Raises its Discount Rate to 3.5%  (1/7/2004)

  Last Reminder Concerning the Withdrawal and Exchange of the Fourth Issue of Currency Notes (7/6/2004)

  H.E. the Governor Announces the Removal of the Government Guarantee of Deposits at Local Banks  (25/4/2004)

  CBK Board Approves the Rules and Regulation of Licensing Foreign Bank Branches in the State of Kuwait  (29/3/2004)

  H.E. the Governor's Statement on Amendments to Central Bank Law (23/2/2004)

  The First Anti-Money Laundering & Combating the Financing of Terrorism Conference (7/1/2004)

  Preliminary Approval to Licensing BNP Paribas to Open a Branch in the State of Kuwait (4/8/2003)

  A Press Statement on: Licensing Policy for New Islamic Banks in Kuwait (24/6/2003)

  A Press Statement on: Establishing the New Kuwait Financial Intelligence Unit (23/6/2003)

  CBK Governor's Statement on the Issuance of Islamic Banking Law (3/6/2003)

  New Exchange Policy Launched: CBK Sets the KD/Dollar Parity Rate and Margins of Fluctuation (5/1/2003)

  CBK cuts discount rate by ½ percentage points (7/11/2002)

  CBK Announces Further Cut In The Discount Rate (3/6/2002)

  H.E. The Governor Speaks on Passage by National Assembly of Anti Money Laundering Law (12/2/2002)