Hikmat Bekai This is Me

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1. 1. Welcome to Bank of Beirut s.a.l.

   www.bankofbeirut.com/manage.ht - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/4/2004   Last Visited: 12/4/2004

   Hikmat H. Bikai Senior Manager Corporate Credit

2. 2. Zawya.com | arab business and finance

   www.zawya.com/Story.cfm?id=ZAW - [Cached]

   Published on: 3/20/2004   Last Visited: 3/20/2004

   The main aim is to encourage inter-Arab trade," said Hikmat Bekai, credit manager at BoB.
   
   The bank is one of the "national agencies" selected to administer the loans and has an annual credit line of $7 million. Bekai said the interest rates are slightly higher than that of the London Inter Bank Offering Rate (LIBOR), which is presently at 1.2 percent.
   
   "For six-month loans, it's LIBOR plus 0.35 percent, and for 12-month loans, it's LIBOR plus 0.5 percent," Bekai said. He also spoke about the Inter-Arab Investment Guarantee Corporation, for which BoB is also a national agent. "It guarantees any commercial inter-Arab transaction from war and non-payment risks," Bekai said.
   
   Other speakers included Khater Abou Habib, chairman and general manager of Kafalat, who talked about the guarantees his agency provides to small- and medium-sized enterprises.

3. 3. Raising awareness of finance opportunities for industrial sector

   www.dailystar.com.lb/business/ - [Cached]

   Last Visited: 3/20/2004

   The main aim is to encourage inter-Arab trade," said Hikmat Bekai, credit manager at BoB. The bank is one of the "national agencies" selected to administer the loans and has an annual credit line of $7 million. Bekai said the interest rates are slightly higher than that of the London Inter Bank Offering Rate (LIBOR), which is presently at 1.2 percent. "For six-month loans, it's LIBOR plus 0.35 percent, and for 12-month loans, it's LIBOR plus 0.5 percent," Bekai said. He also spoke about the Inter-Arab Investment Guarantee Corporation, for which BoB is also a national agent. "It guarantees any commercial inter-Arab transaction from war and non-payment risks," Bekai said. Other speakers included Khater Abou Habib, chairman and general manager of Kafalat, who talked about the guarantees his agency provides to small- and medium-sized enterprises.