2025-03-27 | 13713

The Monetary Reserve Requirement and Minimum Special Reserve and Required Investments of Islamic Banks

The Acting Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon issued Interim Decision No. 13713 to amend Basic Decision No. 9763, reducing the mandatory monetary reserve requirement for all Islamic banks operating in Lebanon from 14% to 11%. The resulting difference is exclusively utilized by the Central Bank to ensure liquidity in accordance with Basic Decisions No. 13335 and No. 13611. This amendment, effective upon issuance and published in the Official Gazette, applies to foreign currency components as specified in Form No. -20RO.

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