Saudi crown prince slams banks for “giving little” to society
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Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Muqrin Bin Abdulaziz speaks during the inauguration of the first Saudi Human Genome Project in the Middle East at the King Abdulaziz City for Science in Riyadh on December 8, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Fayez Nureldine)
The second-in-line to the Saudi Arabian throne has denounced banks in the kingdom, saying they are contributing too little to society compared to what they take, Saudi media reported on Wednesday. There were no indications that the comments by Deputy Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, who was appointed to the post last month, would be followed by any concrete policies against banks in the oil-rich country. read (...)