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Parliament passes banking secrecy law and World Bank grants loan for Lebanon's electricity sector: Everything you need to know this Friday

Here is what happened yesterday and what to expect today, Friday, April 25.

Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, April 25, 2025 Some key things to watch today:• Developments in Gaza amid efforts to broker a new cease-fire.Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri calls for attention as the Parliament resolves to push back the local elections by another year. April 18, 2024 (Credit: Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu Agency via AFP) MPs pass bank secrecy reform among host of bills, defer election amendment: Parliament yesterday back-dated until 2015 regulators’ (including private auditors sought to be excluded by the joint commissions) access to records protected by bank secrecy through a legal amendment approved alongside a host of new legislation. The approved laws include revisions to compensation for Internal Security Forces and General Security personnel, hirings at the Lebanese University,...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Friday, April 25, 2025 Some key things to watch today:• Developments in Gaza amid efforts to broker a new cease-fire.Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri calls for attention as the Parliament resolves to push back the local elections by another year. April 18, 2024 (Credit: Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu Agency via AFP) MPs pass bank secrecy reform among host of bills, defer election amendment: Parliament yesterday back-dated until 2015 regulators’ (including private auditors sought to be excluded by the joint commissions) access to records protected by bank secrecy through a legal amendment approved alongside a host of new legislation. The approved laws include revisions to compensation for Internal Security Forces and General Security personnel, hirings at the Lebanese University,...