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After Hamas attack on Israel: UBS bans employees from traveling to the Middle East

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UBS banned business trips to the entire Middle East. Pictured: the financial metropolis Dubai.
Sarah FrattaroliVice President of Economic Affairs

Oil is gushing in the Middle East, and with it money. No wonder the region plays an important role in global asset management. This also applies to the large Swiss bank UBS. It employs many people in the Middle East, for example in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Israel.

Due to the outbreak of war, UBS has now issued new rules: Business trips to the entire Middle East are banned until further notice, according to an internal memo provided to “Bloomberg.” UBS confirmed the travel ban at Blick’s request. And that’s closed, too: The big bank doesn’t want to disclose how many employees it has in Israel and the Middle East or how long the travel ban will be in effect.

UBS is stricter than others

The travel ban not only affects UBS employees based in the Middle East, but also employees in Switzerland: they are no longer allowed to travel to the region for meetings. Events in the area have also been canceled until further notice. The conference planned to be held in Doha, the capital of Qatar, at the end of October also fell victim to this situation.

UBS is taking its travel ban further than other major banks operating in the region, according to Bloomberg. The large Swiss bank has branches in Dubai, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The Middle East is a strategically important region for UBS, which focuses on its asset management business.

More about the war in Israel
Negotiation expert warns
“Unfortunately, not all hostages in Gaza will survive”
multiple explosions
Footage shows attacks in the Gaza Strip on Friday morning
47 people stranded in Israel
So the tour group returned to Switzerland
Tens of millions per year
Swiss aid money at risk of leaking into terrorist channels

Source :Blick

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