Managers at the bank’s branches in eastern Libya say they are suspending work until four employees, kidnapped over a month ago, are released.

The Middle East Insurance Company has been added to the junior index of the Libyan Stock Market (LSM), which now contains some 64 companies.

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) says it has issued fines of LD100,000 ($80,000) for failing to adhere to regulations.

Quoted in a local newspaper, the chairman of the Libyan Investment Authority says the fund made a profit of at least $1.9bn (LD2.4bn) last year.

The Libyan Stock Market (LSM) has delisted two firms from its secondary index.

Staff at Gumhouria Bank branches throughout the country are on strike, after an employee working in the Sebha branch was killed.

The Libyan Investment Authority claims France's Société Générale paid bribes to a Panamanian company while securing a multi-billion dollar investment deal in 2007.

A delivery of LD5m ($4m) has been made to the Gumhouria Bank branch in Sirte, which has been experiencing cash shortages since late last year.

Morocco’s Banque Marocaine du Commerce Extérieur (BMCE) says it plans to open offices in both Tripoli and Benghazi as part of a wider expansion plan in Africa.

The Ubari branch of the North Africa Bank has closed after its manager, Mohammed Athim, was kidnapped.

A van carrying LD750,000 ($600,000) from Libyana’s Derna office to a Gumhouria Bank branch was reportedly attacked by armed men.

Och-Ziff says that a US goverment enquiry into its dealings with the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) at the peak of the global financial crisis may affect its results.

Workers at the bank’s Tripoli offices staged a demonstration after three of their co-workers were attacked and killed whilst making a cash delivery to Derna.

Two Central Bank of Libya (CBL) employees have been released after being abducted following a cash delivery to banks in Ghariyan.

A recent government report estimates that the total value of Libya's foreign assets, inculding deposits, bonds and investments, was LD256bn ($202bn) at the end of September 2013.