A new version of One Dinar banknotes has been brought into circulation to coincide with the second anniversary of the start of the 2011 uprising, says the Central Bank of Libya.

The board of the National Commercial Bank (NCB), Libya's second largest lender by asset size, has written an open letter denying that it has sold shares to another bank.

The Libyan Stock Market (LSM) has nominated its management and says that two companies have been delisted from the main index of the bourse.

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) says that new banknotes worth LD100m ($80m) are expected to go into circulation on 17 February - the second anniversary of the start of the 2011 uprising.

Libya's prime minister says the government has completed its preparation of the 2013 budget, which will be discussed in the national assembly.

United Insurance says it earned around LD66m ($53m) in revenues during the 2012 financial year.

Mediterranean Bank, one of Libya's smaller lenders in terms of asset size, has published its net profit figures for the 2012 financial year.

A delegation of senior Libyan government officials, including the finance and economy ministers, recently visited the headquarters of the Islamic Development Bank in Saudi Arabia.

The National Commercial Bank, Libya's largest lender by asset size, has reported net profit figures for the 2012 financial year.

Masraf al-Rayan, Qatar's second-largest bank by market value, is reportedly in the process of purchasing a stake in an unnamed Libyan commercial bank.

United Insurance has specified how it will distribute its profits from the 2010 financial year. 

The National Commercial Bank (NCB), Libya's second-largest lender by assets, has specified the dividends it will pay from its 2010 profits.

Provisional results for the Libya Insurance Company (LIC), the country's largest insurer, show that total revenues were around two-thirds higher than in 2011.

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) has granted permission for commercial banks to make foreign currency transfers for the import of goods in certain sectors.

The EU authorities have removed the Organisation for the Development of Administrative Centres (ODAC), one of the most active Libyan state agencies prior to 2011, from a list of restricted entities.