Algeria’s battle for modern banking

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Nabil Djemaa expected big changes at Banque de Développement Local (BDL), one of Algeria’s largest banks. Speaking to Euromoney on the morning of July 31, Djemaa, one of the country’s most experienced bank auditors and a former employee of BDL, pointed to its chief executive’s close ties to Algeria’s recently fallen political regime.