Issue 01 . June 2026Loose change. Sharp eyes.
Souk.Weekly Magazine

regional finance.

3 pieces filed under regional finance

BusinessJun 4
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "The Regional Bank Branch Has Quietly Become a Museum Piece", covering banking, branches, gulf, business on Souk Weekly.

The Regional Bank Branch Has Quietly Become a Museum Piece

Why the marble lobbies are still being built, even as the actual banking has moved elsewhere, and what the lobbies are now actually for.

By Marcus Okafor

BusinessJun 3
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "The Regional Spreadsheet Has Quietly Become a Cultural Object", covering culture, spreadsheets, women, informal economy on Souk Weekly.

The Regional Spreadsheet Has Quietly Become a Cultural Object

Inside the unstoppable rise of a particular file format among a particular cohort of regional professional women, and why the rest of us should pay attention.

By Sara Qureshi

WorldJun 3
AI-generated 16:9 cover image for "The Diaspora Is Banking Differently. The Banks Have Not Quite Noticed.", covering remittances, diaspora, banking, world on Souk Weekly.

The Diaspora Is Banking Differently. The Banks Have Not Quite Noticed.

Why the remittance corridor between a particular pair of countries is being quietly disintermediated, and what the incumbent banks are doing about it, which is mostly nothing.

By Lena Holloway