Originally published in Islamic Finance News - February 22nd, 2017.

The last month presented an opportunity to reflect on the performance of the banking sector in Qatar during the past year, with the majority of the banks disclosing their results for 2016. It is anticipated that the results of the remaining banks will be declared in the coming weeks. Overall, banks have outperformed the financial results of 2015, which is a promising sign for the banking sector and provides a positive outlook for the performance of the banks during the course of 2017.