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THURSDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2023 • ISSUE 223
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Malta ranks 32nd in
the world for digital
quality of life
Lombard Bank
seeking MFSA
approval for
3-for-2 share
rights issue
PAUL COCKS
MALTA has ranked 32nd in the world
in digital quality of life, improving by
four places from last year.
Surfshark's Digital Quality of Life
Index is an annual study that ranks
121 countries by their digital wellbe-
ing based on five core pillars: e-infra-
structure, internet quality, internet
affordability, e-government and e-se-
curity.
Malta performed best in e-infra-
structure, claiming 19th place, while
facing challenges in internet afforda-
bility, ranking 49th.
It ranks 25th in e-government, 30th
in e-security, and 34th in internet
quality.
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PAUL COCKS
IN what industry experts describes as
'a rare move for Maltese banks', Lom-
bard Bank has requested approval by
the Malta Financial Services Authority
for a 2-for-3 rights issue of new ordi-
nary shares to be admitted to listing and
trading on the Official List of the Malta
Stock Exchange.
e bank, which has submitted a
prospectus to the MFSA, said that the
new ordinary shares will form part of
the same class, have equal rights as, and
rank pari passu with, the bank's existing
shares.
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