<a href="https://www.thenational.ae/business/banking/fab-q2-net-profit-up-19-on-lower-costs-beating-estimates-1.753549">First Abu Dhabi Bank's second-quarter profits</a> soared past expectations, as did those for many of the UAE's biggest banks. Could an uptick in the financial sector be a sign that the worst of the economic downturn is behind us? Hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Chris Nelson discuss this and more in this week's Business Extra podcast. Listen here: Also in this episode: <strong>Subscribe to Business Extra to receive new episodes every week:</strong> <strong><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/business-extra/id1108800532?mt=2&uo=4">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hdWRpb2Jvb20uY29tL2NoYW5uZWxzLzQ3MDM4NjIucnNz">Google Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4PYx4zclOmL4I5VFSYgCgC">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://castbox.fm/channel/Business-Extra-id296170?country=us">Castbox</a> | <a href="https://audioboom.com/channel/business-extra">Audioboom</a> | <a href="https://audioboom.com/channels/4703862.rss">RSS</a></strong>