03/23/2016
Ahlibank launches Qatar's First Contactless Credit Card
Customers can visit any of our 16 branches in Qatar and apply for the new Contactless Credit Card.
Retail Banking
03/21/2016
QNB chosen ‘Best Retail Bank in Qatar’
The prestigious award was received during The Asian Banker’s International Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards 2016 ceremony held recently in Hong Kong.
03/20/2016
Al Khaliji denies rumours of merger with IBQ and Al Ahli Bank
Al Khalij Commercial Bank denies speculation of a three-way merger with International Bank of Qatar and Al Ahli Bank in a statement.
03/20/2016
Commercial Bank launches Enterprise Mobile Banking App for SMEs
Commercial Bank understands that operating businesses in the most cost-efficient way is crucial to SME customers’ underlying profits.
03/17/2016
Corrected-Egypt's EFG Hermes board approves Credit Libanais stake sale at $33/share
It said the shares will be sold to Arab and Lebanese investors and is subject to approval from the Lebanese central bank. It also expects the deal to be complete by June 30.
03/15/2016
Emirates NBD Group announces strategic initiatives for women in the UAE
These young women have proven that they are indeed the future leaders of this generation and have transformative ideas that we recognized at our graduation ceremony recently.
03/14/2016
Mashreq recognized for leading the retail banking industry in the UAE. Again.
The Global Banking and Finance Review Awards were created to recognize companies of all sizes that are prominent in particular areas of expertise and excellence within the global financial community.
03/10/2016
Commercial Bank Receives CSR Award
Commercial Bank CEO Abdulla Saleh alRaisi received the award from QU president Dr Hassan Rashid alDerham.
03/09/2016
Commercial Bank joins ‘3rd Entrepreneurship in Economic Development Forum’ as platinum sponsor
As Qatar’s first private bank with entrepreneurial beginnings, Commercial Bank strongly advocates the diversification and growth of the private sector by promoting entrepreneurship, especially when this involves nurturing the entrepreneurial skills
03/09/2016
Standard Chartered makes retail banking paperless
Retail Workbench is now going live in six markets: Malaysia, India, the UAE, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Kenya and is a part of the bank's last year announcement that it will invest $1.5bn in technology over three years.
03/06/2016
Bank Sohar Website Wins Pan Arab Award
The 15th Pan Arab Web Awards Academy boasted a distinguished panel of judges who took into account a number of key factors when evaluating the over 500 Web nomination entries
03/04/2016
Barclays Bank plans to leave Egypt
Barclays Group Chief Executive Jes Staley said that the bank intends to reduce its stake, amounting to 62.3 per cent
03/03/2016
QDB conference ‘Moushtarayat’ to showcase more than 400 opportunities worth QR2bn
The event is one of the many ways QDB provide support to the SME sector through offering lowrisk purchasing opportunities, linking SMEs with major stakeholders and promoting competitive business environment, he added.
03/03/2016
NBAD counting on beefed up retail operation and new strategy to pay off
The strategy is starting to bear fruit
02/29/2016
Egypt's CIB says signs deal to sell investment bank to Orascom
CIB accepted a bid from billionaire Naguib Sawiris's OTMT to buy CI Capital earlier this month.
02/29/2016
QSE names winners of investor relations excellence award
In the best IR website category, Ooredoo, Al Khaliji and Vodafone Qatar were the winners.
02/29/2016
Ithmaar retail growth up, plans new holding firm
The improved performance was impacted by recognition of certain investment related impairment provisions, said a statement.
02/24/2016
Qatari bank Al Khaliji eyes capital bond issue
Al Khaliji, Qatar's sixth-largest lender by assets, was also looking at issuing a dollar-denominated bond under its regular debt issuance programme to assist with its funding needs, having increased the size of the programme last year.
02/19/2016
Saudi Arabia's NCB to close branches in Lebanon
The closures will have no impact on the bank's current financial statements, NCB said.
02/19/2016
HSBC to Restructure Turkish Unit after Failed Sale Attempts
According to people familiar with the matter, HSBC will likely announce its intention to restructure its Turkish unit instead of pursuing a sale when it reports annual results on Feb 22.