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FinTech

Virtual Assets Red Flag Indicators of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

September 14, 2020

Virtual assets use innovative technology to swiftly transfer value around the world and have many potential benefits, including making payments…

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Comment & Analysis

The Storm before the Calm or the Calm before the Storm?

September 14, 2020

• Brexit negotiations take a turn for the worse – sterling still at near term risk • UK and EU…

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FinTech

Dubai-based Elixir Group to foray into $187 billion modern tech market

September 14, 2020

New technologies are making out-of-the-box progresses and making radical changes to work-life environments. The technology which was impossible a year…

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Awards and Recognition

QIB honoured at The Asian Banker’s prestigious award ceremony

September 14, 2020

Qatar Islamic Bank’s (QIB) best-in-class services have been recognised with three prestigious awards from The Asian Banker, a leading international…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Bahrain's Investcorp picks up stakes in two leading Chinese healthcare firms

September 14, 2020

Bahrain's asset management company Investcorp has added a third Chinese investment within weeks - this time it's in healthcare. It…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

KFH–Bahrain Launches A First-Of-Its-Kind Islamic Securitization Program

September 14, 2020

KFH–Bahrain, announced today the launch of a first-of-its-kind Shari’a compliant Securitization Program offering financial institutions and state-owned entities an innovative…

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FinTech

BisB launches end-to-end account opening solution

September 14, 2020

Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB) recently launched its new end-to-end digital service which allows individual establishments and Sijili customers to open…

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Jordan's Capital Bank begins due diligence to buy Lebanon's Audi's units in Jordan, Iraq

September 14, 2020

Jordan's Capital Bank EXFB.AM has begun due diligence on buying Lebanese Bank Audi's AUDI.BY Iraq and Jordan units in an…

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Comment & Analysis

Finding ways to connect with UAE’s unbanked

September 14, 2020

We live in an age of instant gratification - moving money across continents is no exception. From a historical and…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Gulf International Bank to Hire Advisers for Dollar Bond

September 14, 2020

Gulf International Bank BSC, whose main shareholder is Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, hired firms including HSBC Holdings Plc to…

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FinTech

More Qatar companies now going for digital transformation: KPMG

September 14, 2020

Qatar's oil and gas market have gone through some big changes in recent times. Given the current COVID-19 situation and…

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Comment & Analysis

Covid hits Saudi banks’ profitability outlook: report

September 14, 2020

The profitability outlook for Saudi Arabia’s banks remains subdued as a result of the twin effects of low oil prices…

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