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Retail Banking

Incredible Financial Growth of Middle East Consumer Banking Market by 2025

June 20, 2019

Consumer banking, is the typical mass-market banking in which individual customers use local branches of larger commercial banks. Services offered…

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Regulation, Risk & Compliance

FIAU made 12 requests for information to UAE in 2018

June 20, 2019

In 2018, Malta’s Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit  made 12 requests for information to the United Arab Emirates, according to the…

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Fraud & Ethics

Fraudulent company attempted to swindle money in Bahrain

June 20, 2019

An attempt of massive bank fraud was successfully busted by the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) on June 18, 2019.…

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Comment & Analysis

A Big Absence In Bahrain

June 20, 2019

It was 2013. Amid anticipation of the Obama administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative, a conference in an Arab country gathered together…

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Regulation, Risk & Compliance

Turkish, Japanese business circles eye further cooperation in Africa

June 20, 2019

Turkish and Japanese business circles Wednesday gathered in Istanbul to discuss business opportunities and further cooperation in Africa.   "We…

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Comment & Analysis

Israel should wait for peace plan before West Bank annexation, says Jason Greenblatt

June 20, 2019

Israel should hold off on the partial annexation of the occupied West Bank until the US has presented its controversial…

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Comment & Analysis

Fitch affirms Emirates Development Bank’s ratings at AA-

June 20, 2019

Fitch Ratings has affirmed the rating of the Emirates Development Bank (EDB) at AA-   The bank’s support rating (SR)…

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Regulation, Risk & Compliance

Emirates Development Bank to 'significantly' boost SME lending

June 20, 2019

Emirates Development Bank  could “potentially double” the size of its small- and medium-sized  financing portfolio in 2019 and plans to…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Lebanon's Bonds Enter Danger Zone as Budget Crisis Drags On

June 20, 2019

Lebanon’s Eurobonds have entered distressed territory as a budget delay and rising political tension in the region complicate efforts to…

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FinTech

Microsoft's Middle East data centres in Abu Dhabi, Dubai now online

June 20, 2019

Microsoft on Wednesday officially announced the online operations of its much-anticipated cloud data centres in the UAE, as it pushes…

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Comment & Analysis

Global Impact Investing Network's 2019 Annual Impact Investor Survey Highlights A Diverse and Burgeoning Impact Investing Market

June 20, 2019

The Global Impact Investing Network has  published the ninth edition of its Annual Impact Investor Survey, the most comprehensive overview…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

Sharjah Islamic Bank appoints banks for Tier 1 perpetual sukuk

June 19, 2019

Sharjah Islamic Bank  has appointed banks to arrange investor meetings ahead of the issuance of a US dollar denominated Islamic…

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