Saudi Arabia’s central bank governor ‘does not see more bank mergers’
Saudi Arabia’s central bank does not see more bank mergers for the time being beyond those already announced, its governor…
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Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank appoints new CEO
Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank board of directors has appointed Mazin Khairy Shaker Manna as its new CEO, the bank announced…
Volante Technologies supports SWIFT Standards Release 2019
Volante Technologies has announced support for the latest SWIFT Standards Release 2019. On February 22nd, 2019, SWIFT issued its…
Kuwaiti Islamic banks acquire 38% market share of banks’ assets
Kuwaiti Islamic banks had a market share accounting for 38% of total banking system assets by the end of the…
Saudi Arabia appoints first female ambassador to United States
Saudi Arabia has appointed Princess Reema bint Bandar, a former business executive and philanthropist who lived in the United States…
Bahrain Islamic Bank Achieves a Net Profit of BHD 11.4 million for the Year 2018
Bahrain Islamic Bank reported that it has recorded a net profit of BHD 11.4 million for the year ended December…
Cryptocurrencies will become part of daily transactions, says exchange founders
Cryptocurrencies will slowly “roll into” fiat currencies and be increasingly used in day-to-day life for common purchases, according to the…
GCC sovereigns to drive surge sukuk issuance in 2019, 2020
Global sovereign sukuk issuance will recover in 2019 and surpass its record-high volumes by 2020, and possibly sooner, if oil…
Goldman ECM banker jumps ship to JPMorgan
Goldman Sachs executive director Mark Bellofiore has marked a decade at the Wall Street giant in a most unusual way…
LuLu Financial Group targets 30% digitisation by 2020
LuLu Financial Group, part of the Abu Dhabi-based hypermarket-to-hospitality LuLu Group, is undertaking a major push to digitalising its money…
Middle East now officially home to world's biggest superyachts
The Middle East is officially home to buyers of the world's biggest superyachts, with the average locally-owned private vessel now…
ibq wins Global Finance's 'best private bank in qatar' award
The International Bank of Qatar (ibq) received the “Best Private Bank in Qatar” Award at Global Finance’s fourth annual “World’s…