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Comment & Analysis

Planet Payment and Mashreq Announce Contract Extension – DCC at POS & ATMs in the UAE

November 22, 2016

Planet Payment, Inc., a leading provider of international and multi currency payment processing and transaction services, and Mashreq, one of…

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Comment & Analysis

First Eagle Investment Management: Active Investing For Today’s Markets

November 22, 2016

Investor capital continues to pour out of active vehicles and into passive ones.    Investors evidently believe that passive funds…

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Retail Banking

Dubai’s Arqaam Sees Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Buying Rival UNB

November 22, 2016

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC will probably buy smaller rival Union National Bank PJSC in the next 12 to 18…

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Islamic Finance

QIIB expects to receive licence for Moroccan JV before year-end: CEO

November 22, 2016

QIIB expects to secure the licence from the Moroccan authorities for its joint venture bank in the kingdom before the…

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Hedge Funds & Alternative Investments

CBB Sukuk Al-Salam issue 187 oversubscribed by 128%

November 22, 2016

The Central Bank of Bahrain today announced that the monthly issue of the Sukuk Al-Salam Islamic securities, Sukuk Al-Salam, has…

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Awards and Recognition

ABK receives ‘Best Co-branded Credit Card’ and ‘Best Credit Card’ awards from Banker Middle East

November 22, 2016

Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait recently won the ‘Best Co-branded Credit Card’ and ‘Best Credit Card’ awards from Banker Middle East,…

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FinTech

London based Advance Global Capital, an impact investment firm, partners with Invoice Bazaar, a Dubai based FinTech start up, to help SME suppliers with their receivables challenge

November 22, 2016

Advance Global Capital, announced the partnership with Invoice Bazaar, a FinTech Supply Chain Finance platform in the United Arab Emirates…

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Comment & Analysis

McLaren names Kanoo retail partner for Bahrain

November 22, 2016

British luxury sports car maker McLaren Automotive has appointed Kanoo Motors as retail partner for Bahrain, thus enhancing its retail…

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Comment & Analysis

Thomson Reuters named benchmark administrator, agent for Saibor

November 22, 2016

Thomson Reuters announced Sunday that it was selected as benchmark administrator and calculation agent for the Saudi Arabian Interbank  Offer…

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Market Forecasts

Ithmaar Bank's retail banking subsidiary in Pakistan, Faysal Bank Limited, shows improved profitability and expands branch network

November 21, 2016

Ithmaar Bank, a Bahrain-based Islamic retail bank, announced today that its retail banking subsidiary in Pakistan, Faysal Bank Limited, is…

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Islamic Finance

SME financing by Islamic banks

November 21, 2016

A Growing bias for Shariah-compliant borrowing among small and medium enterprises is helping Islamic banks and Islamic banking windows of…

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Comment & Analysis

Chinese banks active in UAE to spur regional growth

November 21, 2016

China's biggest banks have recently made a spate of significant financial moves in the United Arab Emirates, in a sign…

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