10/11/2018
The three-year facility includes a number of 'green features' which are consistent with the Loan Market Association's Green Loan Principles (GLP), a set of guidelines designed to support environmentally sustainable economic activity.
10/11/2018
Funds such as Saudi Arabia's PIF are asserting themselves as direct investors, sidestepping established managers
10/10/2018
They invest, partner up with government-related entities and this helps the whole banking market in the region
10/10/2018
Starting January 31, 2019, sovereign bonds and sukuk from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar will gradually gain inclusion on the JP Morgan EMBI Index, which already includes Oman.
10/09/2018
Allegations of allowing customers to violate Iran sanctions said to date from at least five years ago
10/08/2018
Bahrain-based financial group confirmed that the offer it had received amounts to around $1bln
10/08/2018
The chairman added "this is with the objective of bringing together the best talents from OAB and Alizz Islamic Bank to create a market-leading Islamic bank that will continue its operations as an independent Islamic banking institution.
10/08/2018
The sandbox was announced in June 2017 to support the growth of Bahrain’s fast-growing FinTech sector.
10/05/2018
Merger is still subject to shareholders and regulatory approvals
10/05/2018
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and UAE deposited money to shore up the kingdom's struggling economy.
10/04/2018
The focus of the financing partnership will be on export contracts awarded to clients of Commerzbank in Germany
10/04/2018
The decision was announced by Sheikh Mohammed in June this year.
10/04/2018
Amendments to DIFC law aimed at better combatting financial crime
10/04/2018
Over the past ten years, regulators across the US, Europe, APAC and the Middle East have levied nearly $26 billion dollars in financial penalties against financial institutions for AML/KYC and sanctions-related violations.
10/04/2018
The probe was aimed at those who "targeted the economic and financial security of the Turkish Republic.
10/03/2018
The CBK, on September 24, issued bonds worth 200 million dinars (about USD 600 million) with a rate of return at 2.5 percent for a period of three months.
10/03/2018
Dubai Mall, Mall of the Emirates, and Mirdif City Centre branches open on Friday from 3 to 9pm
10/03/2018
More of the bank's multinational corporate clients were using the United Arab Emirates as a centre for their business in Middle East and Africa
10/03/2018
he pool of ADGM's RegLab firms deploys cutting-edge solutions to re-imagine how firms trade cross-border, receive credit, and make payments
10/03/2018
A GFH statement yesterday said the Villamar Sukuk Company Limited Sharia-compliant sukuk certificates were issued in 2008 to finance the Villamar project in Bahrain Financial Harbour.